Today’s infographic shows the ten basic steps of Homebrewing. It was created by Ryan Smith.
Brew Beer In 10 Steps
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Gravity/Hops Ratio
How Far Will Home Brewing Take You?
Today’s infographic is about just How Far Will Home Brewing Take You?, created by Brewer’s Friend, a homebrewing website.
IBU To OG Ratio Range By Style
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Today’s infographic was created by Lugwrench Brewing and shows “apparent bitterness,” the IBU to OG Ratio Range by Style.
The Home Brewing Calendar
Today’s infographic is a Home Brewing Calendar listing the best months to brew certain types of beer. It was created and may be purchased or downloaded at HomeBrewing.com.
Click here to see the calendar full size.
Home Brewer’s Formulary
Today’s infographic is a Home Brewer’s Formulary, showing many of the calculations and formulas used in homebrewing. It was apparently created by a homebrewer, but was unabale for a time. It now appears to be back and can be purchased at the Home Brewer’s Formulary website.
Here you can get a very large version of the poster, of this even larger huge version.
Beer Birthday: Charlie Papazian
Today is the 64th birthday of Charlie Papazian, one of the most influential persons in modern brewing. Charlie founded the AHA, the AOB and the IBS back in 1978 (which today is the Brewers Association) and organized the first Great American Beer Festival. His book, the Complete Joy of Homebrewing was one of the seminal works on the subject, and is now in its third edition. Join me in wishing Charlie a very happy birthday.
My favorite press photo of Charlie.
Just before taking the stage during GABF 2007, from left, Glenn Payne (of Meantime Brewing), Charlie, Mark Dorber (formerly of the White Horse on Parson’s Green but now at the Anchor Pub), Garrett Oliver, and Steve Hindy (both from Brooklyn Brewing), Dave Alexander (from the Brickskeller), and Tom Dalldorf (from the Celebrator Beer News).
Some NBWA luminaries at the 2008 NBWA welcome reception. From left, Jamie Jurado (with Gambrinus), Lucy Saunders (the Beer Cook), Charlie Papazian (President of the Brewers Association), Kim Jordan (from New Belgium Brewing) and Tom Dalldorf (from the Celebrator Beer News).
On stage at the Beer Wars Live premiere with Ben Stein and Greg Koch.
Charlie with Pete Slosberg at last year’s Craft Brewers Conference in San francisco.
Of the literally hundreds of GABF and World beer Cup award-accepting photos I have with Charlie in them, this is one of my favorites.
How To Make Beer
Today’s infographic is about homebrewing, or really brewing anywhere. How to Make Beer at Home appeared in the OC Weekly blog in 2011.
Homebrewing Alphabet
Searching for some images this morning, I stumbled upon this fun Home Brew Alphabet, created by recent home brew practitioner John, who started a blog — the Home Brew Manual. He illustrated each letter of the alphabet for an aspect of homebrewing. It would make a great addition as a framed print in a kid’s room, though probably the child of a brewer or beer lover.
White House Releases Homebrew Recipe
I bet it must be nice for President Obama’s people to be inundated by something positive for a change. When the White House announced that the kitchen was going to be homebrewing, even using honey made by White House bees, people wanted to know what the recipe was for the two beers they were brewing. After a petition to release the recipes garnered over 12,000 signatures, the White House did release the recipes on the White House Blog and their We the People page, a Honey Ale and a Honey Porter. Here was the White House response:
Inspired by home brewers from across the country, last year President Obama bought a home brewing kit for the kitchen. After the few first drafts we landed on some great recipes that came from a local brew shop. We received some tips from a couple of home brewers who work in the White House who helped us amend it and make it our own. To be honest, we were surprised that the beer turned out so well since none of us had brewed beer before.
As far as we know the White House Honey Brown Ale is the first alcohol brewed or distilled on the White House grounds. George Washington brewed beer and distilled whiskey at Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson made wine but there’s no evidence that any beer has been brewed in the White House. (Although we do know there was some drinking during prohibition…)
Since our first batch of White House Honey Brown Ale we’ve added the Honey Porter and have gone even further to add a Honey Blonde this past summer. Like many home brewers who add secret ingredients to make their beer unique, all of our brews have honey that we tapped from the first ever bee-hive on the South Lawn. The honey gives the beer a rich aroma and a nice finish but it doesn’t sweeten it.
And here’s the recipe for the Honey Ale:
The White House also created a short video about the homebrew project.
And here’s the recipe for the Honey Porter:
Wondering how the recipe might work out? Garrett Oliver, brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewing expressed his opinion in the New York Times, in White House Beer: A Brewer Weighs In.