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Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 20 - Back-Sweetening and Flavoring

Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 20 - Back-Sweetening and Flavoring

Back-Sweetening and Flavoring: What happens AFTER fermentation! As homebrewers, we spend a lot of time deciding what goes into a beverage before f...
Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 19 - Wine Clarifiers for Clearer, More Stable, Better-Balanced Wine

Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 19 - Wine Clarifiers for Clearer, More Stable, Better-Balanced Wine

Wine Clarifiers: Making Clearer, More Stable, Better-Balanced Wine The grape harvest is mostly behind us, and many of this year's wines are making...
Homebrew Skills Tree - Kombucha: Brewing with a Whole Community of Organisms!

Homebrew Skills Tree - Kombucha: Brewing with a Whole Community of Organisms!

As we've climbed the Homebrew Skills Tree, we've spent quite a bit of time learning about yeast.  We've learned how to keep it healthy, feed it, g...
Recipes: Festbier for Oktoberfest (lager and ale versions!)

Recipes: Festbier for Oktoberfest (lager and ale versions!)

Oktoberfest is Coming! The degrees are just about to start ticking back down toward autumn.  Be ready for Oktoberfest this year with your own Fest...
Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 18 - Clarification: When Haze Belongs, and When It Doesn't

Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 18 - Clarification: When Haze Belongs, and When It Doesn't

"Opaque" and "Brilliant" .. two ends of the clarity spectrum.  We’ve spent much of the Homebrew Skills Tree learning to control what goes into our...
Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 17 - Designing Hop Character Intentionally

Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 17 - Designing Hop Character Intentionally

Dry Hopping: Timing, Contact, and Oxygen Risk We have reached another branch of the Homebrew Skills Tree where brewing becomes less about followin...
Art and Science - An Introduction to Distilling

Art and Science - An Introduction to Distilling

Beyond Brewing: An Introduction to Distilling Homebrewers are naturally curious people.  We enjoy understanding ingredients, experimenting with re...
Recipes: Summer Apartment Pale Ale

Recipes: Summer Apartment Pale Ale

Big Flavor. Small Batch. No Garage Required. You do not need a garage full of equipment to make great beer.  This recipe is designed for brewers w...
Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 16 - Staggering Nutrients: Feeding Yeast When It Needs It

Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 16 - Staggering Nutrients: Feeding Yeast When It Needs It

Staggered Nutrient Additions: Feeding Yeast When It Needs It As we've climbed the Homebrew Skills Tree, we've learned that healthy fermentation de...
Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 15 - Wine Titration: Measuring Acidity Beyond pH

Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 15 - Wine Titration: Measuring Acidity Beyond pH

Wine Titration: Measuring Acidity Beyond pH As we continue climbing the Homebrew Skills Tree, we're beginning to use more sophisticated tools to u...
Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 14 - Grain, Milling, and Brewhouse Efficiency

Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 14 - Grain, Milling, and Brewhouse Efficiency

Grain, Milling, and Brewhouse Efficiency If yeast is the engine of fermentation, grain is the fuel.  Every kernel of barley, wheat, rye, oats, cor...
Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 13 - Yeast Nutrients: When Yeast Need Help

Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 13 - Yeast Nutrients: When Yeast Need Help

Yeast Nutrients: When Yeast Need Help (and When They Don't) As we continue climbing the Homebrew Skills Tree, we're moving beyond simply creating ...