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Brewing Pilsner: Tips from the Pros
The challenge is to preserve the simple, clean, delicate flavor of the pilsner malt.
How Malt Extract is Made
Beer is made from four ingredients: barley, hops, water, and yeast. Oh, yes, and some goopy stuff that looks like molasses and comes in a can. Or powdery stuff that looks like Ovaltine and, frankly, tastes a lot better.
6 Steps for Steeping Grains
“Malty.” Now just what could that mean? Beer tasters use the term all the time, but isn’t it a redundant term, like saying beer tastes beery? Barley malt provides the fuel for the yeast, but it also provides the heart of beer flavor. Weren’t you amazed at how great malt extract tasted when you first dipped your finger into it?
From Russia, With Beer
Before arriving in Moscow, my husband and I had been warned that while imbibing alcohol was certainly a daily tradition in Russia, we should not expect to enjoy kicking back with a nice bottle of beer unless we were willing to shell out big bucks for an import at a Western-style restaurant. Always eager to test such truths, we purchased various local brands at kiosks, with varying degrees of success. Although production quality has come a long way since the Soviet era, beer remains remarkably inconsistent from batch to batch. In fact we were actually reduced to pouring several truly undrinkable beers down the drain, an action I would have previously considered unthinkable.
Evaluating Beer Flavor: Tips from the Pros
Brewer: David Berg Brewery: Water Tower Brewing Co., Eden Prairie, Minn. Years of experience: 1.5 Education: American Brewers Guild House Beers: Eden Mill Gold, Pappy’s Brown Porter, Old Tower Amber, Flying Horse Pale Ale,
Oh That Smell! Beer Off-Aromas
The first sip of a new batch of homebrew is one of the many joys of brewing. It can be devastating when that experience is tainted with an unpleasant sensory jolt. “What
Making Malt Coolers
At last, an answer for your friends who say, “But I don’t like beer. Why don’t you make some wine coolers?” Their “wine” coolers are probably malt beverages — tropically flavored beer!
Expand Your Hop Horizons
It’s easy to develop a preference for certain hops. But with so many choices available there’s no reason not to explore the tried and true as well as the newest varieties. Experimenting
Hefeweizen: Mostly Cloudy
Besides being delicious and unique, hefe-weizen is a classic show-off beer. It’s also the perfect beverage to sip on a warm day. But can you convince your friends it’s supposed to have yeast in it?
Brewing Big Barleywines
The Cabernet Sauvignon of Beers
Body Builders: Tips from the Pros
Brewer: Shaun O’Sullivan Brewery: Steelhead Brewing Co., San Francisco Years of experience: Four Education: Completed brewing courses at University of California, Davis House Beers: Blonde Pale Ale, Pier Post Stout, Hefe-weizen, Beach
