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Craft Beer & Brewing
Intro to Recipe Development

Craft Beer & Brewing Course

Intro to Recipe Development

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

13 chapters · 65 lessons · 23m

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

Your instructor

Jay Montez

Jay Montez

Cellar Operations Lead, Odell Brewing

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

5.0 from 3 reviews
  • 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 and a wealth of information in this video.
    Ben Kelly
  • I really enjoyed this video course. I wish it had been available 30 years ago when I started all-grain brewing.
    Robert Fawbush