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The mystery of life has puzzled and confounded humans since the first human began to contemplate his world. The religions of ancient societies were built around the seasons, the sun and the renewal of life as these were so clearly tied to survival; both of the human species through birth and death, and of the individual in the attainment of …

Louis Pasteur delivered a heavy blow to the theory of “spontaneous generation” when his famous experiment displayed that fermentation could be prevented even when a fermentable substance was exposed to the atmosphere. However, the debate continued, the science at hand matured and the discussion became much more involved. Some of the chimerical conceptions of creating mice and scorpions from dirty …

Then Pasteur solved the problem of failed silk crops (diseased silk worms), cholera in chickens, anthrax in cattle and sheep, and, in the mid-1880s, rabies. He recognized that nerve tissue from a rabid dog injected into healthy dogs produced rabies. He then developed a weakened virus (although viruses were then unknown), now termed an attenuated virus, which prevented rabies in …

Ingredients: 6# Northwestern Gold Malt Extract 1# Wild Flower Honey 1/2# Carapils Malt 1 1/2 oz – Cascade Hop Plugs 6.6% AA-60 min 1/2 oz – Cascade Plug 6.6% -10 min 1 tsp – Iriah Moss – 15 min 2/3 cup – Dextrose (priming) Wyeast 2007 Procedure: Steep grains at 150 degrees for 30 min, add to 3 gls of …

Ingredients: 6.6# Northwestern Gold Malt Extract 1/2# Caramel 30L Grain 1# Munich Grain Malt 1 oz – Hallertau 3.7% AA-60 min 1 oz – Hallertau -30 min 3/4 cup – Dextrose (priming) Wyeast 2206 Procedure: Make 1/4 gal of starter using 1/2# Northwestern Extract Co. DME. Boil for 15 min let cool, add yeast and let stand 24 hrs. Mash …

Ingredients: 3.3# Northwestern UK Light Malt Extract 2# Northwestern Amber DME 1 oz – Tettnang Hop Pellets 4.4% AA – 30 min 1 oz – Hallertau Hop Pellets 3.6% AA – 10 min Wyeast 2206 Procedure: Boil in 3 gallons and follow above specs. Ferment 4-5 days and rack to secondary for 2 weeks

Ingredients: 3.3 Lbs. – Northwestern Midwestern Light Liquid Malt Extract 1 Lbs. – Northwestern Rice Syrup 1 oz. – Hallertau 4AAU – 30 min 1/2 oz. – Cascade 4.3AAU – 10 min 3/4 cup – Dextrose 1 pkg Wyeast 2035 Procedure: Add extract for 3 gallons of water then bring to a boil. Add hops as scheduled. Cool to pitching …

Ingredients: 6.6 pounds -Northwestern Amber Malt Extract 1# – Munich 10L Malt 1/2# – Paul’s Pale Ale Malt 1/2# – Crystal 40L Malt 1 oz – Hallertau (60 Min) 1/2 oz – Hallertau (30 Min) 1/2 oz – Hallertau (5 Min) 3/4 cup – Dextrose for priming 1 pkg – Wyeast 2206 (started) Procedure for 5 gallons: Mash grains at …

Ingredients: 6.6## – Northwestern Amber Malt Extract 2 oz. – Fuggles Hop Pellets Dry Ale Yeast 3/4 cup – Dextrose for priming Procedure: Bring 1.5 gallon water to a boil. Remove from heat, add extract, and mix thoroughly. Once boiling add 1 ounce hops. After 35 minutes add the next ounce of hops for 10 more minutes of boiling. Remove …

Ingredients: 3.3# – Northwestern Gold Malt Extract 1# – Northwestern Gold Dry Malt Extract 1/2# – Corn Sugar (in the boil) 10 oz – Roasted Barley 2 oz – Chocolate Malt 2 oz. – E. Kent Golding pellets – 5.0% AAU -60 min Wyeast 1335 or Nottingham dry 2 tsp – Gypsum Procedure: Steep grains in 1.5 gallon at 155 …