Tapping Into maple beers and more

Plus, Gettin' Down Wit a Kiss O'Hops (Wheat Beer) recipe and more

Find Recipes Start your free trial Brew Day Bulletin Dear Homebrewer, The perfect maple beer has long been a dream of many a brewer. Learn maple brewing techniques [Free], then make this Maple Imperial Stout or Maple Amber Lager [Free].  Alaskan Brewing Co.'s Alaskan Amber clone [Digital Members] is richly malty and long on the palate, with just enough hop backing.  Gettin' Down Wit a Kiss O'Hops (Wheat Beer) [Free] is a low-ABV farmhouse beer style beer, meant for consumption after a long, hot day toiling in the fields.  Want really fresh hops? Here's how to grow them yourself [Digital Members]. You can also build your own hop trellis [Digital Members]. Mr. Wizard explains "whirlpooling" your beer [Free] and whether removing hops and trub from your fermenter is necessary [Digital Members]. Finally, try this DIY fermentation cabinet [Free] to help with temperature control.  Cheers! Brad Ring Publisher Read & Brew: Free Content For All Recipe Gettin' Down Wit a Kiss O'Hops (Wheat Beer) A low-ABV farmhouse beer style beer, meant for consumption after a long, hot day toiling in the fields. The turbid mash and unmalted grains help provide grainy character while the yeast is the main driver. Adding some a mild Brett yeast can be a fun twist. Brewers can substitute in flaked grains if berries are hard to come by. (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.027  FG = 1.007 IBU = 21  SRM = 3  ABV = 2.6% Ingredients 5 lbs. (2.27 kg) undermodified Pilsner malt 0.3 lbs. (0.14 kg) unmalted white wheat berries, crushed or coarsely ground 0.3 lbs. (0.14 kg) oat berries, crushed or coarsely ground 3.75 AAU  Perle hops (60 min.) (0.5 oz/14 g at 7.5% alpha acid) Read more Join BYO for in-depth, four-hour online workshops taught by trusted experts Don't miss three upcoming live and interactive online workshops on Recipe Formulations, Brewery Quality Control, and Starting Up a Commercial Craft Brewery. Article Tapping Into Maple Beers Some flavor pairings are so obviously complementary; it's perhaps inevitable that they become trends. The perfect maple beer has long been a dream of many a brewer, and it's clear that brewers and drinkers alike enjoy finding their maple paired with some form of dark beer, usually a big stout. Yet as self-evident as this pairing may be, it is not always the easiest to achieve. Many of the compounds responsible for maple syrup's unique, earthy flavor are quite volatile and thus easily scrubbed away during the fermentation process, leaving only faint evidence of the brewer's intent.  Read more Ask Mr Wizard What is "whirlpooling" your beer Q Recently, I have read references to "whirlpooling" to help separate the trub from the wort. Can you elaborate on how this is done? My brew kettle is a keg with the top cut off and a drain tube welded in the side about an inch from the bottom. A Whirlpooling is a common method used in commercial breweries to separate hop pellets and trub from wort after the wort boil. Essentially the wort is pumped into the whirlpool vessel at rapid velocity, usually about 15 feet per second, to cause the wort to start spinning like a whirlpool. Sometimes the kettle doubles as the whirlpool vessel and the wort is recirculated to the kettle.   Read More Project Fermentation Cabinet How can I make my homebrew better? That was and still is the #1 question for most homebrewers. Temperature control during the fermentation is very important but it was difficult for me to control. Cooling was my problem, so I came up with this fermentation conditioner idea. I decided to take an old dehumidifier and donate it to a better cause. The only tricky challenge was reworking the Freon coil without damaging it. After that I could insert the coil into an insulated box with a gasketed door. I also needed a fan to blow air over the coil to keep the coil from icing and improve the air circulation in the chamber.  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 Alaskan Brewing Co.'s Alaskan Amber clone Richly malty and long on the palate, with just enough hop backing. This amber altbier undergoes a cool, slow fermentation to help condition the flavors, contributing to its overall balance and smoothness. (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.054 FG = 1.015 IBU = 18 SRM = 15 ABV = 5.1% Ingredients 9.5 lbs. (4.3 kg) pale ale malt 1 lb. (0.45 kg) crystal malt (40 °L) 0.66 lb. (0.3 kg) crystal malt (60 °L)   Read more Article Growing Hops Picking up hops from your local supplier is easy. However, it's possible to grow hop plants (Humulus lupulus) at your own home. Best of all, hops are perennial, so — once planted — you can enjoy a bountiful harvest of fresh and flavorful hops year after year. Read more Ask Mr. Wizard Is removing hops and trub from your fermenter necessary? Q I was wondering if you could give us your expert opinion on whether or not you should 1) remove hops and 2) remove trub. The only reason I can think of for removing hops is if one has a chiller that might get clogged. During racking into my keg, I also get some floating "junk" in my beer if I don't first rack my beer from the primary fermenter into a secondary fermenter. Most of the time I just rack into my keg. Please help. I'm sure I'm not the only one who wonders about this, although my beer tastes good. A If you don't mind the "junk" floating in your beer and you don't reuse your yeast, then hop and trub removal are probably not necessary. For that matter, you probably don't have to separate the wort from your malt. Seriously, a good beer could be made by mashing the malt, boiling the whole mash with hops, and then letting it cool before adding yeast.    Read more Project Build A Hop Trellis I had been homebrewing for about a year when I first got the bug to try my hand at growing my own hops. A good friend and one of my homebrewing mentors, Dave Justice, was growing a few varieties in his backyard. I loved the bright fresh aroma that came from the fresh picked cones. As he showed off his plants to other homebrewers and aspiring hop growers he would pick a few cones and show us how to rub them in our hands to capture the fresh aroma. I was smitten; I too was going to grow my own hops. I quickly found a mail order supplier for hop rhizomes and had a few on their way. Read more *Free Trial Terms and Conditions: For new members and subscribers only. Limit one per customer. Additional auto-renewal terms apply. See product checkout page for details.  Copyright © 2021 Brew Your Own, All rights reserved. You were subscribed to the newsletter from Brew Your Own Our mailing address is: Brew Your Own 5515 Main St Manchester Center, VT 05255 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.