Knights of the Mashing Fork

KotMF.com is the online home of the Knights of the Mashing Fork, a Hartford-area homebrewing club whose members are passionate about making and drinking great beer, cider, and mead!

The first guild for brewers, the Knights of the Mashing Fork was formed in Brabant, Belgium during reign of Duke Jean I (“Jan Primus”) corrupted today as “Gambrinus”. He is honored throughout the world as the so-called King of Beer. Legend portrays him as the inventor of the "toast" as a social custom.

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Knighted in daylight and Examiner.com beer stories week in review - August 16-31
One of 4 recycling bins at a recent beer tasting. A beer drinkers dream bin. Photo by Charlie Papazian So much beer not enough time. So much beer news not enough time. So much fun to have not enough time. I’ve been traveling a lot during August and not able to be as regular as I’d like to be. Here’s a bit of catching up on the Examiner.com beer news as reported by area beer Examiners. I&r...
We live in beer interesting times
It seems that craft brewing and the interest in craft beer has snowballed this summer. Here’s a summary of just a few stories in August that have caught my attention. Keep in mind that old news is better than no news. I've been away on an island for the past 10 days and this is the reason for my 2 week hiatus from National Beer Examiner jottings. The Great American Beer Festival celebrates 29 ye...

Free Printable Homebrew Beer Labels: Where to Find Them - Associated Content
Avoid using an ink jet printer as the ink will smudge with the condensation of the beer. As an alternative to purchasing blank labels and using templates, you can go to any home brewing store and pick up pre-printed ...
Where beer and coffee mix - Sacramento Bee
Owner Rob Archie is passionate about beer, and he is quietly spreading his knowledge ... a very few places that serves it," he said of this Santa Rosa-based Russian River Brewing Company favorite, one of just a few ...

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