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Tweet This week my guest is Andrea Stanley from Valley Malting.  She shares with us some of the challenges in going from home brewer to creating one of the first small malt houses East of the Mississippi, as well as shares with us how you might grow and malt your own barley at home. Download [...]

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Tweet Beer Recipe Design on the Go? I’m pleased to announce the release of BeerSmith Mobile for iPhone and iPad.  BeerSmith Mobile brings full recipe design and editing to your iPhone or iPad, and joins last week’s versions released for Android and Kindle Fire. BeerSmith mobile includes seamless recipe integration via the BeerSmithRecipes.com cloud site [...]

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Tweet Brewing Recipes On The Go? Have you ever wanted to toy with your favorite beer recipes on the road?   I’ve spent the better part of the last two years making that dream a reality.  First I created the BeerSmithRecipes.com recipe cloud site, which now hosts over 68,000 beer recipes and followed with my [...]

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Tweet This week I invite Dr Charles Bamforth to talk with us about beer bitterness, isomerization, alpha acids and hops in your home brewed beer.  Dr Bamforth is a Professor of Brewing Science at the University of California at Davis, and author of numerous books. Download the MP3 File – Right Click and “Save As” [...]

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Tweet Brewing Recipes On The Go? Have you ever wanted to toy with your favorite beer recipes on the road?   I’ve spent the better part of the last two years making that dream a reality.  This week I present a short preview of upcoming BeerSmith Mobile which brings recipe editing to your phone or [...]

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Tweet This week Michael Mraz joins me to talk about his new project starting a microbrewery.  Mike is a nationally award winning home brewer who is now launching his own nano-brewery on a full time basis in El Dorado Hills, CA.  We talk about some of the challenges a starting pro-brewer faces including setting up [...]

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Tweet This week we discuss how to brew the perfect Lager with Erik Schmid from The Brewmeister homebrew shop.  Erik tells us how to overcome some of the challenges with Lager including refrigeration, yeast selection, ingredients, aging and dealing with off-flavors. Download the MP3 File – Right Click and “Save As” to download this mp3 [...]

Blonde Ale Recipes and Beer Style

by Brad Smith on March 21, 2013 · 1 comment

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Tweet Blonde Ale is a light, slightly malty beer popularized by the American craft beer movement.  This week we take a look at the history of Blonde ale, how to brew it at home and some recipes. History of Blonde Ales It is difficult to trace the precise origin of the term “Blonde Ale”, but [...]

Beer Faucet/Tap Selection and Kegging

by Brad Smith on March 12, 2013 · 1 comment

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Tweet This week we take a look a beer taps (faucets) and the key roll they play in a good keg system for your home brewed beer.  Selecting the right faucet is a critical decision when designing a kegging system.  You might want to refer to my earlier articles on kegging home brewed beer and [...]

Bière de Garde Recipes and Beer Brewing

by Brad Smith on February 28, 2013 · 1 comment

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Tweet Bière de Garde or “beer for keeping” is a French pale ale traditionally brewed in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.  It is a strong pale ale, cellar aged for an extended period before consumption.  This week, I take a look at the history of this style and how to brew it at home. History Bière de [...]