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Mash malts at 154° F (68° C) for an hour and sparge with 170° F (77° C) water to reach pre-boil volume. Heat wort to 165° F (74° C), hold for 15 minutes, and then cool to 115° F (46°…
Mash malts at 148° F (64° C) for an hour and sparge with 170° F (77° C) water to reach pre-boil volume. Heat wort to 165° F (74° C), hold for 15 minutes, and then cool to 111° F (44°…
On or before brew day, make a chile tincture by soaking the chopped jalapeño with its seeds in a small amount of vodka. This will extract flavor and heat while the beer ferments. Mash grains at 150° F (66°…
A step infusion mash is employed to mash the grains. Add 7.5 quarts (7.1 L) of 145° F (63° C) water to the crushed grain, stir, stabilize and hold the temperature at 132° F (53° C) for 30 minutes. Add…
Lager beer stretches far beyond what comes in 30-can cases at your local package store. Browse through 10 lager recipes for homebrewers that show the array of flavor possibilities.
An experiment comparing beer fermented with a minimal (normal) amount of headspace and the same beer fermented with a large amount of headspace.
The beauty of folk beer styles is the degree of variation they can take from one brewer to the next. Recipes are dictated by what grows locally and what is in season, making for a beer that reflects the true…
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.
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