Mr. Wizard
Scaling Down Recipes
I have been designing beers using math since I first learned how to calculate a brew 25 years ago. There is something rewarding in the formality that goes into crunching numbers and
Kettle Souring with a Heating Element
Kettle sours have become quite popular with commercial craft brewers who want to brew sour beers without turning their breweries into funk factories and the technique really works quite well. It’s also
Freezing Fresh Hops
This is a really interesting question about hop storage. Brewers can, at times, be skeptical about observations reported by newer brewers, especially when the observations have to do with changes in flavor.
Decoction Mashing
I really like this approach! This is the first time I have heard of your method and cannot think of any huge problems. It is certainly similar to decoction mashing, except that
Undermodified Malts
Malt modification and stewing before kilning are unrelated, but are both clearly part of your question. The term modification is used to describe the changes that occur when barley is transformed to
Homebrew Spoils Quickly
The primary cause of oxidized beer is the introduction of air to beer after the initial stages of fermentation. It is very easy to simply state that oxidation can be minimized by
Bottle Conditioned Sediment
Well Steve, my answer to your question is partially based on facts and partially on opinion, so let’s see if I can clear things up about this cloudy topic. Brewer’s yeast does
Effect of Light on Beer
Light is not going to cause wort to go skunky, but can cause this problem with beer. This is because the light wavelengths that cause beer to skunk fall between about 350
CO2 Tank Placement
This question has a very direct answer; it makes no difference at all if you put your CO2 tank inside or outside of your kegerator. Locating the CO2 inside of the kegerator
Tap Line Length
Draft beer dispense problems involving gas breakout, the little bubbles you see in your beer lines, relate to properly balancing your draft set up. All too often, troubleshooting begins by adjusting the
Calculating Final Gravity
Calculating a beer’s final gravity, balancing draft systems.
T90 vs. T45 Hop Pellets
The Wizard explains how hop pellets are made and the effect different types of light have on wort and beer.
