LESSONS
“He was a wise man who invented beer.” - Plato
Lessons will be constructed over time. See links belows for published topics. If you would like to suggest a topic, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Foundations
Thinking About Brewing? (published 12/27/2016)
The Main Ingredients of Beer (published 12/27/2016)
The Two Types of Beer
Brewing Setups
Glossary
Finding and Reading a Recipe
Creating or Modifying a Recipe
Sanitization
Gasses Used in Homebrewing
Gravity
ABV
IBU
SRM
Brewing Day Methods
Brewing Temperatures
Pre-Hopped Extract
> 5 Gallon No-Boil Technique
Unhopped Extract
Extract with Specialty Grains
Partial Grain
All-Grain
> Making a 1-Gallon All-Grain Batch (published 2/19/2016) - PDF Version
> 5 Gallon All-Grain Technique
Chilling Techniques
Fermentation Methods
Fermentation Temperatures
Swamp Cooler
Refrigeration Fermentation Chamber
Ingredients
Water: Brewing Water Chemistry
Extracts: Use of Extracts
Hops: Use of Hops
Yeast: Use of Yeast: Dry or Liquid?
Yeast: Preparing Yeast for Fermentation
Yeast: Yeast Harvesting
Ingredient Storage
Packaging and Serving
Moving Liquids
Bottling
Kegging
Bottling from Kegs
Serving Basics
Serving the Masses (published 9/3/2016)
Cleaning Beer Equipment
Cleaning Brewing Equipment
Cleaning Bottles
Cleaning Kegs
Cleaning Jockeybox
Evaluating Beer
Beer Styles
Off-Flavors
Etiquette
Certifications