Date: September 2016
Build a Portable Keg Cooler
Digital and Plus Members OnlyTake your kegged homebrew on the road with you without having to worry about refrigeration with this nifty portable keg cooler.
Iechyd Da Brewing Company: Walloon Belgian Dark Strong clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis Belgian dark strong ale is brewed with dark candi syrup and dark malts to create a beautiful dark amber ale with sweet, toffee-like aromas.
New Pumpkin Beer Styles
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThe leaves will soon be changing, the air is getting crisp, and pub brewers everywhere cringe as they clean pumpkin goo from their mash tuns for the eighth time already! Thirty years ago this now ubiquitous orange-hued caramel-malt-heavy pumpkin-pie-spiced style was first brewed by Buffalo Bill’s Brewery in Hayward, California. Since that time it has
Scrub Your Way to Better Beer
Digital and Plus Members OnlyI’ve said many times that primarily a brewer is a cleaner, nothing more. For no matter how good your brewing skills, if you don’t clean your equipment thoroughly you will produce infected beer. And please do not think that sanitation alone is the answer, because no sanitizer will work efficiently if there are solid deposits
Brewing with Apples
Digital and Plus Members OnlyJust as cooking with fresh seasonal produce enhances the flavors in food, the same is true of beer. Freshly harvested plants, from peaches to pecans, are leaps and bounds more flavorful and aromatic than most internationally sourced supermarket-bought produce, since very often those plants are bred for long voyages and picked before they’ve fully developed.
Judging Off Flavors
Digital and Plus Members OnlyBeer is cacophony of flavor. There are over 500 flavor compounds in hops alone, and the other three basic ingredients of water, grain, and yeast add many hundreds more. As we combine these ingredients in the brewing process even more flavors are created by heating, fermenting, and aging our beer. The combinations are endless. Unfortunately
Erin Go Brew: Homebrewing & Craft Beer in Ireland
Digital and Plus Members OnlyMatt Dick, the Founder of Boundary Brewing in Belfast, was one of the first brewers to sit for a Beer Judge Certification exam in Ireland in 2013. Since then, he and others in attendence have opened craft breweries and organized the homebrewing scene. It’s the latter part of 2013 and a group of aspiring homebrewers
Brewing Irish Classic Beer Styles
Digital and Plus Members OnlyIreland was ruled by Britain for centuries, and the north of Ireland still remains a part of Great Britain. But it is worth pointing out that it was the Normans who first invaded Ireland sometime after they had conquered England. It would be a gross under-statement to say that British rule was mostly less than
Prohibition-Era Homebrew Club
Digital and Plus Members OnlyNext time you go to a homebrew club meeting, take a look around. You will see friends and people who share a passion for crafting beer at home. More important, you do not see a group of people defying state and Federal law by producing beer. Yet, if you rewind a century earlier, you would
Airlock Suck Back, Bottling Carbonated Beer: Mr. Wizard
Digital and Plus Members OnlyQ When cold crashing or lagering beer from a relatively warmer temperature to a colder one, negative pressure of condensed air in the headspace can draw in liquid and air through the airlock or blow-off tube. Is this a concern, and how can it best be avoided? Clint Fisher Adelaide, South Australia A I do
Brewing Irish Dry Stout: Tips from the Pros
Digital and Plus Members OnlyDon’t judge a beer by its color. Not all dark beers are heavy and high in alcohol. Dry stout (also known as Irish stout) is usually 4–5% ABV, has a light body and, as the name implies, finishes dry. Those characteristics don’t mean it lacks any flavor, though. Two pros who have been brewing some
Iechyd Da Brewing Co.’s Walloon Belgian Dark Strong clone: Replicator
Digital and Plus Members OnlyDear Replicator, I have spent many days traveling for work to Elkhart, Indiana. One of the best parts of the trip is visiting Iechyd Da Brewing Company for one of their many great brews. The best of these brews in my opinion is the Walloon Belgian Dark Strong, a “big sweet malty sipper with dark fruit notes like raisin