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Determining Proper Yeast Pitch Rates
Yeast starters are used to increase cell counts from an initial lab-grown pitch, and if done properly, may result in double the growth in 24 hours. A wonderful feature of …More
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Session Science
[This article is the Novermber/December 2017 Zymurgy online extra] Session beers can be formulated using virtually any standard-strength beer as a template. They can be sour (Berliner weisse), malty (English mild), …More
5 Facts on Brewer’s Yeast from White Labs
Before White Labs opened in 1995, founder and owner Chris White started making yeast for homebrewers as a side project while pursuing his graduate thesis. Today, White Labs has grown …More
Whirlpooling Makes a World of Difference
Whirpooling is an easy process to include in your brew day that can greatly impact your beers. If you have a spoon, you can whirlpool! The Benefits of Whirlpooling Quicker Chilling: The time …More
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Experimental Brewing: It’s A Homebrew Party
Homebrewing luminaries and authors of Experimental Homebrewing and Homebrew All-Stars Denny Conn and Drew Beechum are known in homebrewing circles as experts on all things beer and brewing. But as …More
Battle of the Bottle Labels 2017
It’s time for the third annual Battle of the Bottle Labels! Once again, we’ve teamed up with GrogTag to find the most creative, homebrew-inspired bottle labels out there. Submit your custom bottle label …More
Tuesday Beer Trivia: Barleywine
Test yourself on big, bold barleywine beers in this week’s Tuesday Beer Trivia. Before the recent advent of extreme brewing, where brewers push the bounds of what constitutes a “beer” to make …More
Craft Brewers Seek to Buy Anheuser-Busch InBev and ‘Take Craft Back’
by Duncan Bryant, AHA Web Editor In what appears to be the largest crowdfunding* campaign in history, the Brewers Association (the parent organization of the American Homebrewers Association)—a not-for-profit organization that …More
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How to Build a Hop Oast
Growing hops at home is a common past time of the homebrewer. It’s a great way to be more hands on with your homebrew, to supplement some of the hops …More
How to Make a Stir Plate
While there are multiple ways to grow yeast in a starter, one of the most effective is to use a stir plate. Stir plates utilize magnetic attraction to create a …More
Building a Mash Tun has Never Been So Easy
Unless you’re using the brew in a bag technique, a mash tun is an essential piece of equipment when advancing to all-grain brewing. Mash tuns come in all shapes, sizes …More
How to Build a Temperature Controller
This dual-stage temperature controller is perfect for managing temperatures of your kegerator, fermentation chamber or keezer. It allows for a hot and a cool trigger to be individually controlled, so …More
