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Do you consider yourself a craft beer nerd? Well, there is no better way to advance your understanding of all things beer than learning how to homebrew! Here are five ways making beer at home will evolve you to a level…
In Zymurgy’s March/April 2017 Style Spotlight, Amahl Turczyn describes how homebrewers can simulate a nitro pour from a keg by cranking up the serving pressure and dispensing through a barely-open picnic faucet. That got us thinking: are there other ways…
Put your knowledge of wild fermentation to the test in this week's Tuesday Beer Trivia quiz. Sugary wort is turned into beer by yeast who conduct the process of fermentation. Sour beers, however, take a special teams of yeast and/or bacteria…
King cake is a staple of the New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration. The pastry-like cake is sugary-sweet with dominant flavors of cinnamon and sugar, and its story reaches beyond that of Mardi Gras. The king cake is shrouded in religious history, originally…
Add honey to a pot. Do not add water. Gently boil the honey until it has turned dark and tastes caramelized. Add 1 gallon (3.8 L) of water and zinc-fortified yeast, and blend into "scorched" honey. Add this hot honey…
Test your knowledge of Stan Hieronymus' new book Brewing Local in this week's Tuesday Beer Trivia quiz.
Mash at 150° F (66° C) for 60 minutes. Mash out at 170° F (77° C) and collect at least 7.5 gallons (28.4 L) of wort, much of which will be lost to hops absorption. Bring wort to a boil…
Treat brewing water with 1.7 g gypsum and 1.7 g calcium chloride, both in the mash and in the kettle. Single infusion mash at 152° F (67° C) for 60 minutes. 60 minute boil. When fermentation is almost finished, raise…
Mash at 152° F (67° C) for 60 minutes. Mash out at 168° F (76° C) for 10 minutes. Primary Fermentation: 12 days at 62° F (17° C) Secondary Fermentation: 23 days at 55° F (13° C) Carbonate to…
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