When brewers and cheesemakers find new ways to collaborate, we all win.
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“Wait! Women run hop farms in Michigan?” That was the response from one brewer as I gathered information for this story. While Michigan ranks number one in the Great Lakes region and number four nationally for total hop acreage, many of the women driving that success remain behind the scenes. From harvest coordination and greenhouse […]
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This week I take a look at how you can harvest and reuse brewing yeast from one batch to pitch
This week I take a look at spontaneous fermentation for home brewers and what you might expect from using wild
This week I take a look at using sensory kits to enhance your ability to judge beers. These kits, while
This week I take a look at the yeast variant diastaticus more formally known as saccharomyces cerevisiae var. diastaticus. This
This week I cover the topic of osmotic shock in yeast, and how it can impact the fermentation performance of very high gravity beers, meads, wines, and concentrated seltzers. Osmotic Shock in Yeast Cells I had never heard of the term osmotic shock until I started making very high gravity meads. Some of my large […] In this video I take the Mangrove Jack’s Starter Brewery Kit and make the Mexican Cerveza. Follow along as I show you how to make a 15 minute beer (it took me longer, but that’s because I got a little long winded 😆).
Dr Chris White joins me this week to talk about yeast viability, harvesting yeast and reusing yeast from batch to batch. Subscribe on iTunes to Audio version or Video version or Spotify or Google Play Download the MP3 File– Right Click and Save As to download this mp3 file. Your browser does not support the […] http://www.homebrewers.com/ – These are the components of the beer making starter kit from Homebrewers.com
This week I present a design case study for developing a Marzen beer recipe. Along the way I describe my thought processes as I work through creating and brewing a new recipe. Designing a Marzen Beer Before I start a new beer, I sit down and describe what I’m trying to accomplish. This beer was […] 
This week I take a look at how yeast ferments wort into beer by looking at a simple graph from White Labs on the fermentation timeline. Fermentation Over Time Most of us know the basics of fermentation where yeast consumes simple sugars from the wort, chiefly maltose, and converts them into alcohol, carbon dioxide gas […] Who doesn’t love Unibrou’s La Fin Du Monde? Martin from The Homebrew Challenge channel challenged me to brew a beer without buying any yeast so I grabbed some bottles, harvested the yeast and fermented my Belgian Tripel recipe with it! *links in ‘show more’ for the brew I challenged Martin to and all the equipment!*
If you have a commercial beer you love and it’s not pasteurized you can STEAL THEIR YEAST! Martin from The Homebrew Challenge channel challenged me to brew a beer without buying any yeast so of course I had to try this method! *links in ‘show more’ for the brew I challenged Martin to and all
This was a sunny & hot brew day. Today I made one of my favorite recipes – Vienna lager. A malt forward, low IBU refreshing lager. A smoot brew day it was. Cheers Music from https://filmmusic.io Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org)
An overview of the mash tab in the beer recipe builder for BeerSmith Web as well as a short introduction on how to calculate and make mash pH adjustments. Related Videos: Design Tab | Yeast Starter Tab | Water Profile Tab | Timer Tab | Session Tab | Recipe Adjustment Tools | Find/Scale Recipes | […] 
An overview of how to build a yeast starter for your recipe using the BeerSmith Web recipe editor yeast starter tab. These features are also available on the desktop and mobile versions. Related Videos: Design Tab | Water Profile Tab | Mash Tab | Timer Tab | Session Tab | Recipe Adjustment Tools | Find/Scale […] 
A tutorial of how to use the main recipe design tab in the BeerSmith Web Recipe Editor. These same features are available in the desktop version on the main design tab. Related Videos: Yeast Starter Tab | Water Profile Tab | Mash Tab | Timer Tab | Session Tab | Recipe Adjustment Tools | Find/Scale […]