Writer: Michael Tonsmeire

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Advanced Dry Hopping Tips, Techniques, & Traps

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Dry hopping is the practice of adding hops to beer at the tail end or post-fermentation. However, there is a lot more to it than that. There are many factors including time, temperature, quality, and quantity of hops that play pivotal roles in what you’ll get out of dry hopping.


Are Thiols Worth the Hype?

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Having brewed dozens of different beers with thiolized yeasts and thiol-enhancing products, Michael Tonsmeire explains what thiols do to beer, for better or for worse. Learn what thiols are, where they come from, and the impact they have on beer.


Sapwood Cellars’ Cosmic Rings clone

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Sapwood Cellars’ Cosmic Rings clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.068  FG = 1.022IBU = 5  SRM = 5  ABV = 6% We love GalaxyTM and Citra® together, but when we can’t


Sapwood Cellars & Bissel Brothers Brewing Co.’s Field Learning clone

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This beer uses fresh grapes at the end of the process to layer the flavors onto the Phantasm powder used at the start of fermentation.


Traditional German Sours

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Go into a brewery or craft beer bar with a decent tap list and there’s a pretty good chance you’ll find a fruited Berliner weisse or Gose. The styles have been revived over the past decade or so, however they are almost always brewed using the quick kettle-souring technique. To make a more complex version you need to revert to traditional techniques including mixed-fermentation, extended aging, no-boil, and bottle conditioning. Michael Tonsmeire shares how to bring these techniques to your homebrewed versions.


Sapwood Cellars’ Salzig clone

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The coriander in this Gose provides a beautiful lemon-lime citrusy flavor that only adds to the refreshing qualities of this session beer.


Sapwood Cellars’ Little By Slowly clone

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This Berliner weisse combines acidity, bread dough wheaty notes, lemony-hay funk, and high carbonation.


The Finer Things: Brewing with culinary delicacies

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Brewers tend to reach for beer additives that are easy to find and light on the wallet. But what about that $100 black truffle? Welcome to brewing culinary delicacy beers.


The Evolution of IPA

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Dramatic shifts in the IPA style is nothing new, even though they are happening more frequently as of late. Review where this style came from, where it is today, and the stops along the way, while also getting advice on brewing a modern IPA. But don’t get too comfortable, this style likely won’t stop evolving any time soon.


Sapwood Cellars’ Cheater X clone

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Sapwood Cellars’ Cheater X clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.079  FG = 1.026IBU = 80+  SRM = 4.5   ABV = 7.1% This is the culmination of what we learned during


Sapwood Cellars’ Nu Zulund clone

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Sapwood Cellars’ Nu Zulund clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.055  FG = 1.007IBU = 0  SRM = 3.5  ABV = 6.3% Sapwood Cellars’ one and only kettle sour was a sour IPA


Sapwood Cellars’ Western Shore clone

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Sapwood Cellars’ Western Shore clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.070   FG = 1.017IBU = 80+  SRM = 4  ABV = 7.1% Our take on a West Coast IPA, through the


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