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Saison is a classic Belgian "farmhouse" style that can be tricky to reduce to a one-sentence description. Brewers have taken the style in many different directions, though all are typically hallmarked by peppery, fruity, and sometimes tart Belgian yeast character. We've…
There are many different ways to add fruit and it's flavors to your homebrew. Discover some of these techiques, including tips on amounts of various fruits to start with.
Put your knowledge of all things stout to the test in this week's Tuesday Beer Trivia quiz.
While there are multiple ways to grow yeast in a starter, one of the most effective is to use a stir plate. Stir plates utilize magnetic attraction to create a vortex inside a container of wort, keeping the yeast in…
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.
Mash 2-row and caramel malt in a single infusion style mash at 147F for 60 minutes. Sparge with 170F water and lauter to reach pre-boil volume (between 6.5/7.5 gal dependent on your equipment). Boil for 60 minutes, add…
We asked 50 craft brewers from all over the country to share their favorite commercial clone beer recipes for homebrewers.
Single infusion mash at 154° F for 60 minutes. Conduct a 90 minute boil, following the schedule in the ingredients. Cool to 66° F, aerate and pitch yeast. Pitch rate should be 750,000 cells per milileter per degree…
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