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Know Grain, No Pain: Understanding Milling and Mashing

  • Speakers: Jen BlairRachael Hudson
  • Track: Ingredients
  • Homebrew Con 2022
  • Pittsburgh

Understand why milling is a critical step in the brewing process and how it impacts the finished beer; Explore how to adjust mash parameters depending on grains used and desired final flavor profile, such as altering mash temperature, adding rice hulls, different mash regimens, such as step mashing and infusion mashing.


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Using Common Sensory: Organizing Beer Sensory Experiences to Improve Your Palate

  • Speaker: Jen Blair
  • Track: Sensory Analysis
  • Homebrew Con 2020
  • Online

Performing sensory analysis can seem intimidating to many people who would like to improve their palates but aren’t sure where or how to start. Learning more about beer ingredients while expanding your beer vocabulary and tasting ability is not only fun but also approachable. It can even be…

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All About That Base: Learning More About Malt Through Sensory Analysis

  • Speaker: Jen Blair
  • Track: Sensory Analysis
  • Homebrew Con 2018
  • Portland, OR

Brewers will learn the basics of sensory analysis, including a brief overview of the hot-steep method, and an overview of malt and the malting process. The presentation highlight will be a guided 30-minute malt sensory tasting session incorporating craft malt from around the United States, wherein participants will have the…

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