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A kolsch or biere de garde. 1010 is supposedly from a kolsch brewery.

Could be wild yeast or bacteria contamination. I use this yeast sometimes and had a batch with it that had a Belgainy quality and haze to it that I attributed to contamination. I make this assumption because when the beer was young it was very clean and as it aged these flavors developed. I...

I usually use SaniClean; I don't see many people using it on here. You should use what makes you comfortable and not worry what others are doing as long as your beer turns out the way you want it.

Hops have xanthohumol which has been reported to have antioxidant, and cancer chemopreventative properties. Unfortunately, it is isomerized in the boil and becomes less affective. Beers that are heavy in the late hop additions should still have a good amount of non-isoxanthohumol left in them...