CONTENTS
inside... summer 2014/15
FEATURES 26 Style Notes ā Saison
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Beer & Brewer looks at saison, the farmhouse brew enjoying a worldwide renaissance. History, ļ¬avour proļ¬le and some great examples of the style
91 32 Summer Entertaining How to throw the perfect party! Beers, food and how to entertaining, over the festive season
38 Christmas is Brewing
Entertaining - Spirits We chat to Young Henrysā Richard Adamson about his new Noble Cut Gin
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Welcome
What brewers want for Christmas
62 Letters 40 Better for you Drinks From low alcohol and low carb, to gluten free and alcohol free, we get the skinny on better for you drinks
46 Camping & Canned Beer We look at the top camping spots and canned craft beers to enjoy this summer
64 ANCH All the action from the Australian National Homebrewing Conference
66 Q&A 68 Recipes for the Season From Belgian wit and Coopers Abbey Blonde to saison
56 USA Breweries The ļ¬rst of our two-part feature on the USA craft beer industry
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Ingredient Proļ¬le Chris Thomas chats to Michael Fairbrother about making mead
80 Travel We head to Fremantle in WA to check out The Monk, Little Creatures and Blacksalt Brewing
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In Focus ā Before they were Brewers We chat to some brewing legends about life before beer
84 Entertaining ā Food Mouth-watering recipes from Mexican cookbook Cantina ā hello ļ¬sh tacos!
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www.beerandbrewer.com
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Homebrew Club We check out Perth Home Brew Share and its member Jono Outred
āIām on a saison crusade. Without question. I really believe that this is the style that people should be drinking as their default style.ā ā Costa Nikias, La SirĆØne
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