Measurement
The general sensibility is that if the water tastes good, you can brew good beer with it. While I agree with that statement, we have a "calibration" and observation problem. We tend to become blind to flaws in things we are exposed to every day. I have adapted
Recipes
Ok, I am officially about 1/3 into the first keg of my black saison, and fairly pleasantly surprised. It did take, as always, really about 2-3 weeks for the beer to mature, under pressure, and lose some of the sharper flavors. There are some things that I may do
Measurement
I use a refractometer(s) almost exclusively in my brewery. Now first, I realize I am giving up some precision, which tends to go against my personal philosophy, but please allow me to explain. I am greedy. Using a hydrometer consumes wort. That is about a pint of wort that
Recipes
Hard to pick a first recipe for a brewing blog, but here it is - summer in all its sweltering Texas glory. So I deal with summer brewing session saisons. I have been drinking a few and reading quite a bit about the history, and seldom does the past match
Brewer's Notes
In his book Outliers, Gladwell makes an interesting observation. To get really good at something, there is a magical "10,000 hours" of practice necessary. It's an amazing read, and the theory has some acceptance in the academic world. Clearly, if you repeat anything 10,000