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Make Your Best: Essentials of Recipe Design and Revision

  • Speaker: Dr. Josh Weikert
  • Track: Recipe Formulation & Improvement
  • Homebrew Con 2022
  • Pittsburgh

Establish basic guidelines for recipe design that considers both ingredients and process; Develop recipe formulation skills that incorporate new and atypical ingredients; Incorporate tasting feedback into a recursive process that keeps recipes fresh and improving


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Members Only: Organizing Club Homebrew Contests

  • Speaker: Aaron Pigors
  • Track: Clubs & Competitions
  • Homebrew Con 2022
  • Pittsburgh

What it takes to make a winning beer in a club competition; Discuss how to organize a club event and beer contest; Share examples of several successful homebrew club contests and event ideas;


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Parti-gyle Brewing: Party Like It’s 1.099—AND 1.045!

  • Speakers: Andrew MelchersMark BrzezinskiRoxanne Westendorf
  • Track: Brewing Process
  • Homebrew Con 2022
  • Pittsburgh

Discuss parti-gyle options, including base case and variants on base case, capping mash, and blending options; Hear tips and tricks along the way (including fun club competitions with parti-gyle)


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Reaching the Boiling Point: Decoction at Home

  • Speaker: Jan Brücklmeier
  • Track: Brewing Process
  • Homebrew Con 2022
  • Pittsburgh

Learn the basics of decoction, including the history and concept; Understand the parameters and their influence on the beer; Make your way through how to plan for a decoction mash.


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The Art of Inclusive Communication

  • Speakers: Emma CelesteMarc Meyer
  • Track: Clubs & Competitions
  • Homebrew Con 2022
  • Online

This webinar will help participants explore their own personal and cultural identities and learn how they relate to communication styles


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The Horror of Hop Creep

  • Speaker: Emily Wang
  • Track: Other/Misc.
  • Homebrew Con 2022
  • Pittsburgh

Understand the science behind hops; Learn when and how to hop a beer; Hone your diacetyl awareness and prevention skills; Think through methods to plan for hop creep.


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The Importance of Yeast Choice to Brew Trendy Beer Styles

  • Speaker: José Pizarro
  • Track: Beer Styles
  • Homebrew Con 2022
  • Pittsburgh

Understand how the select the right yeast strain for a specific beer style; Hear recommendations for yeast strains to use depending on the aroma and flavor profile of the beer you want to brew.


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There Is an Enzyme for That!

  • Speaker: Emily Wang
  • Track: Technical
  • Homebrew Con 2022
  • Pittsburgh

Review the variety of enzyme categories and what they break down; Explain the stages in brewing and which enzymes to add when; Explore the impact of enzymes on gluten.


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Tiswin: Maize, Methods and Misconceptions

  • Speaker: Stan Hieronymus
  • Track: Beer Styles
  • Homebrew Con 2022
  • Pittsburgh

Be inspired by maize to create new homebrew recipes; Explore why much of what you think you know about Native Americans and alcohol is likely wrong.


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What’s Hot in Homebrewing

  • Speakers: Julia HerzKristin GirardMatt BollingSandy Cockerham
  • Track: Other/Misc.
  • Homebrew Con 2022
  • Pittsburgh

Gain authoritative insight into what trends are hot in homebrewing, covering styles, brewing process, equipment, and more; Gain insight into some of the recent data and statistics on homebrewers and retailers.


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Yeast Nutrition in Non-Malt Fermentations

  • Speaker: Chris Bernardo
  • Track: Alternative Fermentation
  • Homebrew Con 2022
  • Pittsburgh

Gain a solid understanding of the nutrients that yeast need for non-malt fermentations; Learn how to optimize yeast pitch rate and nutrient dose for different ABV targets;


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Advanced Automation for the Home Brewer

  • Speakers: Geoff ParkinsPeter Bruno
  • Track: Other/Misc.
  • Homebrew Con 2021
  • Online

Get a detailed overview of automation across brewery functions including brewing, fermenting, spunding, dispensing, cleaning, and advanced techniques like low oxygen.


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Against the (traditional) grain: Gluten-Free Homebrewing

  • Speakers: Karen HertzTwila Soles
  • Track: Ingredients
  • Homebrew Con 2021
  • Online

The desire to learn about and try homebrewing gluten-free beer is rapidly growing! This seminar dives into the world of gluten-free home brewing; including gluten-free homebrew ingredient options, malting techniques on gluten-free grains, gluten-free beer recipe development, required equipment, mashing techniques, fermentation, and the expectations for finished beers.…

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All About Sulfites (and Sorbate too)

  • Speaker: Tom Repas
  • Track: Alternative Fermentation
  • Homebrew Con 2021
  • Online

This presentation reviews and discusses the chemistry and the use of sulfites, explains how to determine when and how much sulfites to add, dispels some of the common myths surrounding the use of sulfites, identifies best practices for making mead/cider/wine without the use of sulfites, and reviews the use of…

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Beyond the Fundamentals of Fermentation

  • Speaker: John Palmer
  • Track: Brewing Process
  • Homebrew Con 2021
  • Online

John Palmer, the author of How To Brew, pulls the lid off of the fermenter and digs past the krausen to discuss yeast activity, nutrients, stress, ester formation, and eventual maturation of the beer.


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Connected Fermentation | Presented by The Grainfather

  • Speakers: Aaron HydeSam Loader
  • Track: Technical
  • Homebrew Con 2021
  • Online

Have you ever wondered why you should control the temperature of your fermenting beer? Any modest brewer will tell you, “I don’t make beer; I make wort. Yeast makes beer.” While that is true, one of the final steps in brewing a batch is also the most vital to control…

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Control the Yeast Beast! How Fermentation Temperature, Pitching Rate, and Wort Gravity Influence Fermentation and Flavor Expression Differently in Each Yeast Strain

  • Speaker: Bryan Kreiter
  • Track: Ingredients
  • Homebrew Con 2021
  • Online

Every yeast strain is unique and will respond to changes in process parameters its own way. Discover how flavor expression and fermentation performance can be influenced by manipulating pitching rate, fermentation temperature, and wort gravity. In this session, we will explore how many different flavor outcomes can be achieved with…

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