Writer: Terry Foster
50 Years of Maris Otter
Many barley varieties suitable for malting live short lives, forgotten when something new comes along. Not so for Maris Otter, which celebrated it’s 50th anniversary in 2015. Learn more about what makes this malt so special to brewers and find 4 classic British recipes to brew with Maris Otter malt.
Calculating Brewhouse Efficiency
It’s important to understand and account for your own brewhouse efficiency when using other people’s homebrew recipes. Terry Foster explains how to calculate it.
Sanitation Techniques
In the September 2016 column I discussed cleaning techniques in the brewery, so now we must look at sanitizing brewing equipment, since that comes after cleaning. That’s a very important statement in
BruRm @ BAR’s Raven Haired Beauty clone
An English dark mild ale with notes of toffee and coffee in the aroma and a nutty finish.
BruRm @ BAR’s Pale Ale clone
Toeing the line between American and British-styled pale ale, the BruRm’s pale ale is hopped with both American and British hops and fermented with a British yeast strain. It’s a thirst-quencher no matter how you classify it though.
BrewDog Punk IPA clone
Punk IPA clone BrewDog, Scotland (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.056 FG = 1.015 IBU = 35 SRM = 3 ABV = 5.6% Ingredients 11.6 lbs. (5.3 kg) Maris Otter extra
Smoking & Roasting Malts
Why would you want to smoke your own malt, or make your own roasted malts? After all, smoked malts are available from respected suppliers such as Briess, Weyermann, and Simpsons, and we
Scrub Your Way to Better Beer
I’ve said many times that primarily a brewer is a cleaner, nothing more. For no matter how good your brewing skills, if you don’t clean your equipment thoroughly you will produce infected
Brewing Irish Classic Beer Styles
Ireland was ruled by Britain for centuries, and the north of Ireland still remains a part of Great Britain. But it is worth pointing out that it was the Normans who first
High-Gravity Fermentations
Our bodies can tolerate quite a lot of things in small doses that would be harmful, even deadly in larger doses. That’s true of many medications we take and of course, it’s
Fining Homebrew
“Finings” is brewer speak for flocculants that are used in brewing to clarify suspensions of solids in a liquid, such as trub in wort and yeast in beer. Such solids remain suspended
Using Dry Yeast
It’s 1978 and I’m new to the USA. The only decent commercial beer I can get is Ballantine’s IPA and it is not always available. Fortunately in that year homebrewing was made
