Bierkeller Rauchbier clone, hop creep and more

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Find Recipes Start your free trial Brew Day Bulletin Dear Homebrewer, Learn about rauchbier [Free], aka smoke beer, from a pro who specializes in the style. Then try brewing Bierkeller Rauchbier clone [Free], which captures some of the depth of smokiness and dryness (and color) of Schlenkerla's famed rauchbier. Our complete guide to hop extracts [Digital Members] includes industry examples from Founders Brewing and Russian River Brewing.  Fat Head's Brewery's Imperial Porter recipe [Digital Members] showcases Brewmaster Matt Cole's talents for packing a punch with flavor, while creating balance and a true depth of flavor. Mr. Wizard explains hop creep [Free] and how to select a fermenter [Digital Members]. In projects, build an inline refractometer to get real-time density readings [Free] or a keg washer [Digital Members].  Cheers! Brad Ring Publisher Read & Brew: Free Content For All Recipe Bierkeller Rauchbier clone Bierkeller Rauchbier captures some of the depth of smokiness and dryness (and color) of Schlenkerla's famed rauchbier as well as some of the rusticity and sweetness of the beer brewed at Spezial (especially their Märzen). (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) SG = 1.055  FG = 1.013 IBU = 28  SRM = 20  ABV = 5.4% Ingredients 10 lbs. (4.5 kg) Weyermann Beechwood Smoked Barley malt 1 lb. (0.45 kg) Munich II malt (10 °L) 6 oz. (170 g) Carafa® Special III (dehusked) Read more Article Up in Smoke In 1993 I moved to Bamberg, Germany to drink rauchbier. Okay . . . the official reason for my move was to study comparative literature as part of my Master's degree program at the University of South Carolina. U of SC has had an exchange with the University of Bamberg since 1975, and in the spring of 1993 I had been chosen to participate for a year starting that fall.  Read more Ask Mr. Wizard Hop Creep Explained  Q Alright, can somebody please explain this hop creep phenomenon to me? I had a DIPA that I bottled, which ended up way over-carbonated. A friend mentioned it may be due to "hop creep", but he didn't know the specifics of it. A Hop creep is a term that has been recently popping up in commercial craft brewing circles to describe increased attenuation following dry-hopping. Reports in brewing literature indicate that a small handful of craft breweries may have been aware of this general phenomenon for the past few years, but most were not. The industry's understanding of what was happening was changed in 2017 by research conducted at Allagash Brewing that followed their very first dry-hopped beer, Hoppy Table Beer, brewed in May of 2016. Allagash closely follows the progress of carbonation and attenuation in their quality-control (QC) lab because they bottle condition almost all of their beers. Because of their diligent practices, they were able to flag that something was amiss with their first foray into dry hopping.   Read More Last Chance to Save $100 on In-Person Homebrewing Workshops Join BYO in Denver, Colorado this November 4-6, 2021 for small-class, hands-on, in-person homebrewing workshops. Choose from over one dozen full-day classes taught by homebrewing's top experts. Project Inline Refractometer: Getting real-time density readings The idea of this project was to measure the Brix of a wort inline during recirculations and transfer during the various processes of a brew day. For example it could be used as part of the sparging process, so that the sparge can be stopped when the standard gravity (SG) approaches 1.008 (2.1 °Brix) to prevent the extraction of tannins. I can measure the mash's first running's to be able to see if the conversion efficiency was higher or lower than expected. Additionally, the principle could also be utilized during fermentation assuming appropriate formulae are utilized to account for the presence of alcohol. That one is still in theoretical phase though.  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 Fat Head's Brewery's Imperial Porter (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.086 FG = 1.024 IBU = 50 SRM = 56 ABV = 8.6% Ingredients 5.5 lbs. (2.5 kg) Golden Promise pale ale malt 4 lbs. (1.8 kg) Pilsner malt 4 lbs. (1.8 kg) Fawcett Pearl pale ale malt   Read more Article Hop Extracts At the end of the zombie apocalypse fear not, we will still have hops! I sometimes joke that if all life on planet Earth ceased and aliens came down to investigate our lifeless planet they might wonder what all this green, bitter, sticky resin is doing in drums. What could we possibly have used it for? There is a dearth of literature on hop extracts, on optimal extraction parameters, and even less on their application in beer. Although many brewers have never dabbled in extracts, some predominant craft brewers have been using them since the mid-1990s, and macro brewers have been using them since the 1950s. More recently they have popped up for the homebrew scene in 3- and 10-mL "hop shots," literally a syringe prefilled with hop extract ready to be heated and shot right into your homebrew kettle.  Read more Ask Mr. Wizard Selecting a Fermenter Q I've been brewing for 30-ish years. Not being as young as I used to be, it's time to move on from my old reliable glass carboys for fermentation. But what should I get? I'd prefer to steer clear of plastic buckets. There are stainless steel fermenters and the cheaper plastic conical fermenters. I'm not sure which route to go. I liked my glass because I could take a peek at the batch, but mostly because they are relatively easy to clean. But, they are heavy and even with a handle or lift straps, hard to carry. I do mostly 5-gallon (19-L) batches and the occasional 2.5- to 3-gallon (9- to 11-L) batch.   A This is a straight-up opinion question and I will give you my thoughts sans specific type or brand. And as a reminder to seasoned readers and news to newer readers, 20 years of my professional career was with a custom, stainless steel equipment company where I saw some pretty interesting brewing equipment.   Read more Project Build a Keg Washer If you're like me and you own more than four corny kegs (I own 26), then cleaning them by hand is a real drag. After working in a professional brewery for years and seeing the beauty and convenience of a keg washing system, I decided to build my own. Most homebrewers start with a submersible pump in a bucket with a perforated pipe coming up from it to spray cleaning solution into the keg. I built a crude version of this and was disappointed in the results. 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. 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