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From understanding base malts to working with specialty malts, these articles will teach you all about the backbone of your beer.
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Fade to Black
Dark specialty malts are the heart of some styles and play pivotal supporting roles in many others. From flavor and aroma contributions to h
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Understanding Malt COAs
As an agricultural product, barley from crop-to-crop, maltster-to-maltster, or location-to-location varies. If you want to be precise in you
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The Lighter Side of Specialty Malt
Specialty malts provide many key aspects to your beer such as flavor, aroma, color, body, mouthfeel, sweetness, acidity, and head retention.
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Learn How to Smoke Your Beers
Beer produced with smoked malts don’t need to be smoke bombs. Learn to craft your own smoked malts and use them in recipes.
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Crystal Malts: Tips from the Pros
In addition to lending color and flavor to beer, crystal malts enhance body and help with foam stability. Three pros make the best ways to u
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Base Malts: Tips from the Pros
There is a huge variety of base grains out there that differ by type, barley variety, and maltster practices. These malts make up the majori
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Roasted Malts: Tips from the Pros
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Malted “Others”: Adjuncts that are no longer raw
There is a big world of malted grains outside of barley. Explore some of those options and some best practices when stepping outside of craf
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Malting vs. Mashing
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Grain Husks Explained
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LOX-less Malts: Their impact on staling and head retention
Have you heard about LOX-less (or LOX-null) malts? Neither had we . . . lucky for us, columnist Colin Kaminski breaks down the details of th
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Hop Creep Explained, Backsweetening, and Maximizing Malt Freshness
The term “hop creep” is not to be confused with lupulin shift. The Wiz provides the current understanding of hop creep as well as how to