In This Article Introduction to Beer Hops The craft beer industry, whether it’s the drinkers or brewers themselves, has never been more hop-obsessed. It’s understandable. Almost everyone involved can recall an “aha” moment where a classic West Coast IPA absolutely blew them away with piney bitterness and flavors like grapefruit or orange peel. Although yeast […]
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In This Article Introduction Brewing’s buzziest of all buzzwords (excuse the alliteration) has to be “dry hopped.” You can’t go to a pub or beer store without being bombarded with 50 different varieties of colorfully-labeled IPAs (and now even pilsners) proudly displaying the words “dry-hopped with…” Dry hopping is a pivotal process for brewing the
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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 Introduction to Kölsch This German beer style is generally pale, delicate, lower in alcohol, and designed for refreshment. Bready malt flavors with some honey notes, and some light bitterness, with the aroma and flavor of noble German hops, such as light apple or pears mixed into the more earthy, floral, and herbal
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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 Saison Farmhouse Ales Originating from the fields and farmhouses of Wallonia, in southern Belgium, Saison is a unique beer style that is very dear to the hearts of brewers and beer lovers all over the world. The French-speaking Wallonians named the beer Saison, which means “season” in French, and in
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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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