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What's happening to bitterness in IPAs? The taste buds are tired, and they want a reversal of the Lupulin Threshold Shift. So some brewers are abandoning the ever-expanding ceiling of the “bitterest IPA ever” competition and putting their efforts elsewhere. The goal, loosely…
It may be the best time to be a beer drinker. Craft beer is growing and homebrewers are increasingly able to take advantage of developments in the industry. One recent innovation has been the introduction of several forms of concentrated…
The purpose of this experiment is to evaluate the differences between a beer made with hops stored in a non-purged plastic baggie and the same beer made with hops stored in a vacuum sealed bag.
Saison is a classic Belgian "farmhouse" style that can be tricky to reduce to a one-sentence description. Brewers have taken the style in many different directions, though all are typically hallmarked by peppery, fruity, and sometimes tart Belgian yeast character. We've…
So you want to brew a fruit beer. You've selected the perfect base beer style abnd fruit combination and it's time to start sourcing the fruit and making a plan of attack. As with many aspects of homebrewing, there are many…
Put your knowledge of all things stout to the test in this week's Tuesday Beer Trivia quiz.
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 vortex inside a container of wort, keeping the yeast in…
