Quick Characteristics Brewery: Blue Moon Brewing Co. Location: Golden, CO Style: Spiced Beer ABV: 5.5% IBUs: 10 Hops: Sterling Hops Malts: 2-Row Pale, Long Grain Rice Appearance: Hazy, Pale … [Read more...]
History Extra Special Bitter and all the variations of bitters’ have their start with the development of coke around 1642. Coke is a high carbon fuel made from coal. Before its development, malts where roasted using wood and peat which invariably infused the malt with some degree of a smoky … [Read more...]
Other than a beginner equipment kit, the first significant investment most homebrewers make when they take up brewing is their brew kettle. Choosing the right brew kettle is incredibly important. If you choose wisely and maintain the equipment well, your brew kettle can be with you for … [Read more...]
Quick Characteristics Brewery: Alaskan Brewing Co. Location: Juneau, AK Style: American Imperial IPA ABV: 8.5% IBUs: 70 Hops: Apollo, Nugget & Summit (Dry hopped with Mosaic, Amarillo, Calypso) Malts: … [Read more...]
Backstory of this Recipe As a homebrewer, you occasionally have a disappointing batch. An ingredient didn’t go well, or there is a flavor in there that you won't believe will ever go away. Sometimes, these accidents are just ruined batches of beer, but sometimes a brewer’s best friend is … [Read more...]
There comes a time in every homebrewer’s career when he or she must move that mess out of the kitchen. Brewing takes up a lot of time and space, and can make unholy messes that are much harder to clean up indoors. Here's how we would suggest you make the transition to brewing outside. photo … [Read more...]
Quick Characteristics Brewery Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Location Chico, CA Style American IPA ABV 6.2% IBU 60 … [Read more...]
Gluten-free diets are becoming far more commonplace these days, and for a lot of beer drinkers, that can be very bad news. The selection of gluten-free beer available in the market is very limited, and, unless you happen to have a sympathetic craft brewer in your town, not particularly … [Read more...]
This is a fantastic easy-to-brew recipe for new homebrewers that will help develop their skills, but still result in a delicious, gluten-free beer. If you are following a gluten-free diet, but still want to drink and brew your own beer, this is a great recipe to add to your routine. Like any … [Read more...]
History of Fruit Beer Unlike most other styles, fruit beer really has no continuous lineage in the brewing histories. But, new evidence may link the earliest evidence of brewing with fruit beer. A study published in 2004 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences presents 9,000 year … [Read more...]
Hops are a brewer’s best friend. Whether added to the mash, boil, or fermenter, they impart distinctive flavors to beer which cannot be duplicated any other way. What a lot of brewer’s don’t know—or haven’t tried—is that their favorite hops can also be used in other ways. One of my … [Read more...]
Quick Characteristics Brewery: Abita Brewing Company Location: Abita Springs, LA Style: Fruit / Vegetable Beer ABV: 4.2% IBU: 13 Appearance: Straw-Colored, Reminiscent of a Hazy Light Lager; No Hint of Strawberry … [Read more...]
