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Performing Closed Transfers
Limiting cold-side oxygen exposure is critical to your homebrew. If you serve your beer on draft, then the transfer from fermenter to keg may be the area where oxygen pickup is greatest, which is why knowing how to perform closed transfers is such a benefit. We lay out the equipment and steps necessary for this relatively easy setup that will keep your beer tasting fresh.
National Homebrew Day
On May 7, 2022, the Hops ‘n Paws Brew Club came together at a club member’s home to brew together for National Homebrew Day. This is their story about a great day to homebrew
The Taproom Experience
Venn diagrams can make for a great visual prop when trying to explain a theory. The Secret Hopper’s Andrew Coplon talks about how quality beer, engaging staff, and memorable atmosphere can work together in your taproom.
Lagering
Have you ever been interested in how to optimize your fermentation and maturation processes when brewing lagers? Well, you’ve come to the right place.
Yeast Pitch Blends
With the advent of monoculture brewing in the late 1800s, most breweries around the world have slowly moved away from their traditional yeast blends in favor of single-strain brewing. Drew and Denny advocate for going back to blended pitches.
Italian Pilsner
While not exactly new to the craft beer world, the Italian Pilsner has been gaining popularity in recent years as consumers and breweries look to styles other than IPAs that can provide nice dry-hopped qualities.
Carbonation Issues, Excess Foaming, and Mash Thickness
A homebrewer new to kegging pours his first beer a week after packaging only to find a flat beer. Mr. Wizard has some advice to speed up the process as well as for a homebrewer with the opposite problem of excess foaming. Also, learn the importance of mash thickness.
Dakota Point Brewing
The Replicator heads out to the Black Hills of South Dakota to fetch a recipe for the French toast-inspired pastry stout named Antoinette’s Antidote. Join along in the adventure to get this sweetly spiced breakfast treat in your glass.
Easy Water Adjustments
Explore some easy water treatments whether you are working with city municipal water, well water, or utilizing reverse osmosis water.
Live Chat with Scott Burgess
If you missed our Live Chat with Bierkeller Columbia’s Founder/Brewer Scott Burgess you can watch the playback here.
Bad Art, Great Times
What’s not to like about Dorchester Brewing Co.? Oh . . . maybe the art. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, DB Co. is now home to the Museum of Bad Art; with art so bad, that it’s good.
Novel Yeasts
Yeast has evolved with the rise of human civilizations and helped shape them. There are a lot more species than just the two we most commonly use in brewing. Learn how and where you too can join the hunt for novel yeast strains.
