After a long brew day and weeks of eager anticipation, there are few things more devastating to a brewer than discovering an unwanted microbial infection or tasting burnt/smokey notes in your latest brew. However, one needs to be careful in direct-fired (gas or electric) systems to ensure that scorc

Hops are harvested once a year, starting in mid-August and ending in early September. Hops are used in the brewing process to add aroma and bitterness. Typically, all beers contain at least one hop variety, in order to balance the sweetness of the malt with the bitterness of the hop. The strength of

WortMany things must happen in the brewing process before we even get to the fermentation stage, which is when beer actually becomes beer. It all begins with making the wort, which will give the beer its fundamental flavors, including those of the grains and hops that the brewer's recipe calls for.T