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Max Shafer joins me this week to discuss Craft Pilsners, decoction and controlling the pH of your beer during the whirlpool and for dry hopping. Subscribe on iTunes to Audio version or Video version or Spotify or Google Play Download the MP3 File– Right Click and Save As to download this mp3 file. Your browser […] Bière de garde is a malty style of beer that is undiscovered to many. Translated to "beer for keeping," the style was traditionally brewed in Northern France and is known for its malt-focused, toasty taste, and slight sweetness.
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Any beer can be a camping beer, of course, but here are some suggestions for cooling down after a hike or warming up around the firepit.
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This week I discuss the German Step mash profile and how it can be used for Continental and German beer styles. I’ve also seen this mash referred to as a barbell mash or lager mash. The German Step Mash Profile A German Step mash is a term many of us use to denote a mash […] Hops once destined for beer have found a new prominence in hard seltzers, kombucha, and cocktails.
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This week I present a design case study for developing a Marzen beer recipe. Along the way I describe my thought processes as I work through creating and brewing a new recipe. Designing a Marzen Beer Before I start a new beer, I sit down and describe what I’m trying to accomplish. This beer was […] 
This week I take a close look at malts, the four major malt groups and how malts are best used in beer brewing. This is a summary article which incorporates links to more detailed articles on each malt group. The Four Major Malt Groups All of the barley malts used in brewing can be effectively […] 
This week I describe base malts and their use in beer brewing. The Base Malt Group Base malts are the most widely used in beer brewing as they make up the vast majority of any malt bill. Many beer styles like IPA were traditionally made with only base malts, and you can brew a large […] 
This week I take a look at the kilned malt group, and explain when and why you would want to use kilned malts in your beer brewing recipes. The Kilned Malt Group As I explained in my earlier article on malting and malt groups, kilned malts are made using the same basic malting process as […] Look what comes inside the Beer Making Kit that allows you to brew your own beer after only 1 week! The Beer Making Kit contains: 1 pouch of barley malt extract (ingredients: barley malt, water, acidifier lactic acid), 1 bottle of hop flavouring, 1bottle of Christmas mix flavouring, 1 sachet of dry beer yeast (ingredients:
After hearing about Everywhere Beer Co’s grand opening on August 5th, the word “everywhere” got me thinking about terroir in beer. Historically, terroir is what carved out many of the world’s classic beer styles: Pilsner from Pilsen, the lightly hopped Munich Helles, and even the spectacular British Pale Ale, all born because of the local […]
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This week I look at the malting process, how we commonly group malts and the impacts for beer brewing. The Malting Process The malting process starts with raw barley grain, harvested from the field. The grain is dry when brought into the malt house, but the first step is to immerse the grain into water […] 
This week I take a look at the Dunkles Bock beer style from Northern Germany and examine its history and how to brew one. Dunkles Bock is a dark, strong, malty German lager. Dunkles Bock History Bock beer traces its history to Einbeck, a small German town between Kassel and Hannover. Brewing records mentioning bock […] BBA T-SHIRTS ARE FOR SALE: http://www.betterbeerauthority.com/p/better-beer-authority-t-shirts_11.html CORRECTION: I mispronounced “wort”. It rhymes with “dirt”. And, “tun” rhymes with “done”. Learning how to brew beer using all-grain homebrewing methods. Kyle Klaibur, aka hophedbrewhaus, teaches me how. http://www.youtube.com/user/hophedbrewhaus Transcript: “Hi. I’m James Knott and this is your Better Beer Authority. Recently, I’ve been learning how to homebrew.
Base Malts… Most people think of base malts in three basic categories… Pilsner, Pale, and Pale Ale (Maris Otter)… But there is a lot to know in order to decide which is best for your beer. Here we talk about how to navigate the different types of base malt and give you a good platform
Beer history is a fragile thing. So much of it has been lost to time because objects, artifacts, and recipes lacked a caretaker at a crucial time.
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New capital to fund keg rental company’s international and domestic growth.
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This week I take a look at malt enzymes vs malt color and how enzymes affect conversion of the malt during the beer brewing process. Malt Enzymes and Mashing In all grain brewing, enzymes are very important during the mash as they are needed to convert the longer starch chains in the malt into shorter […] COVID prompts Australian to relinquish chair of judging role at International Brewing Awards.
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Professor Dan Svantesson wins awards at Queensland Amateur Brewing Champs.
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Brick Lane will also donate $10,500 to the organisation’s scholarship program.
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This week I take a look at one of Germany’s most popular beer styles, the light lager known as German Helles. Helles is a traditional German Lager produced primarily in Southern Germany (Bavaria) around Munich. The word “hell” in German can be roughly translated as “pale, light or bright” in English. The History of Helles […]