Date: September 2019
The Indoor/ Outdoor Brewery
FREELike so many homebrewers, I started off several years ago by brewing 5-gallon (19-L) extract batches in my kitchen. When it was time to step up to all-grain brewing and 10-gallon (38-L)
Priming sugar uses
Digital and Plus Members OnlyRudy, I like your ideas! This question reminds me of lyrics from The Clash tune “Rudi Can’t Fail.” Now we get a rude and a recklessWe been seen lookin’ cool an’ specklessWe been drinking brew for breakfastRudie can’t fail Not saying you have been drinking beer with breakfast, but the idea of saving up priming
Tricks to a better hefeweizen
Digital and Plus Members OnlyGerman-style hefeweizen is one of my favorite styles of beer, and is a beer type that I feel pretty darn comfortable brewing, with two Great American Beer Festival medals in 2006 (gold) and 2008 (bronze) to boot. I tend to avoid style and recipe questions for this column, but this great style is one that
Finishing A Fermentation Strong
Digital and Plus Members OnlyWhenever there seems to be an attenuation problem with a batch, I think it always helps to go through a mental check list of the basics. This checklist of mine includes the following: Mashing issues?Yeast nutrients and/or zinc added to the wort? Yeast into wort cooled to the correct temperature?Wort aerated normally?Sufficient yeast added to
Too Much Yeast? Is over-pitching a problem?
Digital and Plus Members OnlyAverbelen et al. (Impact of Pitching Rate on Yeast Fermentation Performance and Beer Flavour, Applied Microbiology Biotechnology (2009) 82:155–167) demonstrated that increasing pitching rates of lager yeast from 10 to 120 million cells/mL resulted in an increase in fermentation rate, decreased net biomass production when pitching exceeded 80 million cells/mL, higher post-fermentation levels of diacetyl,
Strong Scotch Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyStrong Scotch Ale (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.074 FG = 1.020IBU = 27 SRM = 19 ABV = 7.1% Ingredients15 lbs. (6.8 kg) Golden Promise malt5 oz. (142 g) debittered black malt8.3 AAU Golding hops (60 min) (1.5 oz./43 g at 5.5% alpha acids)White Labs WLP028 (Edinburgh Scottish Ale), Wyeast 1728 (Scottish Ale), or SafAle US-05
Old Man Dark
Digital and Plus Members OnlyOld Man Dark (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.051 FG = 1.012IBU = 20 SRM = 15 ABV = 5% Ingredients11 lbs. (5 kg) German dark Munich malt (10 °L)2 oz. (57 g) Weyermann Carafa® Special II malt3.75 AAU Magnum pellet hops (60 min.) (0.25 oz./7 g at 15% alpha acids) 2.25 AAU Tettnanger hops
Brewing Traditional Scottish Ales
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThe beer styles of Scotland have been misunderstood for years. While entire books have been written on these beers, it seems that many brewers and beer enthusiasts have focused on minor points, amplified incorrect information, broadly generalized the country, and taken homebrewer techniques as traditional commercial brewing methods. This really isn’t unique to Scotland, as
Scottish 70/- Heavy
FREEScottish 70/- Heavy (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.035 FG = 1.012IBU = 13 SRM = 13 ABV = 3% Ingredients6.5 lbs. (2.7 kg) Golden Promise pale ale malt6 oz. (170 g) flaked
Scottish 60/- Light
Digital and Plus Members OnlyScottish 60/- Light (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.032 FG = 1.012IBU = 17 SRM = 18 ABV = 2.5% Ingredients4 lbs. (1.8 kg) Golden Promise pale ale malt1 lb. (0.45 kg) flaked maize1 lb. (0.45 kg) Invert No. 3 sugar or dark Belgian candi syrup 3 oz. (85 g) debittered black malt3.4 AAU Fuggle
Newburgh Brewing Co.’s BrutBoss clone
FREENewburgh Brewing Co.’s BrutBoss clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG* = 1.046 FG = 1.000ABV = 5.5% IBU = ~30 SRM* = 3 Both the original gravity and SRM are numbers provided pre-grape addition.
Drew’s March Beer
Digital and Plus Members OnlyDrew’s March Beer (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.055 FG = 1.013IBU = 21 SRM = 10 ABV = 5.5% Ingredients8.8 lbs. (4 kg) Weyermann Munich malt (6 °L)3.3 lbs. (1.5 kg) Weyermann Pilsner malt3.4 AAU Tettnanger pellet hops (first wort hop) (0.75 oz./21 g at 4.5% alpha acids) 1.6 AAU Hallertauer Hersbrucker pellet hops