Writer: Ashton Lewis
Cleaning Chillers
The Wizard suggests the best solution to clean a copper immersion chiller and more.
Bottle Priming
The Wizard fields questions on priming cold-crashed beers and the technique of kettle souring.
Diacetyl Rests
Perform a diacetyl rest, build a simple aeration device, and convert recipes to larger batch sizes.
Carbonating High Gravity Beer
Carbonating high-gravity homebrew, the science behind purging bottles, O2-absorbing bottle caps, and filtration.
Hop Spiders
The Wiz answers questions about the impact a hop spider has on hop utilization, prepping a barrel, acid yeast washing.
Q&A Recap with Mr Wizard Ashton Lewis
Ashton Lewis (author of the Mr. Wizard column) took over the BYO Facebook page for a couple hours on April 28 to answer reader questions. Here are the highlights.
Fermenting in Hot Climates
The Wiz offers a way to stabilize fermentation temperatures and gives a new cidermaker tips for barrel aging.
Pineapple or Coconut Brewing
The Wiz gets tropical and offers first-hand insight on the Pro-Am rauchbier he was involved with brewing.
Oxygen Quality
The Wiz answers questions about oxygen quality, not removing the trub and recipe formulation.
Bottling and Cask Ale
The Wiz helps a homebrewer looking for cask ale taste on a bottling budget. Plus, dry hopping in the keg.
Late Hop Additions
The Wiz discusses late hop additions, the complex issue of CO2 qualities and mash stirring.
Rehydrating Dried Yeast
The Wiz weighs in on whether to rehydrate dry yeast and defuses a bottle explosion problem.
