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Mike McDole…Brew System…Recipes?
We often use flameout and knockout interchangeably, since flameout and initiation of chilling usually occur back to back, but I believe knockout actually refers to the chilling step, which would usually coincide with transferring the beer to the fermenter.
Mead Recipe of the Week: Adore on Homebrewers Association:
Adore, a semi-sweet standard melomel, was awarded Best in Show at the 2011 National Homebrewers Conference and gained creator, Monique Scovil, the title of 2011's Meadmaker of the Year.
How to Brew – By John Palmer – How Are They Used?
Only low alpha finishing hops should be used for [first wort hopping (FWH)], and the amount should be no less than 30% of the total amount of hops used in the boil. This FWH addition therefore should be taken from the hops intended for finishing additions.
Beer Recipe of the Week: Big Ass Barleywine on Homebrewers Association:
Can this beer be an English barleywine when it is made only with U.S. hops? Or maybe an American barleywine with reserved hop character? We'll let you decide!
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Beer Recipe of the Week: Baltic Porter on Homebrewers Association:
After teaming up with Foothills Brewing, Tom Nolan's Baltic porter recipe took gold in the 2006 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition. All grain and extract with specialty grain instructions are included!
effectiveness of pre boiling water to remove bicarbonate – Home Brew Forums
You can estimate the effect of boiling for decarbonation (removing bicarbonate) by the following formula: boiling will remove all but about 30 to 40 ppm of carbonate-bicarbonate; at the same time, it will remove 3 ppm of calcium for every 5 ppm of carbonate.
Here is a video of one of the sessions I attended at NHC this year.
DREW BEECHUM – BREWING ON THE ONES (NHC 2012) by NorthernBrewerTV:
Homebrew All-Star and Beer Advocate columnist Drew Beechum gives his presentation titled “Brewing on the Ones: Zen & the Art of Homebrewing” at the 2012 National Homebrewers Conference. His message is clear: SIMPLIFY!
Let us know what you think about his talk and how you’ve simplify your ingredients and process over the years.
Big thanks to the American Homebrewers Association for letting us videotape and post some of this year’s presentations. Cheers!
http://www.northernbrewer.com
http://www.homebrewersassociation.org
http://www.maltosefalcons.com/blogs/drew-beechum
http://twitter.com/lindsaylee13/status/223080152744210432
Beer Recipe of the Week: Rogue Dead Guy Ale clone on Homebrewers Association:
It's clone time. Try your hand at this version of Rogue's Dead Guy Ale and see how it stacks up to the commercial original!