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Midnights: A Taylor Swift Craft Taplist
Ah yes, the Taylor Swift Craft Taplist. Agreed – no one asked for Taylor’s 10th Album to be turned into a pretend Beer Craft Taplist – yet here we are. If you’re a Beer Snob AND Swiftie – you’ve managed to stumble upon content literally just for you. I tried to imagine what type of…
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Sensory Evaluation Flowchart
Beer Sensory Evaluation Flowchat Selecting which Sensory test to run with your daily panel can be a tough maze to sort through. Using principles and techniques outlined from authors Harry T. Lawless and Hildegarde Heymann’s “Sensory Evaluation of Food: Principles and Practices” (used copies found here). Download the Beer Sensory Evaluation Flowchart clicking the link…
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Beer Microbe Identification Flowchart
Beer Microbe Identification Flowchart is available to all brewing scientists who want a quick reference for identifying spoilage microbes. At miniumn you should already know the cell morphology. Additionally helpful info would be the Gram Stain color, how it reacts with Hydrogen Peroxide, and if the colony grew up with oxygen or without it. Be…
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How Beer is Made (when Comics meet Beer)
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, this summer I was honored to received a Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) scholarship for the Science Communication Fellowship. This is a program that was developed by OMSI to teach scientists how to effectively explain and demonstrate their research to a wide variety of non-scientists. It’s a seriously incredible…
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Brewing Microbes: Alignment Chart
Updated 11/21/2025 with a new chart and cute graphics! I love to check back in on this beer meme every so often because it changes every time! Now there’s two on the internet from Oregon BrewLab – which one resonates with you best? Brewing Microbes: Alignment Chart As a fan and player Dungeons and Dragons,…
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