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Brew Beer In 10 Steps

February 28, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic shows the ten basic steps of Homebrewing. It was created by Ryan Smith.

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Click here to see the chart full size.

Filed Under: Breweries, Just For Fun Tagged With: Homebrewing, Infographics

Gravity/Hops Ratio

February 24, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is a chart showing the ratio between Original Gravity and IBUs. I’m not sure where this one came from, but I’ll be to give the proper person credit if anybody knows.

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CLick here to see the chart full size.

Filed Under: Beers, Just For Fun Tagged With: Homebrewing, Hops, Infographics, Science of Brewing

How Far Will Home Brewing Take You?

February 21, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is about just How Far Will Home Brewing Take You?, created by Brewer’s Friend, a homebrewing website.

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Click here to see the infographic full size.

Filed Under: Just For Fun Tagged With: Homebrewing, Infographics

IBU To OG Ratio Range By Style

February 19, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic was created by Lugwrench Brewing and shows “apparent bitterness,” the IBU to OG Ratio Range by Style.

IBU-to-OG Ratio Chart
Click here to see the chart full size.

Filed Under: Beers, Breweries, Just For Fun Tagged With: Homebrewing, Hops, Infographics, Science of Brewing

The Home Brewing Calendar

February 12, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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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.
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Click here to see the calendar full size.

Filed Under: Beers, Just For Fun Tagged With: Homebrewing, Infographics

Home Brewer’s Formulary

February 10, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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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.

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Here you can get a very large version of the poster, of this even larger huge version.

Filed Under: Beers, Just For Fun Tagged With: Homebrewing, Infographics, Science of Brewing

How To Make Beer

January 17, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is about homebrewing, or really brewing anywhere. How to Make Beer at Home appeared in the OC Weekly blog in 2011.

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Filed Under: Beers, Breweries, Just For Fun Tagged With: Homebrewing, Infographics

Homebrewing Alphabet

September 9, 2012 By Jay Brooks

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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.

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Just For Fun Tagged With: Homebrewing, Illustration

White House Releases Homebrew Recipe

September 4, 2012 By Jay Brooks

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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:

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The White House also created a short video about the homebrew project.

And here’s the recipe for the Honey Porter:

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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.

Filed Under: Beers, Just For Fun, News, Politics & Law Tagged With: Homebrewing

DIY Brewing From The Daily

July 13, 2012 By Jay Brooks

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The iPad app news magazine The Daily had an interesting video on How to Brew Your Own Beer. It was shot at Bitter & Esters in Brooklyn, New York.

Filed Under: Beers, Just For Fun Tagged With: Homebrewing, Video

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