There is another letter from 1884 I came across in the J.C. Jacobsen archive of the Carlsberg Foundation, in which J.C. Jacobsen proudly tells Gabriel Sedlmayr of Spaten about his new pure yeast. I found it fantastic from a historic point of view because it gives insight into the circumstances, the background and what they thought was important about this new method of generating pure yeast. If you can read German, please directly read the original source, otherwise this is what J.C. Jacobsen...| Daft Eejit Brewing
In which I summarise and comment on an 1884 letter from J.C. Jacobsen to Gabriel Sedlmayr in which Jacobsen describes his new pure yeast.| Daft Eejit Brewing
J.C. and Carl Jacobsen wrote letters to each other with various details about the Dreher breweries in Kleinschwechat, Steinbruch and Micholup.| Daft Eejit Brewing
Daft Eejit Brewing - A Conversion Chart Between Beer Colour Scales| Daft Eejit Brewing
I like going to the library, in particular the GGB library at the VLB in Berlin. Less than 15 minutes on the bus, a few minutes of walking, and I’m there. Earlier this week, I spent two days researching for my new book. When you go through a lot of historic material, there’s inevitably some bycatch, random articles in journals or paragraphs or sections of books that you didn’t intend to look up, but stumbled upon, that turn out to be super interesting.| Daft Eejit Brewing
Daft Eejit Brewing - 1980s Altbier and Kölsch| Daft Eejit Brewing
In which I list technical analyses of Oktoberfest-Märzen from 1953, 1954 and 1956 and discuss some of the notable outliers.| Daft Eejit Brewing
Daft Eejit Brewing - My Experience at Heimbrau Convention 2024| Daft Eejit Brewing
In which I visit Kraków to talk about Vienna Lager, and have an overall great time because the Polish craft beer scene is awesome.| Daft Eejit Brewing
Daft Eejit Brewing - How To Brew Mönchsambacher Weihnachts-Bock, according to the brewmaster| Daft Eejit Brewing
In this post, I'm discussing the number of breweries and production volumes of top- vs bottom-fermenting breweries in 1890's Prussia.| Daft Eejit Brewing
Daft Eejit Brewing - The best beer I ever brewed?| Daft Eejit Brewing
I don’t homebrew that much anymore these days, at most 4 to 5 times a year, and really only the beers that I absolutely want to brew and drink, which includes fixtures like an 8° Czech-style pale lager for summer and a Czech-style dark lager (which I brew with Ben) for winter. So there is really not that much room for experimentation, simply because I don’t have the time, the drinking capacity (I’m 40, it’s all about quality over quantity now) or the resources like free fridge space ...| Daft Eejit Brewing
How I noticed that a single decoction mash profile provides enough decoction character while saving a lot of time during my brew day.| Daft Eejit Brewing
Daft Eejit Brewing - Lager Beer Made In USA, Part 3: Live Oak, Trailblazers of Texas Craft Beer| Daft Eejit Brewing
Daft Eejit Brewing - Lager Beer Made In USA, Part 2: Goldfinger, History and Community| Daft Eejit Brewing
Daft Eejit Brewing - Lager Beer Made In USA, Part 1: Dovetail, Franconian at Heart| Daft Eejit Brewing
Daft Eejit Brewing - Why Augustiner's new alcohol-free Helles is a big deal| Daft Eejit Brewing