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Intro to Recipe Development

Craft Beer & Brewing Course

Intro to Recipe Development

Learn how to build your own homebrew recipes from the ground up.

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In this course we'll teach you how to build your own homebrew recipes from the ground up. Whether you like to drink over-the-top hop bombs or prefer the subtle pleasures of a British pub ale, you'll discover how to create and adjust recipes one ingredient at a time.

Course contents

13 chapters, 65 lessons, 23m of video

Chapter 1

Introduction

  • Welcome!
  • Meet Your Instructor0:37

Chapter 2

What Should I Brew?

  • What Should I Brew?
  • Deciding What to Brew
  • Start With a Known Recipe

Chapter 3

Choose a Yeast Strain

  • Choose a Yeast Strain
  • Why Choose Your Yeast First?
  • Flavor & Aroma Qualities
  • Attenuation
  • Flocculation
  • Jay on Yeast1:42

Chapter 4

Build a Malt Foundation

  • Build a Malt Foundation
  • Base Malts
  • Jay on Malt3:28
  • American Styles
  • British Styles
  • Belgian & German Styles
  • Base Malts by Style
  • Extract Considerations

Chapter 5

Round Out With Specialty Grains

  • Round Out With Specialty Grains
  • Specialty Grains: Easy Does It
  • Caramel & Crystal Malts
  • Toasted & Roasted Malts
  • Jay on Specialty Grains1:55

Chapter 6

Incorporate Adjuncts

  • Incorporate Adjuncts
  • Adjuncts? Really?
  • Jay on Adjuncts2:58
  • Cereal Adjuncts
  • Sugar Adjuncts

Chapter 7

Choose a Mash Schedule

  • Choose a Mash Schedule
  • How to Choose a Mash
  • Mash Schedules
  • Mash Methods
  • Jay on Mashing1:40
  • Enzyme Regimes

Chapter 8

Select Hops for Bitterness, Flavor & Aroma

  • Select Hops for Bitterness, Flavor & Aroma
  • Hop Scheduling
  • Jay on Hops3:37
  • First Wort Hops
  • Bittering Hops
  • Flavor and Aroma Hops
  • Dry Hops
  • Hopbursting

Chapter 9

Spice it Up!

  • Spice it Up!
  • Adding Spices
  • Jay on Adding Spices1:10

Chapter 10

Calculate Essential Metrics

  • Calculate Essential Metrics
  • Why Do Math?
  • Original Gravity
  • Final Gravity
  • Alcohol by volume
  • Bitterness & Color
  • Brewing Software
  • Jay on Brewing Metrics2:00

Chapter 11

Review Your Recipe

  • Review Your Recipe
  • Review & Revise
  • Packaging Considerations
  • Jay on Packaging1:33

Chapter 12

Brew It! (& Take Notes)

  • Brew it!
  • Brew it & Take Notes
  • Notes & Brew Log2:31
  • And Again...
  • And Again.

Chapter 13

Thank you!

  • Thank You!
  • Conclusion 0:13

What students say

4.8 from 25 reviews
  • Excellent Course

    Been brewing for many years but picked up a few excellent pointers (and reminders) that I can't wait to try out in my next batch!
    Timothy O'Connor
  • Great instructor

    Great instructor and a wealth of information in this video.
    Ben Kelly
  • Excellent Instructor & Material

    I really enjoyed this video course. I wish it had been available 30 years ago when I started all-grain brewing.
    Robert Fawbush
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  • Great course

    Definitely worth doing.
    Adrian Ward
  • Good

    Good starter course!
    Richard Gibson
  • good info

    i should keep better notes
    Dennis Garrett
  • very helpful.

    awesome.
    Erik Lobben
  • very good. right amount of video and text

    right amount
    Eugene Arlotta
  • Just the right depth!
    Ken Greenwood
  • Helpful

    Been making my own recipes for a while. Some good tips. Jay has a nice style of presenting.
    dcndoug02@comcast.net .
  • my course
    Tomo Jedvaj
  • ok

    very informativ thanks from jodubeer/Sweden
    Johan Duvemark
  • Intro to recipe development
    Michael flinn
  • great course

    Jay is an excellent host/instructor, he keeps it moving, speaks clearly and professionally yet fun, easy to follow, a joy to listen to.
    jennifer chilkotowsky
  • Proper title taking into account the content

    very interesting and important content for any brewer
    Alfredo Pereira
  • Super Awesome

    I really like this whole websites approach to these courses. Simple and really effective.
    Kristopher Smith
  • Great course, thanks!

    This course had a lot of really good tips
    ryan campeau
  • straight forward easy to understand good basic knowledge
    mark Mugridge
  • Great video course

    Realy liked it.. interesting to listen and watch..
    Toni Žagrić
  • Really enjoyed this! Very in-depth

    This was a really great introduction. I feel much more confident now to take a stab at creating my own recipes
    Derek McKenna
  • mike

    clear, informative, light,
    michael rello
  • Good introduction!
    Peter dellaFemina
  • Intro to Recipe Development
    Chuck Edenburn
  • Great course

    Lots of information to take into consideration. Good course.
    DAVID KIRN
  • Ok

    Subtitles please :)
    ducrocq.nicolas@hotmail.fr .