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Choosing and Using Fittings
Anywhere your wort or beer moves, there’s a fitting involved — barbed fittings, flared fittings, heat-resistant fittings, plastic fittings, stainless fittings, garden hose fittings, brass fittings, sanitary fittings, and pipe fittings. Familiarize yourself with the options available so you can choose the best fittings for the job that also fits your budget.
Czech Amber Lager
I have a confession to make. I was going to write about Czech dark lager, but I tried an authentic Czech amber lager brewed by my friend Petr Bachan at a recent
Starches in the Mash: Mr. Wizard
Q Do starches quickly become solubilized or do they remain trapped in the grist when the strike water is added? This question is regarding how a recirculating system behaves and whether there
Resurgence Brewing Co.’s Oktoberfest clone: Replicator
Dear Replicator, New breweries continue to pop up all over the country and Buffalo, New York is no exception. Resurgence Brewing is one that is climbing quickly in popularity and after ordering a flight
Candi Sugars & Syrups
Malt contributes most of the Maillard reaction products in beer, but in this column we take a look at the other ingredients affected by the Maillard reaction. Plus: Make your own Belgian candi syrup.
Fining Homebrew
“Finings” is brewer speak for flocculants that are used in brewing to clarify suspensions of solids in a liquid, such as trub in wort and yeast in beer. Such solids remain suspended
Cultivate Your Own House Yeast
For thousands of years yeast have been used to make bread, wine, and beer. In fact, modern day archaeologists have found ceramic pots in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs containing dried yeast
Brew In A Bag Mash Efficiency
New and experienced all-grain brewers moving to Brew-In-A-Bag (BIAB) techniques often have concerns about how it will affect their mash. BIAB traditionally uses a full volume mash, which means the ratio of
Small Batch BIAB Experimenting
Some homebrewers love to brew a recipe until it’s perfected, making it their go-to batch. Others never brew the same thing twice. I write a lot of recipes, some of which can
Brew In A Bag Best Practices
You’ve heard by now that Brew-In-A-Bag (BIAB) is an easy way to start all-grain brewing — and it’s true! But that doesn’t mean, however, that it doesn’t require some attention to detail.
10 Newer Hop Varieties & Recipes
Check out ten newer hop varieties that are now available to homebrewers. Plus, try brewing four hoppy homebrew recipes with the newer releases. You may have noticed some new hop names on
Belgian Single
by the numbers OG: 1.044-1.054 FG:1.004-1.010 SRM:3-5 IBU:25-45 ABV:4.8-6.0% Trappist monasteries are rightfully known for their excellent beers. Brewed with devotion and service in mind, these beers are used to generate money
