Sui Generis Brewing

An in-depth look into whether an attempt to patent a “unique” Lachancea species for brewing is legitimate or not. Warning: science follows.

Brewing Science Rapid Sours Sour & Wild

Probiotic Beer?

November 22, 2020December 17, 2020 Bryan 1 Comment lactobacillus, probiotics, quick sours

Probiotics are often used for making quick-sours. Is there an added advantage of using a probiotic strain? Are there downsides? And is the beer itself probiotic afterwards?

Homebrewing Recipes uncatigorized

A Surprisingly Good Beer – Rhubarb Grisette

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 Bryan 0 Comments grisette, recipe, rhubarb, tasting notes

A wonderful, low-alcohol grisette, with a complex flavour created by the malt, yeast, and of course, rhubarb.

Homebrewing Random

And Now For Something (Slightly) Different

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Bryan 0 Comments immunology, podcast

As some of you know, in my other life I’m a scientist. I don’t talk about this much on my blog, but if you’re interested in my “day job”, I was recently interviewed by Julie of the Planet B612 Podcast my labs life as an immunologist. Check it out if you’re interested!

DIY Homebrewing

3D Printed Beer – Podcast Edition

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Bryan 0 Comments 3D printing, podcast

Join Coulter and I on the latest epidose of the Homebrewing DIY podcast where we talk about 3D Printed Beer (3D printing in the home brewery)

General Homebrewing Homebrewing

Maillard Bochet – An Experimental Mead

September 13, 2020September 13, 2020 Bryan 11 Comments bochet, experiment, maillard, mead, recipe, tasting, video, youtube

Recipe, tasting notes and a video about an experimental bochet using Maillard reactions in place of traditional honey carmelization.

Brewing Science

µBrews Bonus Episode

September 5, 2020September 5, 2020 Bryan 0 Comments hemocytometer, microscope, microscopy

Bonus Episode! Learn how to quickly and (semi) automatically do yeast counts.

Homebrewing Recipes

Recipe Roundup

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 Bryan 4 Comments

The pandemic has been bad for blogging, but good for brewing. Here’s a quick roundup of the recipes I’ve brewed over the past 6 months!

Homebrewing Random

We Can Have Nice Things!

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Bryan 0 Comments craigtube, video, youtube

Last week youtube deleted the CraigTube Channel and its 14 years of homebrewing content. This week they reversed this decision – CraigTube is back!

Brewing Science Fact or Fiction?

Fact or Fiction Part VI – Nitrosamines in Beer.

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 Bryan 5 Comments Bacillus coagulans, brewing issues, contamination, Escherichia blattae, Nitrosamines, Obesumbacterium Proteus

In this article I discuss the formation of nitrosamines during fermentation, the risk presented by these compounds, and what we as brewers can do to eliminate them.