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Design a Homebrew Bar

You’ve been brewing for a few years, perhaps have your kegging system down pat and are confident in your ability to nail beer styles. What’s next? If you have time, some spare

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Pumpkin Beer Tips & Clone Recipes

“Drip…drip…drip.” I only had 2 ounces (57 g) of rice hulls in my grain bag while brewing my second-ever pumpkin beer. In hindsight, I should have ditched the plan, but at 10

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Kellerbier

This recipe is based on the gold-medal winner kellerbier Mut Lager from Cervecería Mut out of Quito, Ecuador. Special thanks to the Brewer Dora Durán for her help pulling this recipe together for the homebrew scale.

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New Albion Ale: The First US Craft Beer

The first modern microbrewed ale in the United States was New Albion Ale. Learn how to brew this historic ale.

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BYO News Page

Updated October 11, 2019 Homebrew News Breweries Offer Disaster Help Last year we covered Sierra Nevada’s disaster relief effort after several neighboring towns were destroyed by the Camp Fire. In September, Hurricane

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10 Tips for Beginners

Find 10 tips written for the new homebrewer, but should be tips followed by ALL brewers.

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Build an Electric Brewing System

When I started thinking about a return to homebrewing, after a nearly-15-year hiatus, I started my research diligently to see what has changed since I got out of the hobby for a

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Avoid Brewer's Block

When you’ve been brewing for long enough, a time eventually comes when desire to create a new recipe is high but imagination is low. When that happens, you can often find inspiration from nature, new products, or experimentation.

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Water Control System: Making the most of a float switch

A float switch can be a beautiful addition to any homebrewery. Learn about one homebrewer’s water control system that helps him achieve three goals during his brew day.

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Brewing with Apples

Just as cooking with fresh seasonal produce enhances the flavors in food, the same is true of beer. Freshly harvested plants, from peaches to pecans, are leaps and bounds more flavorful and

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More Great Homebrew Debates

Six of BYO’s favorite homebrewing experts debate some of the hobby’s most controversial topics, including boil vigor, the importance of precise mash temperatures, secondary fermentation, and Belgian candi sugar.

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American Trappists

The monks of St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Mass. run the first American Trappist brewery. Plus: a clone recipe.

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Ask Mr. Wizard

I can’t seem to find any information that I feel like I can trust on the amount of priming sugar to use if I cold crash my homebrew. I have heard you need less priming sugar, but the calculations I’ve seen haven’t been reliable. Also some say not to worry and it might take a little longer to carbonate. This is probably the most confusing thing I have tried to get info on in almost two years of homebrewing. I don’t keg yet, which really makes it worse because it seems like most people offering knowledge do. I’m just scared of getting bottle bombs or 48 flat beers.

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