Dry Hops
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What’s The Best Way To Dry Hop A Beer?

Like in all aspects of homebrewing there are many ways to reach the same end result. Dry hopping a beer is certainly no different. Just take a look online and you'll find numerous ways, techniques and lengths of time in which to dry hop a beer.…
Torrified Wheat
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Torrified Wheat. All The Questions You Never Asked, Answered

Looking through recipes for many British beers especially from older, regional breweries, you will notice that time and time again the same ingredient pops up in the grain bill. Torrified wheat. It is usually added in small percentages, especially…
Porter Recipe
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Split Batch Blackberry Porter Recipe

It's at this time of year that I tend to get overwhelmed by the number of lighter summer beers that I brew and begin wanting something darker and maltier to contrast with them, a porter recipe I have been working on fits the bill nicely. After…
CONVERTING All Grain to Extract
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Converting All Grain Recipes To Malt Extract

One of the things you see a lot when researching beer recipes is the vast majority of them are aimed all grain brewers. Even I am guilty of this very same bias, pretty much all of the recipes that I have posted here on Home Brew Answers…
REHYDRATING DRY YEAST
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Rehydrating Dry Yeast FTW!

I have seen various debates regarding the usage of dry yeast. Tthe main point of contention being whether the home brewer should rehydrate the yeast, or whether the yeast should just be sprinkled on top of the cooled wort. It clearly seems…
Beer Boiler
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When Malt Extract Beers Are Better Than All Grain Beers

Recently I wrote on the subject of mashing overnight. The reason why you might want to do such a thing is to save time, you'll be able to fit in a brew when you could not otherwise. Of course the process of mashing overnight gives rise to problems…
How Much Does Home Brew Cost
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How Much Does A Pint Of Home Brew Cost?

I am sure there is a great divide between reasons why people get into home brewing, saving money being one of those benefits that may be the whole reason you started brewing in the first place but for others just an added bonus. It is a definite…
Priming Sugar
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Using Priming Sugar & Carbonating Your Beer

Priming with sugar is one of those subjects that gets overlooked. The way a beer is carbonated has an important role in the way the beer tastes and is perceived by the person drinking it. Priming a beer is something you’ll have to do for…
Hop Bitterness
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Hop Bitterness and Calculating IBU

Hops are a complex ingredient in homebrew, there is a lot of involved biochemistry surrounding their interaction in the beer making process but it is good to know a little about what is happening when you use them because when you want to develop…
Brewing Belgian Beer
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Beginners Guide To Home Brewing Belgian Beers

What I am hoping to do in this post is encapsulate everything about getting to know and getting started brewing Belgian beer in a concise form. There are so obviously this isn’t going to be as an expansive resource as one of those but I hope…