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Record Keeping: Become a homebrewing bookie
How do you keep track of your brews? Denny and Drew have two different approaches to their record keeping. Learn some of the factors to consider when you record your recipes, brew day processes, fermentation, and beyond.
Wet Hopping: How to maximize fresh hop use
Wet hops are not the opposite of dry hops . . . they’re just hops that haven’t been cured in an oast. Find some of the keys to building your own wet-hop beer recipe for this year’s harvest.
4 Beers from 1 Brew Day
If you don’t have time to brew often, then get the most from each brew day. Here is how to make four unique beers from one brew, with varying yeast expressions, starting gravities, colors, adjuncts, water chemistry, and wood aging.
Root Down Brewing Co.
So how you gonna kick it? The Replicator goes “old-school” with a gold medal-winning IPA from Root Down Brewing Co. They kick it from the root when they break it on down.
Always Question Your Instruments, Brewing Water Tweaks and Fermentation Questions
Brewers put a lot of faith in their instruments . . . but are they testing them? The Wiz answers several questions on this. He also covers adjusting alkalinity in reverse osmosis water.
Marketing and Branding: Understanding the core components
Branding your brewery is a task that may not be taken seriously by many. Brewery-owner Cameron Johnson takes a journey through some of the key concepts to creating your brand.
Lagering Techniques and Two Water Chemistry Questions
Mr. Wizard explores a lagering technique that popped up on a Czech brewing forum. Also, two readers ask questions regarding water chemistry.
Beer Evaluation: Tips from the Pros
Experts from the Beer Judge Certification Program and
Cicerone program share how homebrewers can improve their beer evaluation skills and how it will help their brewing.
American Amber Ale
While its popularity peaked in the earlier years of the craft beer movement American amber ales are far from dead. Learn some of the key traits to brewing one of the classic styles in American craft beer lore.
The Noble Hops of Germany
Brewers and suppliers will often talk about the “noble hops,” but many folks are not familiar with them. Get some of the details about what makes them noble.
Measuring Mash pH, Wort Aeration, and Beer In A Bag
All-grain brewers know it takes a few minutes of mixing to get the mash temperature to stabilize. But how about mash pH? The Wizard also offers advice on wort aeration temperature and cask ale-style beer in a bag.
Brewing Modern Porter
If there’s a brewing question more ubiquitous than “what’s the difference between stout and porter?” I don’t know what it is. One thing I do know, though, is that like most any
