Ludwig Brewing A Craft Home Brewery

Anniversary Pale Ale Selected Style and BJCP Guidelines 10A-American Ale-American Pale Ale Recipe Overview Wort Volume Before Boil: 6.25 US…

Wyeast Yeast

ALE YEAST Profiles Attenuation is the % of the original gravity which is turned into alcohol. The part left over…

UK Brown Ale (Limited Release)

I’ve been a fan of the UK brown ale for a long time, it was my favorite beer from when…

Ludwig Kolsch Home Brewing Recipe

Kölsch, also written Koelsch, is a local beer speciality brewed in Cologne, Germany. It is a clear beer with a…

Black IPA Bottled and Ready for Consumption

This beer was fermented for 2 weeks dry hopped for 7 days, and bottle conditioned for 3 weeks. The Limited…

Rye PA Delicious Rye Malt Home Brew Recipe with Mount Hood and Columbus

So this wonderfully gloomy Presidents day was what I consider my first real All Grain Brew Day. Yes Yes, I…

VDAY IPA Day 1

I awoke this morning and the VDAY IPA was happily and steadily bubbling away. The Wyeast 1056 American Ale Yeast…

VDay IPA

This pale golden ale is a single malt, Maris Otter (a UK pale malt) and gave it a bit of…

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Using a Refractometer in Brewing

Refractometers are widely used in the wine and beer industry by to track fermentation, but less commonly used by home…

Featured Stories

0February 6, 2011
Mikkeller Tequila Barrel Black Hole, To Øl collaboration approved

(Copenhagen, DENMARK) – Mikkeller has two more coming to the U.S. this year. Mikkeller will release another version of Barrel-Aged…
0February 6, 2011
Specialty Beer

This is explicitly a catch-all category for any beer that does not fit into an existing style category. No beer…
0February 6, 2011
Smoke-Flavored/Wood-Aged Beer

22A. Classic Rauchbier Aroma: Blend of smoke and malt, with a varying balance and intensity. The beechwood smoke character can…
0February 6, 2011
Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer

21A. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Aroma: The character of the particular spices, herbs and/or vegetables (SHV) should be noticeable…
3February 6, 2011
Fruit Beer

20. Fruit Beer Aroma: The distinctive aromatics associated with the particular fruit(s) should be noticeable in the aroma; however, note…
0February 5, 2011
Strong Ale

19A. Old Ale Aroma: Malty-sweet with fruity esters, often with a complex blend of dried-fruit, vinous, caramelly, molasses, nutty, toffee,…
0February 5, 2011
Belgian Strong Ale

18A. Belgian Blond Ale Aroma: Light earthy or spicy hop nose, along with a lightly sweet Pils malt character. Shows…
1February 5, 2011
Sour Ale

17A. Berliner Weisse Aroma: A sharply sour, somewhat acidic character is dominant. Can have up to a moderately fruity character….
0February 5, 2011
Belgian and French Ale

16A. Witbier Aroma: Moderate sweetness (often with light notes of honey and/or vanilla) with light, grainy, spicy wheat aromatics, often…