Editor's Note: This article was originally published on Brulosophy.com, a website dedicated to the understanding of brewing ingredients and methods through various "exBEERiments." by Marshall Schott The first beer I ever made was an Irish Red Ale kit that…
I suspect most of you have held a homebrew judging event for your club. Perhaps you’ve even expanded a bit to include a private homebrew beer tasting event. Now your club wants to take the next step and…
If one were to point to a central figure in the creation myth of craft brewing in Thailand, it would be Wichit Saiklao. A colonel in the Thai army, Saiklao is a visionary akin to Charlie Papazian in the United States.
Boil 1 gallon (3.79 L) wort tailings (see intro for explanation) for at least 15 minutes. If wort is less than 1.050 OG, collect a greater volume and boil until target gravity is reached (or add unhopped malt extract or…
It may be the best time to be a beer drinker. Craft beer is growing and homebrewers are increasingly able to take advantage of developments in the industry. One recent innovation has been the introduction of several forms…
The purpose of this experiment is to evaluate the differences between a beer made with hops stored in a non-purged plastic baggie and the same beer made with hops stored in a vacuum sealed bag.
This experiment evaluates the differences between a beer stored in a cool environment and the same beer stored in a warm environment over the same period of time.