Kölsch style profile, recipes and more

Plus, Amber Waves recipe, using brewing salts, tap handle designs and more

Find Recipes Start your free trial Brew Day Bulletin Dear Homebrewer, Read our style profile of Kölsch [Free], the beer of Cologne, Germany. Then, try one of these Kölsch homebrew recipes [Free].  New Realm Brewing Co.'s Radegast Triple IPA clone [Digital Members], named after the Czech god of hospitality, is the brewery's annual anniversary beer. Jamil Zainasheff's Amber Waves recipe [Free] is a more malt driven version of the American amber ale. We tested the flavor effects of brewing salts in beer, and here's what we discovered [Digital Members].  Get creative in repurposing objects for tap handles with these 4 tap handle designs [Free], and check out these plans to convert an ice box to a jockey box [Digital Members]. Mr. Wizard answers two reader questions on yeast. First, what are yeast nutrients and how are they used [Free]; then, extract varieties for yeast starters best practices [Digital Members].  Cheers! Brad Ring Publisher Read & Brew: Free Content For All Recipe Amber Waves Jamil Zainasheff provides homebrewers a more malt driven version of the American amber ale. (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.051 (12.6 °P) FG = 1.013 (3.2 °P) IBU = 35  SRM = 10  ABV = 5.1% Ingredients 9.5 lb. (4.3 kg) Great Western 2-row malt (2 °L) (or light, North American 2-row) 0.75 lb. (340 g) Great Western crystal malt (40 °L) 0.5 lb. (227 g) Durst Munich malt (8 °L) 0.25 lb. (113 g) Great Western crystal malt (120 °L) Read more NanoCon goes online! Don't miss targeted live online brewing and business seminars to help you run or launch a successful small-scale craft brewery in these challenging times.  Article Kölsch My first time wandering the streets of Cologne was a magical moment. In between dramatic cathedrals and luscious chocolate factories, I slipped from one brewery/pub/restaurant to another sampling Kölsch, the beer of Cologne. The waiters (or Köbes as they are called) serve the beer in a tall, narrow 200-mL glass called a Stange. With each additional delivery, they make a mark on your beer coaster, indicating the number of beers you've been served and how much you owe when done.  Read more Ask Mr Wizard What are yeast nutrients and how are they used? Q What are yeast nutrients and how are they used? A Most yeast nutrient blends contain amino acids, inorganic nitrogen (ammonia), B-vitamins, sterols, unsaturated fatty acids and oftentimes autolyzed yeast which gives a mixture of all of these components. These blends are typically used when making wine, cider or high adjunct beers to provide critical growth factors required by yeast. Fermentations lacking yeast nutrients are usually sluggish with a tendency to become stuck. Read More Project Build These 4 Tap Handle Designs Homebrewers are notorious for demonstrating that if there is an ingredient that can be ingested, it can be used in brewing beer. Well, a different take on that line of thinking is if there is an object that is the right size, you can make a tap handle out of it. Whether it's an old trophy from Little League baseball, a piece of driftwood that washed up on the beach, or emptied yeast vials — as long as you can attach a threaded insert to it and it fits, it can be displayed on top of your kegerator to help dispense homebrew. Read More For Digital Members Only Members get access to thousands of recipes, all new BYO issues and more. Try membership risk free for 14 days.* Brew Better. Try Membership, Free!* Recipe New Realm Brewing Co.'s Radegast Triple IPA clone Named after the Czech god of hospitality, Mitch Steele's Radegast IPA was first created with friends at Refuge Brewing in Temecula, California before becoming the annual anniversary beer at his brewery, New Realm of Atlanta, Georgia. (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.098  FG = 1.009 IBU = 100+  SRM = 5  ABV = 11.5% Ingredients 17 lbs. (7.71 kg) American 2-row pale malt 1 lb. 12 oz. (0.8 kg) dextrose corn sugar 18 AAU Warrior hops (60 min.) (1.2 oz./34 g at 15% alpha acids)   Read more Article Adjusting Flavor Using Brewing Salts The Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) training material outlines a sensory training process for brewers and clubs using ingredients found around the home or the brewery. As Education Chair for the Aurora City Brew Club in Aurora, Colorado, I've expanded this test to include other flavors and particularly, solutions of brewing salts. In the past, as recommended in the training material, I've done the training using very neutrally flavored beers, generally a rather popular Colorado American light lager. Read more Ask Mr. Wizard Extract varieties for yeast starters Q When creating a yeast starter for pitching, is it favorable to use the particular type of dried malt extract (DME) that's used in the recipe? Or is there a standard DME that you recommend as a generic starter that remains neutral to the recipe's flavor? For example, should you use wheat DME when making a wheat-based beer or can you use extra-light plain malt DME as a neutral base? Or should you use the DME in proportion to the recipe when it uses multiple kinds of DME? A This question asks for opinions rather than any real facts. I can do that! Strictly speaking, any wort with a gravity ranging from 1.040 to 1.052 works well in starters with respect to growing yeast. But this can raise some real flavor questions if the starter and the wort the yeast is going into are very different. I typically use my palest standard wort (a wheat beer wort) as the starter for my yeast. My experience tells me that the flavor of this wort is light enough that the flavors of the other beers I brew will dominate any flavor contributed from the starter.   Read more Project From Ice Box to Jockey Box Crafting beer is more than just a hobby, it is a life style. For some, it is a profession, for others a dream for something bigger, a dream to take their passion to the next level. Nonetheless, we all share the same love and desire to create a beer that people, including ourselves, fall in love with. A beer that pours our story and displays our adventurous character; in hopes that the long path of dedication and hard work shows its true color in the first pour, the first sniff, and finally the first sip. You look into the face of judgment. They look up from their pint with a euphoric smirk on their face as they pronounce, "Wow, that is a damn good beer!" Read more *For new members and subscribers only. Limit one per customer. Additional auto-renewal terms apply. 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