Time’s running out to get expert feedback on your homemade ciders and meads in the world’s largest competition for home winemakers (run by BYO’s sister magazine). Entry deadline is March 13. Click here for competition info!
In the March-April 2019 edition, we review 7 new hop varieties while revisiting classic American hops. Also, craft a better New England IPA through science.
Starting a quality program can be overwhelming. There are so many different directions you can go in, and then there’s the training and cost of equipment. Luckily, getting started doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated. Here are the top five things a nano brewer can do to get started with quality control and quality assurance.
Not all pepper beers are scary hot. With such a wide range of ways they can be utilized in a recipe — not to mention the various techniques of how they can be used in brewing — peppers are a really interesting and fun ingredient to brew with.
To produce consistent beers and hit our targets from brew day to brew day you need to understand your brewing system and all of its variables. Once every facet of your brew day is calibrated, the guesswork will be minimalized.
Somewhere between a traditional mead and a beer is where you’ll find braggot. The trick, however, is to balance the two ingredients to create a synthesis of malt and honey. Learn about the history, ingredients, and techniques to brew a braggot worthy of bragging about.
Scott Janish spent a couple years combing through research often forgotten or generally undiscovered by homebrewers and applying it to brewing modern New England IPAs. Here, he shares his biggest takeaways.
A NEIPA recipe straight from Scott Janish, co-founder of Sapwood Cellars and author of “The New IPA: Scientific Guide to Hop Aroma and Flavor.”
“When we made this beer it was summertime so we wanted something citrus and sessionable. The Ekuanot® hops are very citrus-forward with lemon and lime. We were using a pale ale base recipe for the sessionability. I chose the Ekuanot® hops because I tasted them at another local brewery in a S.M.A.S.H. (single malt and single hop) with Golden Promise. I liked that beer and wanted to experiment with the hop myself.”— Michael Brown Assistant Brewer, Mirror Twin Brewing Co.
“They develop such depth when well-made, well-packaged, and well-kept, changing and maturing over the years like fine red wine.” – Gordon Strong
Do you have a favorite winter-time beer? For Gordon Strong, an English barleywine is his personal preference. Explore the depths of this beer that is rich in both history and body.
While promoting clarity in your beer may not be your top priority, there are benefits to the pursuit of clear beer. Take a walk through the various reasons brewers may want to clarify their beer and ways to achieve it.
Most of us homebrewers that utilize liquid yeast cultures are well aware of the steps to make a yeast starter. Colin Kaminski wants homebrewers to re-think that approach, which also has implications to our standard wort aeration practices as well.
This project may not be for everyone . . . but man it’s a cool build! One reader built his own “smart” fermentation chamber from scratch with its own CO2 harvesting system. Learn the details of the design and how to craft one yourself.
Mr. Wizard dives deep into the effects changing pressure can have on carbonation levels of beer. Also, a homebrewer is looking for advice on best-practices for the new unitank they recently purchased.
Yeast trials often test one variable at a time to determine how these differences in fermentation can impact the final beer. Learn from three experts well-versed on the topic.
The fruited Berliner weisse beers have developed a relatively small, but devoted following. One homebrewer dives down this rabbit hole after getting enamored by one brewery’s version and wants to share his experience.
“More than 1,000 breweries have signed up to brew #ResilienceIPA! Homebrewers can participate too, with the Resilience IPA homebrew recipe!” — Sierra Nevada website
