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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
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!
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...
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
Dry Hopping: Timing, Contact, and Oxygen Risk
We have reached another branch of the Homebrew Skills Tree where brewing becomes less about followin...
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
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
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
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 ...
Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 12 - Juice, Sugar, and Acid
Juice, Sugar, and Acid: Understanding the Cider Triangle
As we continue moving upward through the Homebrew Skills Tree, we begin exploring how fer...
Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 9 - Wort Chilling
Wort Chilling: Speed, Clarity, and Stability
As brewers move higher up the Homebrew Skills Tree, they learn that fermentation quality is shaped not...
Homebrew Skills Tree - Week 8 - Yeast Health
Yeast Health: Choosing, Storing, and Pitching With Intent
As we continue moving up the Homebrew Skills Tree, we begin focusing more directly on the...