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Some of the most frequent questions I receive on BeerSmith software are about how to properly set up and dial in your equipment profile. This is an important first step as the equipment you are using drives all of the critical recipe estimates like color, bitterness and original gravity. I’ve composed many articles and videos […]
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With the growing popularity of small tabletop all-grain brewing systems I decided to take a look this week at how to set up and use these systems in BeerSmith. Tabletop All-in-one Brewing Systems There has been an explosion in the popularity of small all-in-one all grain electric brewing systems. These include systems like the DigiMash, […]
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Coopers DIY Home Brewing 6 Gallon Craft Beer Making Kit Review http://amzn.to/1PENyA5 The Coopers DIY Beer Kit includes everything you need to make and bottle 6 gallons of terrific tasting beer. A trademarked fermenter that makes brewing even simpler and quicker, and is entirely reusable. With the Coopers DIY Beer Kit you will get the
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This week I take a look at the differences between alpha and beta amylase which act during the mash to convert longer starch chains to simple sugars in beer. Alpha vs Beta Amylase Enzymes are naturally produced in malted barley during the malting process. Chief among these are alpha amylase and beta amylase. They are […]
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Coopers DIY Home Brewing 6 Gallon Craft Beer Making Kit Review http://amzn.to/1PENyA5 The Coopers Do It Yourself Beer Kit consists of everything you have to make and bottle 6 gallons of excellent tasting beer. A patented fermenter that makes brewing even much easier and quicker, and is completely recyclable. With the Coopers Do It Yourself
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This week I take a look at the three major hop utilization models: Tinseth, Garetz, and Rager used to calculate bitterness in beer brewing. Bitterness Levels and IBUs The bitterness of a beer contributed by hops in the boil is typically estimated using one of three major hop utilization equations. All three attempt to estimate […]
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My parents didn’t drink much when I was growing up. Any alcohol that was in the house was hidden—hard stuff like vodka and tequila lived in a rarely opened cabinet in an armoire in the dining room, and what beer we had was stashed away in a second refrigerator in the garage. For years, the […]

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This week I cover some of the basic concepts of using fruit in BeerSmith for making beer, wine, cider or meads. Fruit Basics BeerSmith 3 supports the use of fruit juice, purees, honey and whole fruits natively when making beer, mead, wine and cider recipes. Typically most fruits are added during primary or secondary fermentation. […]
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