How To Brew Beer

The secret ingredient in many recipes is said to be Love… and I want to believe that holds true in the brewing world as well…
I’ve read/heard so much about decoction mashing not being worth the effort as if brewing were a chore… I guess adding three hours to your brew day isn’t exactly refreshing, [...]

A man’s trash is another man’s treasure…
Sometimes people see opportunity where others see nothing but problems…
Not long ago I took on brewing a Belgian Wit, and decided to do it the hard way…
I basically man-handled three mashes at once… and like most men in the kitchen, ended up screwing up… scorched one of them a [...]

Recently picked up a weldless kit spigot for my brew kettle… I decided that grabbing boiling water with a 1 quart pyrex cup burnt my hand one too many times… and while that made me enjoy my beers even more I decided it was time to get a valve so I can just pump hot [...]

This Belgian Witbier was brewed using the recipe in Randy Mosher’s Radical Brewing book on page 207…
Belgian Witbier Recipe:
Main Mash
3 lbs Belgian Pilsner Malt
1 lb Munich Malt (10 L)
Adjunct Mash
3 lbs Unmalted Wheat (Soft White Wheat Berries)
2 lbs 6-row malt
1 lb Rolled Oats (Old Fashioned)
Use 1 lb of Rice Hulls To lauter
.5 oz Northern [...]

One of the most fundamental events of brewing beer is adding water to grains… and even though this event can take on many different names, you only need to worry about answering these two questions: Are you converting starches into sugar and then extracting that sugar? or are you just extracting sugar from grains?
When you [...]