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Extract Brewing
Reduce the time, processes, and required equipment in a brew day by replacing some or all of the malted grain with malt extract. It’s easy, fun, and results in great tasting beer.
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Color Tips for Extract Beers: Tips from the Pros
Extract brewing might sound simple, but it still provides plenty of room to customize your beer. Color, for example, is one target that extr
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A History of Malt Extract
Set sail on a journey of new inventions, scurvy sailors and botched beer. It’s the (early) history of malt extract. Plus:
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Everything About Water for Extract-Based Brewing
Water, water everywhere….but what’s an extract brewer suppossed to do with it? Get your feet wet in our guide to what extract brewers s
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Kick Up Your Extract Kit
Beer kits are a popular choice for many homebrewers. But many kit makers may wish to start brewing “Outside the box.” We’ll take a cue from
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Steeping vs. Partial Mashing
Some grains can be steeped. Others need to be mashed. Do you know the difference? You will after reading this grain guide for extract brewer
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Boil Hops, Not Extract
Boost your bitterness and control your color by boiling the hops first and adding the malt extract later.
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Lighten Up Your Extract Brews!
Not enough pale in your ale? Too much dunkel in your weizen? Well, lighten up! Here’s help for extract brewers who’d like their beer to t
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Mr. Wizard
Steep times for different specialty grains
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Extract Recipe Roundup from Homebrew Retailers
Round out your homebrew recipe box with 15 easy extract recipes for 15 classic beer styles.
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Brew a Pale Ale Using Extract and Specialty Grains
How to steep grains, boil pellet hops, make a starter from liquid yeast and conduct a secondary fermentation.
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Brew a No-Boil Extract Brown Ale
How to clean, sanitize, prepare a no-boil wort, aerate, proof and pitch a dry yeast, ferment a batch and bottle your beer. Plus: basic equip
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Mr. Wizard
Reduce tannins during the steep