Date: September 2001
Harpoon Brewery: Harpoon IPA
This Harpoon classic started out as a summer seasonal in 1993 and ended up becoming one of the brewery’s biggest sellers. It is a crisp, clean, fairly traditional English IPA that will always be in style.
Big Sky Brewing’s Slow Elk Oatmeal Stout clone
According to Big Sky Brewing’s website, “Enjoy the creamy texture, great malt complexity and the unequaled smoothness of this Northern Rockies Oatmeal Stout.”
Refurbishing Corny Kegs
Learn how to make an old, tired "Corny" keg look and work like new.
Understanding Enzymes
Many homebrewers find this question confusing, which is hardly surprising, since many commercial brewers don’t appear to truly understand it either! It is important to think of the mash as two distinct
Plotting OG with a Graph
How to calculate specific gravity with a handy graph.
Kölsch
OG = 1.040 to 1.048 FG = 1.008 to 1.013 IBUs = 16 to 30 SRM = 3.5 to 5 ABV = 4.0 to 5.0% Kölsch is the beer that put the
Where do calories in beer come from?
There is really no reason to argue about this because you are both partially correct. An average 12-ounce serving of a “domestic-style” beer contains about 14 grams of ethanol and 11 grams
Fluctuating mash temperatures
Mash temperature in all-grain brewing has a significant and demonstrable affect on beer flavor. In general, multi-temperature mash profiles incorporating temperature rests from 120* to 160* F will produce more fermentable worts
What I Wish I Had Known as a Homebrewer: Tips from the Pros
Lessons these pros wish they had learned to help their homebrewing early on.
Brew a German Helles with an All-Grain, Step-Mash
Raising the mash temperature, understanding exzymes and the iodine test. Plus: what’s going on in the mash and the protein-rest debate.
Brew a Scottish ale with an All-Grain, Single-Infusion Mash
How to mash grains, recirculate the wort and sparge.
Brew a Porter using a Partial-Mash
How to do a partial-mash, boil the full wort, use a wort chiller and prime a full five-gallon batch. Plus: a quick guide to grain color.
