Extract to all-grain and back, Belgian Blond recipe and more

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Membership Options   Brew Day Bulletin Dear Homebrewer, Virtually any recipe can be converted from extract to all-grain and vice versa [Free].  Mr. Wizard shows you how to evaluate hops [Plus video] before you ever add them to your brew. Then he shares tips for unitank users [Free] and re-pitching yeast [Plus and Digital Members]. This week's featured recipes are for authentic Belgian-styled blonde ale [Free] and Flanders red [Plus and Digital Members]. Looking for your next DIY homebrewing project? We have plans for a custom beer fridge [Plus and Digital Members] and wooden two-tier brew stand [Free].  Cheers! Brad Ring Publisher For BYO+ and Nano+ Members Only  Brew even better with BYO+ Membership Become a BYO+ Member to access the new BYO+ Video Series, one on-demand workshop, 1000s of how-to articles and tested recipes, and more! Watch with BYO+ Membership Video Evaluating Hops Brew Your Own Magazine's Technical Editor Ashton Lewis shows you how to properly evaluate hops before you ever add them to your brew. Watch with BYO+ or Nano+ Membership Read & Brew: Free Content For All Recipe Jamil's Belgian Blond (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.065 (15.8 °P)  FG = 1.012 (3.0 °P) IBU = 25  SRM = 5  ABV: = 7% Ingredients 9.9 lb. (4.5 kg) Best Malz Pilsen (or similar continental Pilsner) malt (2 °L) 1.2 lbs. (560 g) cane or beet sugar (0 °L) 7 oz. (200 g) Franco-Belges aromatic malt (20 °L) Read more Article Extract to All-Grain and Back It's time for some fancy footwork, brewing style. Perhaps you are making that step to all-grain and you want to bring your favorite extract recipes with you. Or maybe you don't have the time to do your normal five hour mash/sparge/boil, and extract is looking very appealing. If you take a methodical approach, virtually any recipe can be converted from extract to all-grain and vice versa. Read more Ask Mr. Wizard Tips for Unitank Users Q I've recently completed a major homebrewery upgrade, including two unitanks and a glycol chiller. It seems that most of the books and online resources have yet to catch up to the Equipment advancements in homebrewing. Are there good sources of information for best practices for unitanks and other advanced equipment? A The best treatise I have read about the development and use of unitank fermenters is in the textbook Brewing Yeast and Fermentation by Boulton and Quain.  Read More Project Wooden Two-Tier Brew Stand I have been brewing beer at home for about seven years, using equipment that has gotten progressively larger or more sophisticated. Last year, I wanted to make my brewing process more time efficient and get away from using crates, boxes, and my workbench to achieve the three tiers I needed for a gravity fed system. To help solve some of these problems I decided that I would upgrade to a larger kettle and build a two-tiered brew stand that, when placed next to my propane burner, becomes a true three-tier, gravity-fed brew stand with the hot liquor cooler on the highest tier and the mash tun on the middle tier.  Read More For Digital and Plus Members Only  Start your Digital Membership Free Trial Digital Members get access to thousands of recipes, all new BYO issues and more. Try membership risk free for 14 days.*! Try Digital Membership, Free!* Recipe Flanders Red Recipe (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.057 FG = 1.008 IBU = 16 SRM = 15 ABV = 6.5%   Ingredients 5.3 lbs. (2.4 kg) Vienna malt (4 °L) 5.3 lbs. (2.4 kg) continental Pilsner malt (2 °L) 8.5 oz. (0.24 kg) aromatic malt (20 °L) Read more Article European Pilsner In 1922, American journalist and writer H. L. Mencken was touring Europe. Twenty years later he wrote, "Two days later, Torovsky and I actually started on a pilgrimage to Pilsen, the home of the best beer in the earth and hence one of the great shrines of the human race. There, Torovsky did some more whispering, and we were invited to visit the principal brewery as the guests of the management. Deep down in the earth, in a cellar both dark and cold, we were served some Pilsner beer that I recall with a glow to this day."   Read more Ask Mr. Wizard Re-Pitching Yeast Q I am tired of buying yeast all the time. is it OK to just repitch the trub from a previous batch? Read More Project Build a Custom Beer Fridge After years of homebrewing, we had dialed in a few recipes that we really liked. However, with each batch we brewed, there was always some variation in the final product. After doing a bit of research and speaking with other homebrewers, it became glaringly obvious that fermentation temperature played a much larger role in the outcome of the beer than we had given it credit for. And so the idea for our fermentation fridge was born. Read More *BYO+ and Nano+ Membership Terms and Conditions:  You will be enrolled in the auto-renewal program, and your membership will renew at the prevailing rates at the time. Additional terms and conditions apply, see individual product pages for details.  *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 © 2022 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? 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