Homebrewing, Brewing Science, Yeast Wrangling and More!
In my second video on managing a beer solera in your home brewery we discuss how you plan for, brew, and manage each withdrawal/refill cycle of a solera, focusing on how we can adjust our recipe to push the character of the beer in the direction we want it to go.
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This is the first video in a short series on managing a beer solera in your home brewery. In this video we discuss what a solera is, how you operate a solera, and go over a series of important factors you need to consider before starting a new solera.
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An update on my work over the summer of 2023 to isolate and characterize wild Brettanomyces from the rhizosphere.
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The Fifty Meter Beer Project is complete, and we have beer! Check out the video for a look back at the project, a look forward to the upcoming planting season, and for tasting notes!
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After starting this project back in April the fifty meter beer project is finally nearing its end, and it’s time to brew some beer! It’s been a heck of a journey to get to this point, and I’m excited to show you how the brewday went.
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All of the barley is malted, and I’ve run a malt conversion test to check the diastatic power and yield of my homemade malt.
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Over the past week I made the first batch of malt for my Fifty Meter Beer Project brewday. There is
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Are moulds present in beer? Are they a risk? And how do we manage them?
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It’s time to start malting, but before I can do that I need to determine the moisture content of my barely & I need to identify the yeast I am going to use for this beer.
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The final post in the 2022/2023 hunt for wild Brettanomyces. Here, I look at the fermentation characteristics of the two species of Brettanomyces I successfully isolated this fall.
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