Home » Blog Post » Page 2

German pilsner is a marriage of simplicity and depth. Often using just a single type of hop and malt, these beers achieve a fairly wide variety of depth and flavor by using specific, high quality ingredients and multi-step mashing regimes. But the most important ingredient of all in German pilsners is time. The time for the yeast to do its work in the beer, for the flavors of the hops and malt to harmonize, and for the beer to clear up. The result is a crisp, generally hop forward beer with an unmistakable snappy cracker-malt flavor. The beauty of these beers starts even before the taste. This pale yellow beer is The appearance is brilliantly clear. An army of bubbles marches toward a pillowy, white, fluffy head in the heavens above. This is truly a simple, yet sophisticated beer.

Read More

A few months ago I was lucky enough to get some time on the calendar and do an interview with Lars Garshol about historic brewing. He was in the final stages of releasing his new book. Historical Brewing Techniques (The Lost Art of Farmhouse Brewing). His book is out now and if you want to listen to our full interview you can listen to Episode 21 of the Homebrewing DIY Podcast.

Read More

Our First Monthly Brewer Q&A I would like to announce our first brewer Q&A! On April 30th at 7:00 MDT. I would like to Welcome Ryan Pachmayer as he will answer any of your questions here on this server about brewing big beers and brewing with barrels. Ryan is a BJCP Certified Beer Judge, and he has won many gold medals in competitions and a great communicator when it comes to brewing. Ryan has been a guest on two of our podcast episodes.

Read More