Date: January-February 2020
Sparge Ho!: The many ways of rinsing grains (or not)
Digital and Plus Members OnlySparging is a fairly mundane topic in the professional brewing world but can be a polarizing topic among homebrewers. Learn some of the pros and cons to the most popular options.
Dark Mild: I’m mad about mild
Digital and Plus Members OnlyMild ales have a long and rich brewing history in England. Learn about its path to the modern take on the style and how to brew a top-quality mild in your homebrewery.
Devil’s Purse Brewing Co.’s Handline Kölsch clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyIn the end, this beer just takes patience, unless you have a centrifuge. Cold lagering for a month should provide you with the clarity and crispness you’re looking for.
Gordon Strong’s Dark Mild Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyGordon Strong provides a recipe designed with some of the best characterisitics of a dark mild ale after judging the category at the 2019 GABF competition.
Combating Chloramine and A Deep Dive Into The Dynamics of Glycol Chillers
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThe Wiz responds to a question about how to remove chloramine from water. Also, for the growing legion of hobby and small-scale brewers using glycol fermentation control systems, learn some of the in’s and out’s to their proper use.
A Deep Dive Into The Dynamics of Glycol Chillers
FREEYour question brings up several interesting points that could be expanded into deep dives into topics that most homebrewers would not find very useful, so I will avoid spending too much time
Combating Chloramine
Digital and Plus Members OnlyAs far as chloramine removal goes, your “belt and suspenders” method is more than capable of removing chloramines from water. Just to very briefly hit this topic, carbon filtration is a great method that can be used to adsorb a wide range of compounds from water. One of the most common uses of carbon filtration
Devil’s Purse Brewing Co.
Digital and Plus Members OnlyCape Cod, Massachusetts has long been a summer tourist destination, known for its sandy beaches, surfing . . . and yes, sharks. But one reader found the Handline Kölsch from Devil’s Purse Brewing is also something to revere.
Fermenter Choices
FREEAs a homebrewer, the selection of different fermenters is pretty astounding. Make sure you choose wisely.
Spontaneous Fermentations: Tips from the Pros
Digital and Plus Members OnlyWild beers can be fermented a couple of ways —from pitching cultured yeast/bacteria or leaving the wort exposed and allowing it to ferment spontaneously, as Belgian lambic brewers do. While riskier, spontaneous fermentations result in some of the most unique and complex flavors known to brewers. In this issue, two pro brewers share advice for
Drool Page
Digital and Plus Members OnlyFeaturing some of the latest drool worthy features found in our Homebrew Nation section of BYO. Homebrew Drool Setup — JR Renna • Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania While the industrial look is highly appealing, the weight of all that iron adds up! Many of us have fun names for our homebrew operation. My homebrewery name is