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Hitting Final Gravity

What factors may cause fermentations to stop short of expected final gravities?

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Aerating Dry Yeast

Can aerating dry yeast be harmful?

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Diabetes and Beer, Chitosan, & Home Pasteurization

The Wizard shares how certain beer qualities impact an individual on diabetes medication more than others. Plus, the potential uses for a fa

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Getting a Stalled Fermentation Back on Track

Understanding why fermentations may stall prematurely will help you avoid a stuck fermentation in the future. But if it is too late to avoid

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Diabetes and Beer

I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in the spring of 2023 during a routine check-up. For those of you not well-versed in this subject, here

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Chitosan in Brewing

Two things have recently opened my eyes to chitosan products: The search for alternatives to pasteurization for use in non-alcoholic beer an

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Home Pasteurization

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High Gravity Brewing

Learn homebrewing tips for making high gravity beers including brewing and fermentation to produce a high-alcohol beer.

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Go Big!

There is more to brewing a big beer than upping all of the ingredients. These beer styles test the limits of mash tank capacity, yeast healt

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Bulk lagering vs. package aging, NABLABs, storing kegs & scrubbing dissolved oxygen

The Wizard explains the impact of lagering in a fermenter as opposed to a keg or bottles, as well as brewing non-alcoholic and low-alcohol b

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Using ascorbic acid to scrub dissolved oxygen

Ascorbic acid, also known as Vitamin C, is indeed an antioxidant often discussed in the context of beer stability because of its ability to

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Brewing NABLABs

The body of knowledge related to non-alcoholic (NA) brewing is growing at a rapid pace. Mr. Wizard shares some DOs and DON’Ts.