Dear Colleagues,

as usual, the Aliquot Brewery is ahead in both quantity of production and technique development. This time I tried an alternative mashing protocol for my marzen. Traditionally, german brewers have been using decoction to maximize the yield of malt extraction. This method is still widely used to improve the malty taste in beers that require it. It does take a little longer time, as you have to boil a part of the grains and you use that to raise the mash temperature to the saccarification stage. Find the details in the recipe of Mmmhhhrzen. 

Members of the guild, The Mangled Badger Brewery, after lengthy discussions with Steve Jobs has embraced technology. After all, Steve Jobs was such a rampant alcoholic/ beer enthusiast that pancreas exploded. The health and fitness department at the Mangled Badger are currently working on a liver and pancreas workout video, to be released in 2012. Anyways, ibadger technology allows me to blog live from ground zero, in this case the American Craft pub in Brookline Boston.

Members of the guild, having faced an unprecidented crisis in previous weeks, the staff at the Mangled Badger took desperate actions to rescue Kaiser Cider from a fate in the sewerage systems of Hamburg. The crack team of scientists (all of whom have PhDs) after setting up a think-tank took measures salvage the cider. The rescue mission eclipsed the rescue of the Chilean Miners and the Apollo XI mission.

Members of the guild,

There is currently a crisis unfolding in Hamburg, unparalelled in the history of the Mangled Badger Brewery. In terms of world history, the Kaiser Cider Crisis would rank as follows:

1. The Kaiser Cider crisis 2010

2. The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

3. The Ethiopian famine of 1984-1985

4. The Guild Crisis 2009, when the BBB started kit brewing

5. The Chernobyl disaster 1986.