Packaging from a keg, Horst's Eisbock recipe and more

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Membership Options   Brew Day Bulletin Dear Homebrewer, This is one of our favorite Eisbock recipes: Horst's Eisbock [Free]. Skilled Archer [Members] is probably best described as a British-style golden ale, but a slightly odd one given that it's fermented with a kveik yeast.  What are the best options when packaging from a keg [Free]? Mr. Wizard explains using a corny keg for chilling & primary fermentation [Members] and examines the subtleties of beer gas [Free].  Learn about 21st century British hops [Members], and watch Ashton walk through yeast harvesting [Plus Video]. This week's featured projects are a fermentation cabinet [Free] and a better grain mill [Members]. 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 Yeast Harvesting Professional brewers regularly harvest yeast from one beer to reuse in a new batch. Now you can too with these tips from Brew Your Own Magazine's Technical Editor Ashton Lewis. Watch Now Read & Brew: Free Content For All Recipe Horst's Eisbock (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.067  FG* = 1.014 IBU* = 28  SRM* = 10.6  ABV* = 7% Ingredients 12 lbs. (5.4 kg) German Pilsner malt 0.46 lb. (0.21 kg) melanoidin malt 0.4 lb. (0.18 kg) Carapils® malt  Read more Article Packaging From a Keg: Consideration for beer on the go Even in today's climate of, "Hey, why not just go straight to all-grain with brew-in-a-bag," homebrewers almost all start by packaging their beer in bottles. We suppose you could drink it straight from the fermenter, but we'll assume for the moment that we're all people of refinement who enjoy cold and briskly bubbled beer. Inevitably, a large portion of "dedicated' (read obsessed) homebrewers eventually reach peak bottle frustration and switch to kegging and draft beer. Read more Ask Mr. Wizard The Subtleties of Beer Gas Q  I read the article on serving stouts with beer gas on your website, and I'm hoping you have some insight into a situation I'm having. I recently added a beer gas line and a stout faucet to my home kegerator. I got a Keg of Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Milk Stout from a local store. The beer comes out very, very foamy during pouring, but the head disappears completely after a minute or two and then the beer is flat. In the aforementioned article, it describes a period of time for conditioning a keg on beer gas. I guess my primary question is: Is this step typical for a commercial keg or is that step normally only homebrew? Do all commercial kegs for nitro stouts need to be conditioned over a week like this? Any insights you have would be helpful and appreciated. A Years ago I was talking to a crusty dude named Larry who worked for a local beer distributor about the dirty draft beer tricks that can be played by competing distributors.  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. 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 Skilled Archer (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.042  FG = 1.006 IBU = 23  SRM = 5  ABV = 4.7% Ingredients 8.1 lbs. (3.7 kg) 2-row pale malt 8 oz. (230 g) amber malt 4.25 AAU Archer® hops (60 min.) (1.25 oz./35 g at 3.4% alpha acids) Read more Article 21st Century British Hops If you've used British hops before, particularly to make a traditional British beer style, the chances are that you'll have used one or more of the following three hops: Golding, Fuggle, or Challenger. It's not hard to see why; most recipes for British beers list these as the hops you should use and they will give you that authentic earthy, herbal, floral flavor that is the hallmark of many British ales. The slightly more adventurous amongst you may also have encountered Target; another fine U.K. hop variety with a robust sage and spice aroma that, again, lends itself well to traditional British ale styles; or perhaps First Gold, a Golding relative that gives fantastic marmalade and orange flavors, or Northern Brewer.   Read more Project Build a Better Grain Mill I like starting my brew days by milling my own malt. My first mill was a hand-cranked model and the first thing I did upon receiving it was install my electric drill to power it. Since the drill chuck diameter was larger than the distance from the shaft to the base, it was tough to install tightly and the chuck rubbed on the provided MDF base. It wasn't a great solution and was a pain to keep the speed consistent. My next attempt at a power solution was repurposing an old electric mixer motor, but it didn't have enough torque to maintain rotation. My third go-round was to adapt a small DC motor with some gears onto a second-hand metal frame I'd purchased at auction. Neither worked as well as I had hoped, so I reattached my drill and hit the digital drawing board. 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. 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