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Brew Your Own’s Technical Editor and Mr. Wizard Columnist Ashton Lewis really, really loves beer foam. In fact he wrote his Master’s thesis while at UC-Davis’ brewing program all about beer foam. So now Ashton will break down the keys to having better foam in your glass. He’ll cover how to boost your chances at creating better foam through ingredient selection, carbonation, cleanliness, hopping rates, and even bottle selection. Crack open a homebrew and learn Ashton’s secrets to better bubbles.
Sour beer is rising in popularity, but not everyone has the patience or confidence to allow wild airborne yeasts and bugs do the job changing your clean wort to a sour beer.
Oxidation makes beer taste stale or old. It has been the focus of brewery research for decades and is a very well-understood topic. Minimizing exposure to air is key when kegging your beer.
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