There once was a time when yeast was non-existent in brewer minds... they would mix all the stuff and leave it sitting waiting for the 'beer gods' to transform the
I was browsing the forums this morning and came across a question that I've seen a couple of times... "is my fermentation temperature too high?"
There are two times you will
You may not want a boost of hop aroma in your Amber ales (or then again, you might...), but you certainly would love it in your IPAs and other traditionally
Brewing beer is nothing more than turning sugars from barley into alcohol... this can be done three ways, all-grain brewing, extract brewing and kit brewing...
Extract brewing and kit brewing are
All grain beers become addictive and are sure to turn you into a beer geek... the satisfaction of doing everything from scratch will make you feel like the beer you
Dry malt extract or liquid malt extract is mixed with water to create the same 'sugar water' you get when you brew all-grain...
This means that as an extract brewer you
Malt, hops and yeast mixed together makes beer... on a grand scale, brewing beer is nothing more than taking sugar from barley and turning it into alcohol...
... and this can
Beer haze sucks!... I don't like it, unless I am brewing a hefeweizen or some sort of cloudy beer...
...so I have gone through tons of research to brew beers as
Low Alpha Acid hops are good, high alpha acid hops not so much... blah, blah...
... are high alpha acid hops really only good for bittering?
I don't think so... I learned