
Craft Beer & Brewing Course
How to Brew Clean Hard Seltzer with Chris Colby
Are you ready for the challenge? Chris Colby leads this full video course on the ins and outs of brewing hard seltzer at home—from the technical difficulty of making a clean, sparkling base to adding flavors, and much more.
5 chapters · 13 lessons · 38m
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Chris Colby
Author/Instructor
Chris Colby has been writing about brewing process and techniques for the better part of two decades. His new book from Brewers Publications, How to Make Hard Seltzer, sheds light on the rapidly evolving practice of making this fermented sparkling beverage. More akin to meadmaking than brewing, the process of making hard seltzer will be familiar to most brewers, but with notable key differences that can make or break the finished product.
Course contents
5 chapters, 13 lessons, 38m of video
Chapter 1
Welcome
- Welcome to How to Brew Clean Hard Seltzer0:53
Chapter 2
Seltzer Brew Day
- Overview on Brewing Hard Seltzer3:30
- Digging into the Details of Brewing & Fermenting Hard Seltzer15:29
Chapter 3
Fermentation, Filtration, & Serving
- Refining the Seltzer Base5:15
- Carbonating, Flavoring & Customizing Your Seltzer5:04
- Seltzer Sampling & Evaluation7:26
- Editors’ Picks: Hard Seltzers Worth Trying
Chapter 4
Wrap Up
- Thank You0:34
Chapter 5
More Info on Brewing Hard Seltzer
- Hard Seltzer: We Can Do This the Easy Way, or We Can Do It the Hard Way
- Recipe: Modular Craft Seltzer
- More Advice on Brewing Hard Seltzer at Home
- A Deeper Dive into the Technical Challenge of Hard Seltzer
- CB&B Podcast Episode 151: Author Chris Colby on How to Make (Good) Hard Seltzer
What students say
Until taking this course I had zero knowledge about what it took to brew a seltzer, this opened my eyes with tons of information.