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Beta acid in hops for brewing – what you should know.

Introduction Beta acid hops brewing is a lesser-known aspect of beer production, yet it plays a crucial role in shaping the final product. In this blog post, we’ll explore the importance of beta acids in hops and their influence on beer taste and quality. Background Hops are essential ingredients in beer, containing several critical compounds …

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Introduction: Understanding the Alpha Acid Value of Hops in Brewing

Introduction Alpha acid hops brewing is a key factor in creating the flavors and aromas of beer. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the world of alpha acids and their significance in hops, as well as their impact on beer taste and characteristics. Background Hops are essential in brewing, providing bitterness, flavor, and aroma …

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Electric brewing

Electric brewing is becoming increasignly popular among homebrewers and small batch professional breweries. This article tries to answer the question what the fuzz about electric brewing is about, the pros and cons and other aspects like cost and safety. Disclaimer: I’m an eletric brewer myself. Cost of electric brewing Please refer the following table for …

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Howto: Build a Raspberry Pi based brewing control

The Raspberry Pi is great for building brewing and fermentation controls. It offers an insane amount of flexibility – feel free to deviate from this guide depending on your needs. We will guide you how to build a Raspberry Pi based brewing control using the free BierBot Bricks software step-by-step. It offers recipe management, controlling …

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Review: TILT electric hydrometer

Measuring your worts specific gravity (SG) is crucial when brewing beer. During mashing, it’s one of the most imporant key figures defining the taste of your beer. During fermentation it provides valuable information how your fermentation is going and when it’s over. After fermentation, knowing your final gravity is crucial for calculating the alcohol by …

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Tutorial: Build a beer bottle cleaner for homebrewers

Getting bottles for bottleling the homebrew will show up on each homebrewers agenda at some point. However, buying new and potentially cleaned bottles is very expensive. On the other hand: Emptying beer bottles yourself “for a higher cause” and cleaning them yourself is cheaper, more fun and – if done with the proper equipment – …

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