The Beer Cellar

Emily

Mash at 152° F (67° C) and hold for 90 minutes. Use freeze concentration to remove 20 percent water to end up with approximately 10 percent ABV. Make cold press coffee prior to bottling/kegging. Add to bottle or keg…

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Tupelo Mead

Kristen England Even-Speed Mead method (http://www.ahaconference.org/wp-content/uploads/presentations/2008/KrisEngland_NHC.pdf) * Day 0: 4.5 g Fermaid K, 2g DAP, Rehydrate 2 packs 71B with 28 g Go-Ferm * Days 1, 3, 5, 7, 8: stir * Day 2, 4,…

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“2” Mead

“Re-hydrated 71B-1122 yeast with Go-ferm, pitched into must after being properly mixed and oxygenated. Staggered nutrient additions over 5 days of DAP and Fermaid K (amounts per mfg.) Wine whip for oxygen intake for first 5 days. I then shake…

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Chjateau Fletty arcs-en-ciels et les Licrones

Blend honey into water using stir stick, add ginger and nutrients. Rehydrate yeast and pitch. Primary start: 8/2/13. Mead fermented to dry at basement temp. Racked to secondary, added sorbate, 8/17/13. Racked to tertiary, 9/7/13. Back sweetened with…

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Bartlett Perry

10.0 gal (37.85 L) fresh Bartlett pear cider sulfited to 50 ppm SO2 Malic acid to adjust acidity to 6g/liter 10 g Lalvin DV-10 yeast (properly hydrated) Fermax, added in two additions, per product instructions…

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Sweet Heat

“Juice was unpasteurized and had a pH of 3.5, stock solution of sodium metabisulfite added to 100 parts per million. After 24 hours, pectic enzyme and rehydrated yeast were added. Fermentation was started at room temperature and moved…

News & Announcements

Help Legalize Homebrew Events in California

Dear California AHA Members, Your action is needed now to ensure passage of AB 2609, a bill that will allow homebrewer organizations to host homebrew events in the state of California like the Southern California Homebrewers Festival and…

How to Brew

Yeast Washing & Yeast Rinsing: What’s the Difference?

Collecting and reusing yeast from a fermented batch of beer is common practice among home and professional brewers. In fact, records show it has been done since the 12th century, with some saying it likely occurred thousands of years before that.…

How to Brew

Homebrew Hacks: Scratch-Free Plastic Carboy Cleaning

Plastic carboys are great. They are lightweight, virtually unbreakable and clear so you can watch the yeast at work. The trouble is, they can be a hassle to clean! With plastic buckets, cleaning is not typically an issue since you can…

Community & Culture

Carolina BrewMasters Honored with Radegast Club of the Year Award

Radegast is the ancient Slavic god of hospitality who is also said to have created beer to help in his congenial endeavors. He is the perfect symbol of the new Radegast Club of the Year Award, acknowledging homebrew clubs not…

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