Dave Carpenter
Harvesting Your Homegrown HopsConduct a dry-matter test to determine when your homegrown hops are ready to harvest.
Off-Flavor: OxidizedOxygen has a way of destroying the things we love, including beer.
Off-Flavor: PhenolicIf your beer tastes of plastic, smoke, Chloraseptic, or Band-Aids, then look to these 5 potential sources.
Off-Flavor: SolventSolvent character is almost always the result of fermenting too hot.
Brewing HighIf you brew your beer at high elevation, here are 4 main points to keep in mind.
Do IBUs Matter?The International Bittering Units tell you something about a beer, but they don’t tell you everything.
5 Ways to Reuse Your Old Growler for HomebrewingTake you old growlers and have some fun with your beer.
Cereal MashupSo you want to perform a cereal mash? Good for you! The cereal mash is your key to unlocking starches in raw and unmalted grains and making them available for conversion by mash enzymes.
Oats: Not Just for Breakfast and HorsesBrewers have a number of excellent oats options from which to choose, but each option has different mash requirements.
Air on the Side of Yeast HealthIt’s often said that brewers make wort, and yeast makes beer: if you want a healthy fermentation, you’ve got to have healthy yeast.
Get SMaSHedBrew a “Single Malt and Single Hops” beer and get to know your ingredients.
Benefits of the BoilThe boil is an essential life stage through which every beer must pass on its way from grain to glass. Here’s why it deserves your attention.