The quest to brew every beer in the BJCP guidelines…
After a few high-gravity beers in a not-so-cool basement, I realized very quickly that maintaining proper fermentation temperature is probably the most important variable to nail down, after religious sanitation, that is. Too often I see newer home brewers spend hundreds of dollars on equipment like water-cooler mash tuns, large ported, stainless steel brew pots,…
Scottish Light (14A) BeerSmith Recipe File Formulation As a brewer, I’m asking myself why in the heck I would brew a beer that will turn out to be only 3% ABV. I mean, I know the point of great beer isn’t to get you hammered, but below 4.5%, something starts to feel wrong about spending…
English IPA (12C) BeerSmith Recipe File Formulation The idea for this beer started with a sip of Blackheart from 3 Floyd’s Brewing in Munster, IN. If you haven’t been there dear reader, I consider it the Midwest Beer Mecca, even if I don’t agree with their approach to distribution (or more accurately, the lack thereof). I’m…
