A Podcast about homebrewing…
Do you use them whole or pelletised? 😉
If anyone has had the pleasure of attempting to brew with two kids in tow, they know the joys of a brew day that can take twice as long as your usual brew day. Having the kids around shouldn’t prevent you from brewing though… it’s still possible.
So, I’m a scientist, as I constantly seem to be saying these days and I like to think I understand biochemical and chemical processes quite well. As such I have always wondered why the hell we as brewers do things for certain periods of time. Why do we mash for 60 minutes or even 90? Why do we boil for the same amount of time?
This is an experimental recipe I’ve done to see whether these hops work with this style. Its gonna end up being a kind of steam hybrid, as its a little bit hoppier than normal, but I’m hoping the relatively simple clean base will allow the hops to shine quite brightly.
First attempt at a Kölsch of my own recipe which I gave a couple of weeks to lager, hoping to get a lager-like result without the complex fermentation schedule.
Inspired by a clone recipe for Samuel Adams Boston Lager but with added hops and a Munich Lager yeast. This produced a delicious amber lager with a wonderfully floral and spicy hop character, some drinkers even claimed it was superior to the original…
A very interesting article here on the American Homebrewers Association website about the bittering and flavour potential of different forms of hop stand:
ChemCast 4 –Â A discussion of my impressions of doing a 30 minute mash and a 30 minute boil as opposed to the accepted norm of 60 and 60.
Stick comments below, and let me know what your ideas, impressions, opinions are in the comments below…
A little video on making a hop tea to crank up the hops
Hey, just thought I would share this with you guys, the story of the worst brew day I’ve ever had…
Its a Monday, first day of the Easter holidays and I’m feeling great, I stick on a podcast (Time to get jacked for the UFC Event this weekend, and to hear the build up for the bout between Michael “The Count” Bisping and Georges “Rush” Saint Pierre) and start my day the same way as always…
Finally got around to doing another podcast after all the crap that’s been going off in my life recently. It’s more audio blog than discussion. Basically just treading water until the easter hols start and I can smash some brewing.