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Here is a recipe for a on-the-light-side Saison. No sugar. No wheat. Just a British malt. Strange? Yes, perhaps it is. I’ve yet to drink it but I’m hoping it is something that could be consumed by the liter while leaving you head clear enough to have a decent conversation. […]

4.3% ABV Saison Recipe from August, 20, 2021

Who is this for? I’ve taken the effort here to compile as much information about the yeast/bugs I have gathered in order to aid the kind folks at Bootleg Biology in their quest to collect yeast from every zip code around the world. Theirs is a worthy goal and I […]

Bootleg Biology Contribution (Adventures in Yeast Wrangling Around the Globe)

I’m finally getting around to sending Bootleg Biology some of the yeast samples I’ve collected this past year or so. You’d think a guy could have gotten around to slapping some mixed cultures on a few slants months ago but…  Countries of origin: China, Thailand, and the good ole U.S. […]

Photos from Yeast Wrangling

This one is a bit mashed together. Its about brewing with kveik. *update Go here and check out this pitch rate experiment done by Escarpment Labs. It also has some cool info pertaining to biotransformation. Pitch Rate According to the kveik godfather Lars Garshol from Larsblog 5mls slurry for a […]

Kveik: Pitch Rate, Top Cropping, and Drying

Here is an illustrated guide on how I make low abv beer (around 1.5%) using a process called cold extraction. Adjusting a Recipe for a Cold Extraction Brew Grain Bill When I make a cold extraction brew, I start with a “normal” grain bill. By “normal” I mean full strength […]

Illustrated Steps for Brewing Cold Extraction Table Beer

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This is a general overview of how most my brewdays go. Step 1 I start by collecting all the water into a single kettle. I also measure out and add any brewing salts and acid. Then I hit the heat and set my temp for my strike water. Step 2 […]

Illustrated Brewday: A Simple Overview of a BIAB Brewday

Terminology Shaken-not-stirred is also know as SNS. What you need A little pot Dry malt extract (DME) 100g 4 liter (or larger) sealable container/bottle Yeast nutrient (optional but recommended) Yeast Water (in case you forgot!) A Word on Size The size of your container (bottle) should be 4-5 liters if […]

Shaken-not-Stirred Yeast Starter (Illustrate Steps for the SNS Method)

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For this one I used, more or less, the grain bill for Denny Conn’s “Noti Brown Ale” recipe. Note that the hop bill was not at all the same. As a quick aside, if you haven’t brewed a Noti Brown Ale I highly recommend it, tasty! I’ve been getting into […]

Cold Extraction Brown Ale 1.5% ABV

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I’d like to share some tips and tricks that I use when brewing with my kids. When it comes to multi-tasking I’m about as genius as a knife. Nevertheless, I have made several successful brewdays happen while watching my kids. I have two kids, ages one and a half and […]

Brewing with Kids

In a recent post, I made a 1.4% ABV Sasion. I used a technique that I was calling cold mashing. There was a small amount of feedback on reddit as to what the method should be called. For the record, it doesn’t matter to me what this method is called […]

Is It Cold Extraction, Cold Mashing, or Non-Enzymatic Mashing (NEM)?

Despite what you’ve been told, low abv beers are all the rage right now! Truth be told, I’m not up on trends in brewing. What I am in touch with is my hankering for beer. When I drink beer, I tend to like to drink more than one pint. This […]

Cold Extraction Overview and a 1.4% ABV Saison

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Oatmeal Stout (19L) ESB (19L) Hoppy Wheat Comparison (Yeast Blend of Windsor/WB-06/T-56 and Nottingham) (38L) Base Malt Comparison Pilsners (38L) Calamity Grain (38L) Lambic-inspired (57L) Cream Ale (19L) NEIPA (Satanic Haze) *worst beer I’ve ever made (19L) Oatmeal Porter (19L) Qing Dao Hua Pils (19L) Session IPA (19L) NEIPA Milkshake […]

What I Brewed This Year (2018) and What’s Up Next

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