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Home Lab Tests
Does this look infected? Even if your beers tastes fine, it has some level of contamination. Learn how to find out if your beer is in the clear or if you’re one pitch away from disaster.
Great Bread from Spent Grains
Throughout history beer and bread are often mentioned together. In fact it is hard to find a reference to one that does not mention the other. Ancient Egyptian drawings depict the making
Going Pro
It’s every homebrewer’s dream; but is it really a nightmare? What’s it really like being a pro brewer? Our Advanced Brewing columnist — and former brewpub brewer — weighs in.
Get the Full Effect from Your Hops
The next time you have a glass of beer in front of you, pay very close attention to the hops. You’ll get three quite separate hop effects, and if it’s a well-made
Force Carbonation: Tips From the Pros
Brewers from Indianapolis and a "Corny" brewpub in Austin discuss force carbonation.
Fine Wheatwine
Wheatwine is potent, difficult to brew and decidly different. Which is why every intrepid homebrewer should give it a whirl.
Fermentation & Flavor Compound Science
How to understand flavor compounds produced during fermentation.
Fermentability
Your beer’s final gravity is determined by the fermentability of the wort and the action of the yeast. Find out how to control these factors in your homebrews.
Everything About Water for Extract-Based Brewing
Water, water everywhere….but what’s an extract brewer suppossed to do with it? Get your feet wet in our guide to what extract brewers should, and shouldn’t, bother with when it comes to this all-important brewing ingredient.
Eisbock: Brew the Beer Money Can’t Buy
Delicious eisbock is expensive to produce on a large scale and must be aged. The unwillingness of larger breweries to produce it gives it a mystique, and it makes a great addition to any brewer’s beer cellar.
Easy Tips for Better Lautering
Imagine a 10-foot laurel hedge, fairly open and loose. Not carefully groomed. Then imagine a steady, soft breeze blowing a pallet of Styrofoam peanuts through it. If the breeze changes or stops,
Don’t Boil It!
Here in the United States, conventional homebrewing wisdom holds that you should always boil prehopped extract beer kits. But does this help or hurt your beer? One expert offers some revolutionary advice: Follow the instructions on the kit!
