Archive for July, 2009
Saturday, July 25th, 2009
While hops can be added to the boiling wort for as little as fifteen, ten, or five minutes to impart aroma and flavor, true hop-heads know the best approach to really punch up the hop profile of a beer is dry-hopping. Because hops have gone up in price over the ...
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Saturday, July 18th, 2009
There are several variables that play a role in achieving this goal, AND you will need a calculator!
Factors that play a role in the quality of your pour are the following:
Beer Temperature: This will affect how readily the beer absorbs CO2. Colder beer absorbs CO2 into solution more ...
Posted in Kegging and CO2 | 2 Comments »
Monday, July 13th, 2009
The cones are starting to form on the hops plants outside. I just wanted to share a few pictures.
This one is hallertau:
This is from nugget:
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Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Today's modern, high quality and highly modified malts are excellent performers for the home brewer. As with nearly any ingredient, the science behind the creation and use of any malt should be clearly understood in order for the brewer to create the desired outcome. Malt type, mash temperature ...
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Brewing has a dark side. It has yet to be brought to light by the dozens of books I have read on home brewing. The multitude of people online who I have connected with about brewing have never spoken about it. The brewing industry itself wants us to believe it ...
Posted in Announcements, Economics of Brewing | 10 Comments »
Saturday, July 4th, 2009
There are several ways to extract the sugars that we convert during the mash from the grain bed, they include, fly sparging, batch sparging and NO sparging.
Fly Sparging: When the mash is complete the brewer will vorlaugh and begin the sparge. With this method the brewer wants to ...
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
All six new rhizomes sprouted this year. Some are doing better than others. Nugget is doing the best, while cascade and magum are lagging. They were both hit with excess water during a storm. The gutter overflowed right on top of them for an hour. It was painful ...
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