fermentation Archives | Page 8 of 9

Chop & Brew – Episode 21: Meet the Brewer – Mino Choi

February 16, 2014chopandbrewEPISODESadvice, awards, Beer, chip walton, chop and brew, fermentation, hard cider, homebrew, homebrewing, how to make beer at home, how to make wine at home, icewine, making hard cider at home, making mead at home, medals, mino choi, upper Mississippi mash out, wine5 Comments

Meet award-winning fermentologist Mino Choi. In just three years of making beer, cider, wine and mead at home Mino has earned dozens of medals and awards – his most recent victories for the Chop & Brew Homebrew Club. We sit down with Mino for a gold-medal flight of beer, cider, icewine and melomel to discuss

Chop & Brew – Episode 13: Brewing Aletoberfest

September 18, 2013chopandbrewEPISODESale brewing, aletoberfest, brewing beer at home, chip walton, chop and brew, fermentation, Homebrewing (Hobby), how to brew beer, how to make beer at home, Lager (Beer), lager tricks, making beer at home, oktoberfest, swamp cooler, wyeast 1007 german ale12 Comments

‘Tis the season for Oktoberfest! But not everyone has the temperature-controlled facilities to produce a truly and traditionally lagered Marzen-style beer. That’s okay. Chop & Brew found a workaround thanks to mother/son brew team Judi & Ryan Schenian. They had the great idea to brew an Oktoberfest beer, but to ferment it with a German

Chop & Brew – Episode 10: Boat Bitter

August 8, 2013chopandbrewEPISODESbrewers yeast, british ales, british bitter (beer style), chip walton, chop & brew, chop and brew, fermentation, how to brew beer, how to brew british bitter, how to brew session beer, how to make beer at home, michael dawson, session ale, session beer, wyeast, yeast information24 Comments

It’s summer in the city and we’re in need of a low-alcohol, yet high-flavor beer. Enter Wyeast Brand Manager Michael Dawson with the cure: Boat Bitter. Dawson has some great advice for crafting a superb session-strength British Bitter utilizing a limited edition yeast strain, Wyeast 1026 British Cask Ale. And if you know Dawson, you