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I attend Appalachian State University and am a founding member and current VP of ASU's Zymurgy club. We are at a huge advantage as we have "Ivory Tower Brewery", a brewery run by the chemistry department's fermentation sciences course. We are in the works of becoming the second university in...

I do agree with the general consensus of this thread, that there is an incredible amount of information out there for anybody hoping to work professionally in the craft beer industry. Also as previously mentioned by daksin, hanging out with other brewers or anyone significantly involved in...

Conducting a gravity check is the only true way to know whether your beer is fermenting. However, doing a lot gravity checks when home-brewing can be seen as a bit of a waste as well as a risk, especially for novice brewers. Each time you check it equals about half a beer gone and with your 2...

I must agree with the original post, that the barleywine style rose due to politics. Yet, to quote Ashton Lewis in "The Homebrewer's Answer Book", "Brewing terminology varies by brewer or brewery and I try not to get caught in the semantics". So this discussion needs to be taken with a grain of...