Articles
Milling Grain: Tips from the Pros
All about milling your own grains.
Micro-Maltster
Thick leather belts rhythmically rattle sturdy, dust laden, story-striding machinery into action. Iron clogs clatter. Ancient pulleys wheeze. There is a sweet smell in the air. The atmosphere is Victorian. This is
Craft Dream: Brewing the First Beer
This is the final installment of a
three-part series on homebrewer Michael Bryant’s effort to open a microbrewery in Dunedin, Fla.
Lager Tools and Techniques: Techniques
There’s more to fermenting a lager than just keeping it cool. Learn the tools and techniques to make your lager a success.
Keeping It Cool
Maintaining the correct temperature is important throughout the brewing process. Here, we present a “field guide” to temperatures on the cold side.
International Lagers
They’re here. They’re there. They’re everywhere — those ubiquitous light lagers like Heineken, Grolsch and Becks in their green bottles. Learn how to brew one at home (and learn a few new techniques — including cereal mashing and high-gravity brewing — while you’re at it). Plus: the skunk factor.
Hopping Help for Extract Brewers
Are you an extract brewer who needs help making hoppier homebrew? Find out what factors influence hop bitterness and what you need to do to reach your target IBUs. Also, identify the beer styles you can successfully brew givenyour homebrew equipment and procedures.
Homebrewery Deluxe II
Homebrewer and author Randy Mosher of Chicago gives us a close-up look at his innovative self-made, scrap-metal, basement brew system.
Homebrewery Deluxe I
Scott Leary of Reno has a backyard brewery that’s guaranteed to make you drool, especially when you see The Fabulous Three-Tiered Brewing Machine.
Homebrewer at the South Pole
Working at a research station directly on the South Pole, the author tells about brewing in an environment where temperatures average -60 degrees F and where no planes fly in and out for months at a time.
Growing Hops: Tips from the Pros
Two professional hop growers give their gardening tips for growing backyard hops.
Go For the Gold with Pale Beers
Doing well with any homebrew in competition means brewing a beer that meets a select and widely recognized set of criteria in terms of appearance, aroma, flavor, and character.
