Craft Beer & Brewing Course
Recipe Development from Start to Finish
From conception to perfection, learn the ins and outs of developing your best beer from professional brewer Matt, Founder of Czig Meister Brewing.
27 chapters · 93 lessons · 1h 15m
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From conception to perfection, learn the ins and outs of developing your best beer from professional brewer Matt, Founder of Czig Meister Brewing.
Your instructor
Matt Czigler
Founder, Czig Meister Brewing Company
Course contents
27 chapters, 93 lessons, 1h 15m of video
Chapter 1
About
- Course Introduction1:30
Chapter 2
The Impact of Equipment and Season on Recipe Development
- Equipment Video2:06
- Selecting Your Brew Kettle
- Brew with the Seasons
- Brewers’ Perspectives: The Last Seasonal (Wet Hops)
Chapter 3
Converting an All-Grain Recipe to Extract
- Base Malts
- Specialty Malts
- Extract Composition
- Adjuncts
- Hop Utilization
- An Example
Chapter 4
What Are We Brewing?
- Selecting Your Brew Style2:13
- Honing Cloning
- Regionality of Pilsner
- History of Oatmeal Stout
Chapter 5
Recipes - Lager
- Lager Recipes Intro
- Breakside Liquid Sunshine Pilsner Recipe
- 1926 Barclay Perkins London Dark Lager
- Fort Collins Brewery Maibock Recipe
- Recession Lager Recipe
- Your Father’s Mustache Pre-Prohibition Lager Recipe
- Start It Up! Dry-Hopped Lager Recipe
- Jack’s Abby Brewing’s Framinghammer Recipe
Chapter 6
Recipes - IPA
- IPA Recipes Intro
- Lawson’s Double Sunshine IPA Recipe
- WeldWerks Brewing Co. Juicy Bits New England–Style IPA
- Breakside Brewery IPA Recipe
- Door County Brewing New England–Style IPA Recipe
- Fort George Fresh IPA Recipe
- Dark Sumo Imperial IPA Recipe
Chapter 7
Recipes - Stouts
- Stout Recipes Intro
- Chocolate Achromatic Stout Recipe
- Anastasia’s Dark Heart Russian Imperial Stout Recipe
- Bring Out the Imp Stout Recipe
- Easy Irish Stout
- Stowaway Oatmeal Stout Recipe
Chapter 8
Recipes - Adjunct (Pumpkin)
- Pumpkin Beer Recipes Intro
- Pumpkin Ale Recipe
- Avery’s Rumpkin Recipe
- Oh My Gourd Smoked Pumpkin Brown Ale Recipe
- Jolly Pumpkin La Parcela Recipe
- Elysian Punkuccino Recipe
Chapter 9
Selecting Your Yeast
- Overview1:55
- Fermentation Temperatures Impact on Recipe1:44
- How to Choose Your Yeast Strain
- Liquid vs. Dry Yeast
- Hybrid Yeast
Chapter 10
How Much Yeast?
- Overview0:42
- How to Estimate a Reasonable Pitch
- How to Make a Yeast Starter
- What, Exactly, IS Yeast Nutrient?
Chapter 11
Base Malt
- Malt Revealed
- The Ways to Mash
- Selecting Your Base Malt4:49
- Base Malt Definition
- Get to Know Your Malt
Chapter 12
Specialty Malt
- Selecting Specialty Malt3:42
- Malt Your Own Barley
- Regionality of Malts1:07
Chapter 13
How to Use Adjuncts
- Intro to Adjuncts0:56
- What's an Adjunct?
- What Adjuncts Will Do For Your Beer2:05
- Homebrewing an Adjunct Stout
Chapter 14
Bittering
- Hop Selection2:14
- Selecting a Bittering Hop1:07
- Hops Utilization
Chapter 15
Flavor & Aroma
- Flavoring and Aroma Hops1:26
- The Best Way to Use Whirlpool Hops in Homebrew
- Use Hops Tea to Enhance Flavors in Your Beer
Chapter 16
Dry Hops
- 15 - Dry Hops1:11
- 3 Ways to Dry Hop
Chapter 17
First Wort Hops
- Overview1:06
- Try First Wort Hopping
Chapter 18
Hops Forms & Regionality
- Pellets vs. Whole Leaf1:16
- Forms of Hops
- Hop Regionality2:25
Chapter 19
Fruit & Spice - How to Do It
- Overview1:50
- Spice up Your Homebrew
- Spiced Stouts: Sugar + Spice + Everything Nice
- Brewing Craft Beer with Hibiscus
Chapter 20
Dry vs. Sweet
- Overview4:25
- Step Mashing
Chapter 21
Calculating Metrics
- The Long Way - By Hand13:50
- Which Unit of Measurement Is Best for Brewing?
Chapter 22
Brewing Software
- Selecting Your Brew Software4:40
Chapter 23
Building A Recipe Example - Amber Ale
- Building the Recipe5:27
- Heartier Yeast0:54
Chapter 24
Building a Recipe Example - Stout
- How to Build a Stout Recipe3:08
Chapter 25
Building a Recipe Example - India Pale Ale (IPA)
- How to Put Together an IPA Recipe4:58
Chapter 26
Tasting & Adjusting Overview
- Tasting Your Recipe1:55
- Dialing in a Recipe
Chapter 27
Conclusion
- Thanks from Matt0:18
- Thank You!
What students say
5.0 from 3 reviews
Even as a brewer of many years, this course was worth my time. It's very well thought out and easy to follow.
Matt's video presentations combined with the selected text makes for a great introductory presentation on start to finish of brewing. I wish I watched it a year ago. Taking many notes I will use the information in the future. Great Job!
A very interesting course and excellently presented cheers