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Previously in this series of articles on How to brew different Styles of Beer? we covered re-brewing a Kölsch, this time the Beer Style comes from Category 25: 'Strong Belgian Ale' in the BJCP 2015 Guidelines and is the style of a Belgian Golden Strong Ale.

In Belgium, beer is without a doubt a culture. Brewing dates back to the 12th century, when the Catholic Church started brewing in their abbeys and sold it as a funding method. Beer started to get in to people’s daily life when they saw it as a perfect alternative to the dirty Medieval water they had to drink and that made them sick. It’s really hard to comprehend how many types of different Belgian beers there are on the market now – but estimates vary from 800 to 1800. So if you are a true beer lover, isn’t it time to travel to the country where it is a religion itself?

Previously in this series of articles on How to brew different Styles of Beer? we covered Brewing a Clone Beer (Westvleteren 12), this time the Beer Style comes from Category 5: 'Pale Bitter European Beer' in the BJCP 2015 Guidelines and is the style of a Kölsch. This is a repeat, and hopefully improved, version of last year's beer that reached the final round of NHC 2015.

The next Beer Style in this series of articles comes from Category 34: 'Specialty Beer' in the BJCP 2015 Guidelines and is a Clone Beer of Westvleteren 12 by Brouwerij Abdij Saint Sixtus which is a Belgian Quadrupel.

Once the holidays are over it will be time for me to start brewing for the AHA's National Homebrew Competition 2016. With this in mind I thought it would be a good time to evaluate the results from the 2015 entries and assess which ones, if any, would be worth re-brewing and entering the 'hopefully' improved versions of the recipes.

Previously in this series of articles on How to brew different Styles of Beer? we covered Brewing a Russian Imperial Stout, this time the Beer Style comes from Category 19: 'Dark American Beer' in the BJCP 2015 Guidelines and is the style of an American Brown Ale.

Review of a paperback book containing a collection of articles covering the history of the Craft Beer Revolution in the USA. Written by Ben Novak in support of The Nittany Valley Society in Centre County, Pennsylvania.

In brewing terms St. Louis in Missouri is best known for Anheuser-Busch but we also wanted to find out what the Craft Beer scene was like in the gateway to the west.

State College Homebrew Club were invited back to pour at the Brews in the Barn charity event for Millbrook Playhouse on Oct 17, 2015.

The Pennsylvania Homebrew Open Competition is AHA & BJCP sanctioned and will be held on Dec 5, 2015. The entry window is now open and closes on Nov 20, 2015. This event is being hosted by the State College Homebrew Club.