Guest Author: Tuur Mertens Introduction Famous painter Edgar Degas once declared the frame to be ‘the pimp of the painting’. If he were a brewer, he might have made a similar statement about beer freshness; as it is exactly that what makes a good beer pop. Sadly enough, for both brewers and consumers alike, beer…
A very common question we hear is, “Malt has antioxidants?!” Malt is a natural product, and like many natural products, it contains naturally occurring antioxidants. Here is a list of them and what they do. In order to get an understanding of the possible pathways for Enzymatic and Non-Enzymatic consumption of Oxygen, as well as…
It’s no secret that when brewers try modern brewhouse methods, one of the main things the comment on is how the hops seems to “pop” or have more presence than in previous versions of the same beer. They have a certain brightness and clarity of bitterness, aroma and flavor. This isn’t specific to dry hops…
I was asked to do this for BeerAdvocate, I will put it here as well. What does Kunze have to say about Weissbier production? As you can see from the graph above Wiessbier is a balancing act of three dominant flavor profiles. How you produce that beer, meaning the methods used, will determine your overall…
Wort study #1, which was a large batch test to validate the efficacy of the bio reactor. The results are in, and I am going to deem it an overall success! There was some temperature offset issues which caused it to look like a colder ferment then we wanted, and a few “blips”, which we…
Deoxygenation is paramount for the modern brewhouse method, as we have detailed before here on the blog, and don’t worry I’m here to assure you this has not changed. However as with all things in life sometimes we need to stop, re-calibrate, re-evaluate, and determine if the methods are still valid and optimal. We are…
I have always had a plan of creating a bio reactor to collect wort parameters and details.
I was given the opportunity to get this mill early and do some testing. I put it though its paces and here is what I found! The mill arrived early in December of 2019, and was packaged well. Assembly was a breeze, as it was just 4 screws for the hopper The first thing I…
I was lucky enough to get my hands on this mill earlier than most and put it though its paces. Here are my thoughts!
