In This Article Introduction to Cloudy Beer So you’ve gone through the entire brewing process, and your moment of triumph has finally arrived: you get to try your newest beer. If you’re expecting a clear IPA or lager and find it to be slightly hazy or cloudy, this can be alarming. While hazy IPAs are […]
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In This Article Introduction to Dry Hopping If you’ve been drinking craft beer in the past few years, you’ve doubtless seen the term “dry-hopped” on labels or menus. In the never-ending quest for hop flavor, brewers have gone to great extremes to give their IPAs an added punch. One of the most popular (and discussed)
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In This Article Introduction to Homebrewing With Coriander Brewers have been adding extra ingredients to beers for almost as long as they’ve been making the world’s favorite beverage. “Adjuncts” refer to any ingredients added to beer, other than water, malt, yeast, and hops. There’s always been a debate around it—it’s even been illegal in Germany
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In This Article What Are Off Flavors in Beer? Truly the bane of every brewer’s existence, off-flavors are defects in commercial beer and are especially common in homebrewing operations. You’ll hear the term bandied about on craft beer message boards or homebrewing forums, but what are these exactly? An “off flavor” is essentially an unintended
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In This Article What Is a Stuck Fermentation? You’ve double-checked your recipe. You’ve gone through your mashing, boiling, cooling, and pitching processes. The beer is finally in its fermentation vessel, and now it’s time to relax (ideally with your favorite beer) while the yeast does its work. But when you check on your fermentation the
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In This Article Introduction to Ales The world of beer is truly vast, with hundreds of beer styles and an almost infinite array of flavors to explore. But when it comes down to it, there are only two true categories of beer: ale and lager. The distinction lies in the type of yeast used to
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Introduction to Beer Ingredients There’s so much discourse surrounding the world’s favorite beverage that it’s hard to keep things straight, and the ingredients of beer have always been a particularly contentious point. What should and should not go into a lager or ale has even given rise to laws at one point in history. While
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Introduction to Mashing Beer? You’ve seen brewers pouring large bags of grains into tanks. It’s one of brewing’s most ubiquitous images. But what turns these kernels of barley or wheat into delicious beer? Mashing is one of the most important all-grain brewing functions. It’s essentially the process of mixing crushed grains with hot water in
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In This Article Introduction to Beer Freshness There’s nothing worse than bringing home an india pale ale you’re excited about and finding all the flavor has disappeared. Reaching all the way to the back of a fridge to find a beer (behind a jar of mustard) and cracking it open only to find it flat
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In This Article Introduction to Extract Brewing Homebrewing is like anything else: you have to start somewhere. For most, this won’t mean a massive brewhouse with all the bells and whistles. No matter how into brewing you are, it’s silly to dive in with the Rolls-Royce of gear when you’re first starting out. For homebrewers,
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