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Adonis

He’s strong and golden, a god among men, a lover among gods.  The Festival of Adonis was celebrated by women sowing seeds of wheat and barley, so it’s an appropriate name for a beer.  And Adonis was worshiped by girls

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New Bread

It’s time for a new bread, a new way of doing things.  I’ve long resisted switching to folding dough instead of kneading because…why exactly?  Maybe I thought kneading was a necessary primal step in creating bread, something to do with

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Bubble, Bubble, Toil, and Guzzle

Home brewing is a hedonist’s dream.  Whatever your taste, your required quantity, your preferred bottle shape, it’s all under your control, o puppetmaster.  But homebrewing is a hell for the impatient.  You think once fermenting is done that you can

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Living Bread

Okay, I think I’m getting it now.  The more I read about starters, bigas, sponges, and poolishes, I can see how working with yeast is like gardening.  Starting with tiny seeds you can create bounty, flavor, life.  This is why

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