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Brewing Continental-Style Lagers: Tips From the Pros
Continental-styled lagers are often malt-forward beers. We sat down with two award-winning brewers to talk malts for your next bottom-fermented recipe.
From Hobby to Startup
Thinking of opening a brewery? There’s a lot of planning that must go into the endeavor. From the perspective of a longtime homebrewer who opened a commercial meadery last year; here’s what you need to consider before the process of selling beer begins.
Master the Spice: Options and approaches to additions
One spice, two spice, red spice, blue spice. While mixing beer with spices offers an unlimited array of options, the approach to spicing beer can be handled in stride using a few key guidelines explained by Josh Weikert.
Crunching the COGS: When it’s not a hobby anymore
For those who are brewing their beer commercially, or planning to, finding their cost of goods sold (COGS) can feel like a monumental task. Beer numbers guru Audra Gaiziunas helps us crunch the COGS for brewers.
Beyond the Barrel
Barrel-aged beers are wonderful, but barrels are also expensive, time-consuming, and take up a lot of space. With the wide array of oak alternatives available, they are also unnecessary. Explore the alternatives to barrels.
Backsweetening
The what of this process is simple . . . add sugar to sweeten up your alcoholic beverage. It can be any type: Beer, cider, mead, or even wine. We have a
Liters of Fun
It’s not often you get to have a special beer experience at either end of the thermometer within the same week. For over one hour during a brewery visit and tasting in
Single- and Two-Vessel Brew Systems
Find out about the intricacies of single- and two-vessel brewing systems, pros and cons, and how they operate.
Maximizing Tropical Flavors & Aromas: Tips from the Pros
There are many ways to get the most tropical aromas and flavors in your hazy IPAs and other styles. Three pros share their approach to boost tropical characteristics.
Faucet Dynamics, Apparent Attenuation
A homebrewer recently acquired a Lukr faucet for his home draft system and wants some advice on how to properly use it. Also, learn about the details of apparent attenuation.
Homebrewing as an Educational Experience for Kids
Teaching kids about the brewing process has implications with other facets of our world. Maximize the learning possibilities by sharing the science of what we do every time we make beer with those still too young to enjoy its results.
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Brew Now for Oktoberfest
