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Topic: Ingredients
Improving Beer Foam
A fluffy white head of foam is the perfect capper to a great beer. It enhances the appearance and flavor perception too. Make sure your beer looks as good as it tastes
Kettle Finings
Perhaps the best-known kettle fining is Irish moss, a standard ingredient listed in nearly every homebrew recipe. Irish moss is a type of seaweed that was originally gathered along seashores of the
Yeast Nutrients
Proper nutrition of brewing yeast is critical for yeast to grow unimpeded and ferment our wort without limitation to produce all the flavors and byproducts we desire in our beer. Adding supplemental
Brewing Enzymes
Malted barley, hops, water, and yeast naturally have the fundamental building blocks for great beer. But sometimes your batch might need a little extra helping hand to make it the best it
Make Your Own Liquid Barley Malt-Rice Extract
In Japanese and Korean baking, there is a barley malt-rice liquid syrup called Mizuame used frequently to make breads and desserts. But homebrewers will recognize Mizuame right away as just another name
Make Your Own Belgian-Style Candi Sugar
Belgian-style candi syrup and candi sugar plays an essential role in the rich fruity flavors of dubbels and quadrupels. Starting with sugar, producers add alkaline ingredients and cook the syrup. While delicious
Brewing with Smoked Malt
Smoked beers are rising in popularity, but many brewers shy away from using smoked malts because they are intimidated or simply don’t know how to use smoked ingredients. Learn how to unlock
Using Crystal Malt
Crystal malts run the gamut in color and flavors they contribute to a brew. Beyond these positive characteristics, crystal malts enhance a beer’s body and help with foam stability. They do come
Brewing With Rye
Rye is a versatile ingredient that can lend itself to a variety of beer styles. It can bring a pepper/spiciness and earthy flavor to beers, while also contributing positive characteristics from increased
SMaSH Brewing
SMaSH stands for Single Malt and Single Hop recipe design. SMaSH takes the idea of simplicity in brewing to its logical extreme — by limiting the brewer to one malt, one hop
Oak Alternatives
Aging your homebrew in an oak barrel can add more dimensions to your beer by imparting complex wood characteristics such as vanilla, cloves, coconut, or caramel, but barrels are not ideal for
Using Hop Extracts
Hops contain hundreds of components including alpha and beta acids, hydrocarbons, thiols, tannins, enzymes, terpenes, and glycosides. The exact compounds and amounts differ depending on variety and growing conditions. Even with ideal
