Dogfish Head brewery is known for making exotic beer with ingredients like crystallized ginger or water from Antarctica, so it might not sound surprising that one of its recent creations is a brew flavored simply by grapes and flowers. It's not the recipe that makes this beer so special; it's where that recipe was found: a Neolithic burial site in China.

Chateau Jiahu is a time capsule from 7,000 B.C., but to hear Dogfish Head owner Sam Calagione talk about what beer was actually like back then, it's not the kind of thing that makes you say "Hey, pass me another ice-cold ancient ale!"

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The 'Pignic' is the annual Wort summer picnic which is being held Saturday June 12th in Sommerville.  It is called the Pignic because a whole pig will be BBQ'd. Members are encouraged to sign up and bring food, pot-luck style. Bringing beer is also encouraged! :)

Please RSVP Here.

Directions and Map 

What food and equipment people are bringing

The Shouth Shore Brew Club has announced winners of their annual "Brewoff." Congratulations to all winners, especially those who are fellow Worts!

http://www.southshorebrewclub.org/brewoff/results_2010.html

False Bottom / Mash Filter

Jonathan Zbikowski

Yo check this out.  I was grinding my grains too fine with a Corona mill and cordless drill, plus I had a stuck mash for the original Big Barrel Brew with 40lbs of grain - Sucked!  I've been using rice hulls but is not a good situation when I forget to buy them, so I took Ben Evans idea of using a window screen over his false bottom to prevent clogging and merged it with Wade's hop filter.