I just wrote an article for http://hubpages.com/hub/Ale-and-Lager about beer. It discusses ales, lagers, classic beer styles, flaws, history of brewing and has some great videos. Also it discusses beer myths.
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Schwarzbier (Black Beer)
I love making beers that are hard to get in Las Vegas. This Schwarzbier (Black Beer), falls into category 4C of the BJCP. This recipe is an awesome example of this style. Plenty of roasted malt aroma, beautiful ruby highlights and a nice dry finish. It also has good hints of unsweetened chocolate, a subtle hint of noble hop flavor from the Hallertauer hops and of course the clean pallete of a German Lager.
This style comes from Thuringia which borders on the German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Bavaria and Hesse.
I will give two examples, my original all grain recipe, and an extract version for those who aren’t into all grain yet. Both of these use the special Zurich Lager platinum strain from White Labs which is available only in November and December.
