Have you ever been challenged to make a beer featuring a secret ingredient? Let me introduce my local homebrew club’s event: Iron Kettle. What is Iron Kettle? Iron Kettle is an “end-of-the-club-calendar-year” event from my local homebrew club that challenges brewers to feature a secret ingredient in their finished beer. Grains and hops, along with […]
Doppelbock What is Doppelbock? According to the BJCP guidelines (2021), it is “a strong, rich, and very malty German lager that can have both pale and dark variants. The darker versions have more richly-developed, deeper malt flavors, while the paler versions have slightly more hops and dryness.” BJCP Category 9A ABV 7.0–10.0% Original Gravity (OG)
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What is a Munich Helles? Helles is the German word for “bright” or “pale” and Munich Helles is just that: a light, mild, drinkable beer that is golden straw in color with rounded hop flavor and smooth, malty flavor. I brewed a Munich Helles recently using David Heath’s recipe and Novalager as the yeast choice.
Wheatwine What is wheatwine? According to the BJCP guidelines (2021), it is “a richly textured, high alcohol sipping beer with a significant grainy, bready flavor, and a sleek body” BJCP Category 22D ABV 8.0–12.0% Original Gravity (OG) 1.080–1.120 Final Gravity (FG) 1.016–1.030 IBU 30–60 Color (EBC/SRM) 6–14 SRM One Way to Brew A Wheatwine Wheatwines
An Introduction to Irish Red What is Irish Red ale? According to the BJCP guidelines (2021), it is “an easy-drinking pint, often with subtle flavors. Slightly malty in the balance sometimes with an initial soft toffee or caramel sweetness, a slightly grainy-biscuity palate, and a touch of roasted dryness in the finish.” Yum. BJCP Category
Schwarzbier What is schwarzbier? According to the BJCP guidelines (2021), it is “a dark German lager that balances roasted yet smooth malt flavors with moderate hop bitterness.” BJCP Category 8B ABV 4.4–5.4% Original Gravity (OG) 1.046–1.052 Final Gravity (FG) 1.010–1.016 IBU 20–35 Color (EBC/SRM) 19–30 SRM One Way to Brew A Schwarzbier I found this
What’s more refreshing on a hot summer day than a cold, crisp, German lager? One of my favorite beers is the Munich Helles and one of my favorite commercial examples of this style comes from none other than Weihenstephan in Bavaria. What is a Munich Helles? Helles is the German word for “bright” or “pale”
How to brew an American Amber Ale recipe – a take on David Heath’s American Amber Ale. Grain to Glass video can be found on YouTube.
How do I Make Hard Cider? Some of the simplest brew days I have had was by making hard ciders. No mashing. No boiling. Just clean and sanitize equipment, mix my ingredients together, close the lid, throw on an airlock, and away it goes in a closet (or my fermentation chamber) to ferment. But what
What is a Berliner Weisse Ale? According to the BJCP guidelines (2021), a Berliner Weisse is “a very pale, refreshing, low-alcohol German wheat beer with a clean lactic sourness and a very high carbonation level. A light bread dough malt flavor supports the sourness, which shouldn’t seem artificial. A gentle fruitiness is found in the
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