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In 2002, the off-centered folks at Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales unveiled a unique apparatus that is now known as the "Randall." A Randall connects to the tapping system of keg allowing ready-to-drink beer to flow through a vessel holding ingredients which…
Berliner weisse is a low-strength German wheat beer that relies on a source of lactic acid to create a refreshing but intriguing sourness. As with many things in homebrewing, there is more than one way to achieve Berliner weisses' signature tart…
Allagash Brewing Co. founder Rob Tod had an affinity for Belgian beers in the early '90s but the trouble was, they weren't being brewed by American craft breweries. Tod took matters into his own hands, opened Allagash…
It's not unusual to have a surplus of homebrew ingredients, but, with a few simple precautions, it's easy to make ingredients last for quite some time, prevent waste and save money! Malt When improperly stored, malt will experience degradation of flavor and aroma.…
Finding out your beer has off-flavors is a part of learning how to homebrew quality beer. We covered 5 common homebrew off-flavors and how to fix them and received interest in covering a few more flaws. Before reading through the…
Video courtesy of Chop & Brew. Full-length “Brewing with New Hop Varieties” presentation by Nathan Smith (DOZE, Brewing Network) from the 2014 National Homebrewers Conference in Grand Rapids,…
A homebrew keg system is nothing short of awesome. You essentially fill one huge "bottle" and have precise control over the carbonation level. However, due to the amount of connections and seals, keg system leaks can potentially cause a devastating homebrew disaster. To avoid depleting your…
Making a quality cup of cold brew coffee is a skill every homebrewer should have in their arsenal of DIY tricks. But it isn't as simple as refrigerating a pot of hot-brewed joe. Cold brew coffee is not only great for making the…
Elysian Brewing Co. loves their pumpkin beers. The Seattle-based brewery produces and bottles four pumpkin-themed beers annually—Night Owl pumpkin ale, The Great Pumpkin imperial pumpkin ale, Dark o' the Moon pumpkin stout, and Punkuccino…
It can be frustrating as an extract brewer to find a great recipe only to see it formulated for all-grain. Luckily, the process of converting all-grain recipes to extract is simple, and we'll show you how! All-grain brewers can adopt the…
This post was submitted by Salt Lake City AHA member, Brandon Besser. Brandon works part-time for his local homebrew shop and is a full-time professional brewer for Uinta Brewing Co. Like a lot of homebrewers,…
Utilizing the indigenous orange gourds is nothing new to homebrewing. Pumpkins have been used as a beer ingredient since before the United States was...well, the United States. Colonists who couldn't obtain affordable malt turned to other fermentable sources to make beer,…
