Mr. Wizard
Steam sanitation
Heat, especially moist heat, is an excellent way to sanitize and even sterilize brewing equipment. If you partially fill your keg with water, bring it to a boil and restrict the flow
Health and homebrew
I am sure there are many opinions about how to answer your question. You could add all sorts of additives to a beer to make some sort of beer/protein booster drink, but
Scaling up recipes
In general terms, I agree that when recipes are scaled up in volume that the ingredients are simply not proportioned to the change in volume. The reason that this method normally does
Potato Beer
When I was a graduate student at UC-Davis I attended a Master Brewers meeting at the local Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hübsch brewery where I worked part-time as a brewer. The speaker at this
Evaporation rates
Knowing the evaporation rate of your equipment is important when trying to brew beer to a target original gravity. There a few things that you can consider to solve the problem you
Mash Stirring
There is indeed much information about mash stirring and the use of agitated mash mixers is the norm in modern commercial breweries. The primary reason for stirring the mash is to provide
Tasting Fermentation
Should you taste your beers throughout the brewing and fermentation process? The Wiz thinks so.
Using spices
The Wiz remembers saying sayonara to a cinnamon beer.
Freezing hops to kill microbes
The Wizard dismisses the dangers of dry hopping.
Going Pro
Mr. Wizard on the business side of going pro.
Frozen tap lines
The Wiz keeps his cool in an answer about freezing tap lines.
Squeezing Grain Bags
Mr. Wizard gives advice to a new all-grainer.
