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.
Homebrew Store
How To Brew
Everything you need to know to brew beer right the first time. Presented in a light-hearted style without frivolous interruptions, this authoritative text introduces brewing in an easy step by step review.
Beer News Vermont Gets Strong
May 02, 2008 - Brewers are cheering passage of bill that will allow stronger beer to be sold in stores across Vermont
The Magic Pyramid
April 29, 2008 - Pyramid Breweries and Magic Hat Brewing Co. have signed a letter of intent
Carbon Neutral Beer
April 25, 2008 - Adnams has launched what it calls the first carbon neutral beer brewed in the UK.
New Belgium Best Place to Work
April 23, 2008 - New Belgium Brewing is the best place to work in America according to Outside magazine
Original Goose is Cooked
April 15, 2008 - Goose Island Beer Co. will close its brewpub after negotiations with the landlord failed to bring about a new lease deal.
Craft Five-O
April 15, 2008 - The Brewers Association announced its annual list of the top fifty brewing companies.
Hope on the Hopvine
April 14, 2008 - Some Yakima Valley hop growers are pulling other crops to add new acreage to hops in response to a worldwide shortage
Craft Distributor Thrives
April 14, 2008 - Last April, state lawmakers changed an age-old law that banned beer with more than a 6 percent alcohol volume to allow for alcohol contents in beer up to 17 percent
Fat Cans
April 11, 2008 - New Belgium Brewing has announced that it will be packaging and distributing its flagship Fat Tire Amber Ale in aluminum cans to limited markets this summer.
Blue Moon Begets Pale Moon
April 10, 2008 - Coors announced that they will leverage the huge success of Blue Moon by releasing a pale ale called Pale Moon.
Weather
KotMF Brew System:
At Twin Hills Brewery