Anybody can brew beer, but it can be like handling plutonium to create great beer that is repeatable. Your two greatest allies in that pursuit are time and temperature. Giving the beer the time it needs to fully bloom is essential, and something that took a lot – and I mean a lot – of [...]
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Controlling Temperature in Home Brew
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Positive Progress in the Hunt for Fenugreek in Homebrew
Ok, so I finally got to the end of the two-week alcohol extraction of fenugreek seeds that I found digging four pages deep into a google search on fenugreek and maple syrup alternatives. The experiment was successful though I did need to make some adjustments. I wound up using twice the amount of vodka as [...]
Sediment Free Alternative to Priming Sugar Bottling for Your Homebrew
I hate bottling my homebrew. Mostly because I am particularly undermotivated when it comes to things that could be more easily done by a machine or lesser, mind-controlled, humanoid like a tea bagger or something. Because of this I haven’t bottled anything in a couple years and just simply dump my beer into a soda [...]
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The Secret to Dry or Sweet Beer
I’m just learning this brewing process and it’s about one of the most enjoyable problem solving exercises I’ve tackled in my life and I’ve tried a few. This morning on the bus I was trying to walk my amateur self through the process of how I would modulate my beer’s alcohol level either higher or [...]
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Let the Detox Begin… but first!
Today is day one of what will be a 1.75 day fast. I’ll eat some dinner tomorrow night, something light, but after not eating all day today and tomorrow it will taste amazing. After tomorrow then I’ll be eating macrobiotic food until Friday and organic fruit if I want a snack between meals. Instead of [...]
Carbonating Kegged Beer
We’ll be kegging our first batch of IPA later this week so I’ve been doing some research on how to properly carbonate kegged homebrew. Apparently, you can do it the same way that you would a bottled beer but with about half the dextrose you would use for bottling (so about 1/3 cup). However, this [...]