Brewing

Kunze’s Technology Brewing and Malting covers many approaches to fermentation and maturation. I made notes below on a few that look useful in my brewery. All these methods are meant for use with a cylindroconical tank, which I don’t have. Temperatures below are converted from the Celsius ones Kunze provides (why I use Fahrenheit for temperature when I use metric for everything else is a different topic) and rounded to the nearest degree. Homebrewers can probably ferment a couple degrees warmer since we don’t have the middle-of-the-tank hotspots big breweries have. ...

Last weekend I was asked what I do to get the clarity in my beers. It made me happy for that to be noticed because I’ve taken a lot of steps to improve clarity (and foam, another topic) over the years. Clarity hasn’t always been very important to me, but I’ve come to believe a beer’s appearance is a big part of the overall sensory experience. Also, in competition, appearance undoubtedly affects most judges’ perceptions beyond the three points on the scoresheet. ...