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What I Learned in College
Dear Mom,
College is great. I like all my classes a lot. Please send money for books, hops, a carboy…
Using Specialty Malts
Ever wonder what’s so special about specialty malts? Find out how they’re made and how to get the most out of this key family of ingredients.
Using Specialty Grains and Extract: Tips from the Pros
Use specialty grains to improve your malt extract brew.
Use Your Common Senses
Fine-tune your beer by learning to evaluate it objectively.
The Spirit of Belgium: Belgian Brewing Roundtable
What’s the deal with all the interesting, Belgian-inspired brews coming from North American breweries these days? We ask seven brewers of experimental, maverick and artistic beers to sit down to our roundtable and discuss their inspirations, ingredients and brewhouse procedures.
The Science of Yeast
The layman’s guide to the science of brewer’s yeast.
The Great Beer BBQ Cook-Off
What better way to celebrate summer than with a four-course barbecue featuring great dishes cooked with beer.
The 10 Easiest Beer Styles
It’s Brew Your Own’s Tenth Anniversary and we’re kicking off a year-long series of articles with our list of the 10 most approachable beer styles.
Step-by-Step Guide to Your First Fresh Grape Wine
Basic Winemaking Equipment Here’s everything you need to make your first one-gallon batch of wine from fresh grapes. You can find this equipment at any well-stocked homebrewing or home winemaking supply store.
Recipe Formulation: Tips from the Pros
This month’s professional brewers dispense some sage advice on recipe formulation. From the basic task of learning your system to some very specific brewing formulae, these tips will take you beyond the standard brewer’s recipe-formulation software to creating your recipes by hand (with the help of basic algebra). It will also link the art to the science of brewing.
Rebuilding Kegs
From Sloppy With Syrup to Shiny and Sanitized
