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What Is the Beer Fermentation Process? A Complete Guide

In This Article Introduction to Beer Fermentation When you think of beer production, you picture massive tanks, bags of grain, hops, and boiling water. But the chemical processes that make up the brewing process are where the magic happens. Fermentation is likely the most important step to reach beer. Fermentation happens elsewhere, particularly in food

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Motueka Hops: Flavor Profile & How to Brew With Them

In This Article Introduction to Motueka Hops Motueka is one of New Zealand’s most popular hop varieties, known for its clean citrus aroma and soft tropical flavor. It’s a hop that adds brightness without dominating a beer — great for brewers who want something flavorful but balanced. I’ve brewed with Motueka in a few different

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Types of Hops: Guide to Varieties, Flavors and Aromas

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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Dried Hops vs. Wet Hops: Everything You Need to Know

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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Brewing Beer With Coriander: A Popular Beer Adjunct

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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Kolsch Recipe: How to Brew a Refreshing German Classic

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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Why Does My Beer Taste Off? Guide to Beer Off Flavors

In This Article Introduction to 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 (and

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