In my previous post about adjusting your water I mentioned something called a “Salifert Test”. It may sound technical and something you don’t want to get yourself involved with but what it does is tell us the alkalinity of your …
To the outsider brewing can be complex and hard to understand and no aspect of brewing more so than adjusting your water. This is why a lot of people steer clear of it altogether. I admit that I didn’t bother …
One thing I find amazing about home brewers is their appetite to learn and understand every single detail about the beer making process. Past the point of being able to brew a beer a lot of information that brewers learn …
When you first start all grain brewing or partial mash there are all sorts of thing that you may start worrying about that you might not have considered when brewing with kits or extract. This brewing method, despite being a …
Admittedly there can be a lot of maths involved in home brewing and it’s good to know the maths behind say where abouts your bitterness is going to turn out or what the specific gravity is going to be from …
It’s been a little while since we had a look at some off flavours so we shall now pick up the series where we left off – DMS. If you haven’t seen, I have so far covered: Skunky Diacetyl Acetaldehyde …
Some brewers just can’t be satisfied with malt, hops and yeast. It’s good to experiment and push the boundaries a little but there is a cut off point right? Let’s make that point “bacon” which I believe may be the …
Today we continue the series of posts on off flavours, so far we have covered the following beer off flavours: Skunky Oxidised Diacetyl Acetaldeyhde Which now brings us on to phenolic flavours in beer. Let’s get straight to the point …
Carrying on with the series of articles on off flavours, so far we’ve covered the following: Skunky, Diacetyl, Oxidised now brings us to a compound called Acetaldehyde. Now acetaldehyde is said to cause a flavour reminiscent of green apples, it …
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