Analysis Think Like a Judge By Gordon Strong As a homebrewer and beer judge, brewers often ask me how they can improve their chances for winning in a competition. After I give them the tongue-in-cheek answer—“brew better beer”—I usually start talking about how judges assess beer and what separates an average entry from one that medals. Sensory Analysis: A Beer is What You Make of It By John Palmer A beer can be compared to the performance of a symphony orchestra. We are the conductor, the recipe is the sheet music, and the instruments are the ingredients with which we work. A beer can be brewed rigorously to a recipe just like music can be played mechanically to the score. The difference is in the performance.

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So You Want to Be a Beer Judge By Gordon Strong It might sound trite, but judging beer is a lot more work than it sounds, particularly if you want to do a good job at it. When homebrewers enter competitions, they’re hoping for an honest evaluation of their beer and practical suggestions for improvement (well, that plus some prizes). Hops Give Your Homebrew Terrior: Grow Your Own Hops By Ali Hamm Recent hop shortages are debasing your homebrews and putting a dent in your wallet, so why not grow your own? Hops are easy to grow, and their requirements are simple, including plenty of sunshine, well-draining soil, and yearly additions of compost. Xplode Pro Download With Crack on this page.

You don’t need a green thumb to give your homebrew its own terroir with homegrown hops. Late Hops: The Secret to Hop Aroma and Flavor By Jamil Zainasheff Late hopping is the addition of hops during the latter part of the boil. It is an excellent method for creating hop aroma and flavor in your beer. What’s Your IBU?

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Bitterness provides a counterpart to the sweetness of the malt to create a balanced beer. If you’ve ever made an IPA that turned out more like a bock, you know that making an accurate estimate of the amount of bitterness imparted by the hops is paramount to success in brewing. Ingredients The Green, the Red, and the Spicy By Michael L. Nothing strikes more fear into the hearts of beer judges than the words chile beer.

“That one will definitely have to be judged last in the flight—wouldn’t want to ruin our palates, would we?” What would possess a brewer to deliberately put hot chile peppers into a perfectly good beer, and why would anyone drink it? Let’s peel this chile and see. Spicing Up Your Beer By Randy Mosher Of course, we are brewing herb beer already, but we tend to forget that hops are an herb like any other. We love ’em, but why should they be the only thing we use to season beer? In our search for great beer, why not use everything that’s available to us? Lifestyle Road Trip: Beers, Brewers and Tornadoes By Jamil Zainasheff When Peter agreed to join me on this road trip, I doubt he realized it would include outrunning tornadoes.

Of course, any good adventure has a few challenges along the way and our trip from Oakland, Calif. To the AHA National Homebrewers Conference in Minneapolis, Minn. In June was no different. Our plan was to stop at 16 breweries and meet up with Brewing Network listeners along the way.

So I Married a Homebrewer By Diana Davis Some people think she’s nuts. She married a homebrewer. What in the world could have possessed her to happily scamper down the aisle and into the forever loving arms of a man whose bubbling, blobbing, odd-smelling hobby has severely cut down on her personal closet space and contributed to what some of her friends call “aroma couture”?

Mead Mastering Mead: Optimizing Honey Fermentation By Ken Schramm The challenge of making mead is achieving the perfect honey fermentation—clean, with zero or absolutely minimal off flavors. It optimizes the character of a spectacular honey, yielding aromatics and flavor reflecting its finest properties. Mead Success: Ingredients Process and Techniques By Daniel S McConnell, Ph.D. And Kenneth D. Schramm The time has come to push mead making into the same analytic and scientific realm that beer brewers have applied to their craft for quite some time. We believe that by understanding honey, water and yeast in the same way we understand yeast, malt, water and hops, we can elevate mead to the same level of quality and public acceptance that high-quality beers enjoy. Making Sense of Mead By Byron Burch Making honey wine is a great way to take a break from the usual brew day, while still partaking in a hobby that produces something quaffable.