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Topic: Low Alcohol Brewing
Easy-Drinking Fermented Beverages
Want to try a new type of fermentation? Here are three easy-drinking, low-ABV beverages that are perfect for the warming weather: Tepache, ginger beer, and kefir soda. They each rely on Lactobacillus and can be made with little effort and equipment.
Hop Water
Hop water is the perfect beverage for those times where you can’t drink alcohol but still need your hop fix. Learn the secrets to brewing a great hop water with basic ingredients and equipment homebrewers are sure to have on hand.
A Focus On Enzymes: Micro-fermentation technique for non-alcohol beers
Brewing high-quality, low- and non-alcoholic beers has proven to be a huge challenge for brewers. Here is an approach to brewing a full-flavored beer with below 0.5% ABV.
Counting Calories & Carbs
All beer has calories and empty carbs, but they don’t all have the same amount. Learn how to calculate the amount of calories and carbs in the beers you brew at home, as well as some tips for the health-conscious folks about how to brew beers with less.
Brewing Session Beers: Tips from the Pros
Two pros share their advice regarding recipe design and brewing techniques for achieving beers that are low in alcohol but high in flavor.
Hold the Alcohol
With the growing trend in non-alcoholic and low-alcohol beer, we take a look at how homebrewers can create these beers at home without the expensive equipment used in most commercial settings.
Cutting Calories, Not Flavor
“Light” or “low-calorie” beers make up a huge segment of beer sales for macrobreweries, which leads some to believe a beer needs to be bland in flavor in order to be low in calories. However, there are techniques and ingredients that can be used to cut calories in any beer style for those who want to enjoy a tasty homebrew while also watching their calorie-intake.
Brewing Table Beer: The challenges of making a 3% ABV beer
Table beers (beers under 3% ABV) present challenges that are not often a problem in stronger beers. Delve into the world of table beers and what it takes to brew a low-ABV beer worth having a spot on your tap list (or dinner table).
Make Award-Winning Session Beers
One of the trends of the past few years that I’ve welcomed is the rediscovery of lower-alcohol craft beers. Perhaps it’s a reaction to the “imperial everything” trend or just consumers becoming
Make Your Own Root Beer
Ever wonder what else you can do with all your shiny beer making equipment? How about making root beer? Many commercial breweries turned to root beer production to try to stay afloat during Prohibition, and some craft breweries and brewpubs make root beer today. Our article will help you get to the root of the matter with tips and 4 great recipes.
Pop Art – Brewing Excellent Soda
With the same equipment it takes to make beer, you can brew your own soda in a fast, easy and inexpensive way. A soda expert shares her recipes for ginger ale, coffee soda and other sparkling brews.
Tastes Great! Less Alcohol!
It doesn’t seem to take most homebrewers long before they get to the idea of brewing the world’s biggest beer. After figuring out how many cans of malt extract it will take
