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Improve Quality and Consistency
To brew great beer you need to start with a good recipe, know how to evaluate your beers, and then understand the cause and effect of each ingredient and technique so you can improve the beer the next time you go to brew it.
Home Malting
Malting barley at home may sound like a lot of work, but it’s actually pretty easy and doesn’t require much equipment you don’t already own. Once you have the malting process down, you may want to even grow your own barley. Jon Stika walks readers through the steps.
Let’s Talk Hop Shop
Learn some of the basic terminology and jargon that surround hops and hopping.
Isle of Man
With just four breweries producing beer for 80,000 residents, Isle of Man in the North Sea is an offshoot in United Kingdom beer culture. It now finds itself at a point where new-age beers and historic styles live side-by-side. Learn about the brewing culture and techniques, plus 3 Isle of Man clone recipes.
Braggot
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.
Calibrate Your Brew System
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.
Top 5 Ways for a Nano Brewer to Get Started in Quality Control
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.
Grain Husks Explained
Here at Brew Your Own magazine, we field a lot of questions that revolve around the husks of brewing grains. Grain husks serve a very specific purpose for many all-grain brewers and
Clearing It Out: Clarity, fining, and recipe decisions
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.
BIAB: Tips From the Pros
Brew-in-a-bag (BIAB) continues to grow in popularity around the world. Learn from two brewers well versed in maximizing the BIAB experience.
Sour Sans Bacteria – Brewing with lactic acid-producing yeast
New strains of yeast are being released in dizzying array thanks to yeast wranglers. Discover some of the benefits and pitfalls of these new strains being offered.
Junkyard Brewing Co.
The Replicator chats with Junkyard Brewing Co. to uncover some secrets to making a great peanut butter stout.
