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50 Thoughts After 500 Breweries

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Joel Geier
Joel Geier
Hi all! My name is Joel, and I love visiting craft breweries. My goal is to get to as many as possible and share my experiences. Follow @brewerytravels on Twitter and @brewery_travels on Instagram for updates! I'll be posting articles discussing my adventures here! Wisconsinite; Packers, Bucks, Brewers, Badgers, Timbers
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Reflections after visiting 500 breweries.500 breweries. 221 cities. 38 states. It has been quite the journey. To say I’ve been blessed would be an understatement. To celebrate hitting this milestone, I’ve composed this list of 50 thoughts I have on craft beer that I’ve garnered over the course of the past couple years traveling to breweries. They can range from pretty well-known ideas, to things that are definitely personal opinions. My beer journey is just that, mine. We are all shaped by individual experiences, and…

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Relief Pitching: How to Save Your Brew Day

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Tom Ayres
Tom Ayres
Tom Ayres
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Source: TribLive.com Advice to hombrewers when the batch specific gravity needs adjustmentAs a homebrewer, we’ve all been there. That moment during your brew day when you realize something went wrong and you’re off track. For me, confirmation of that fact usually occurs when I take my first gravity read following the mash at the pre-boil stage of my brew day. I usually know its coming; I missed my target mash temp, my pH was a little off, I got distracted and missed a small step…

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Recipe Design for Brewers…Simplified (Part 4: Water)

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Tom Ayres
Tom Ayres
Tom Ayres
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This series by Tom Ayres, explores recipe design. Brewing creativity and the factors that makes each beer style worthy of celebration. All segments in this series can be read here. Now that we have a structure, spice and a catalyst for our beer, we need to finish developing our recipe. In this episode we’ll explore designing water profiles for your beer. A quick review of our design plan… As we discussed previously, we’re going to tackle beer recipe design in parts. You can embrace the…

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Recipe Design for Brewers…Simplified (Part 3: Yeast)

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Tom Ayres
Tom Ayres
Tom Ayres
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This series by Tom Ayres, explores recipe design. Brewing creativity and the factors that makes each beer style worthy of celebration. All segments in this series can be read here. Now that we have a structure and spice for our beer, we need to continue developing our recipe further. In this episode we’ll explore designing yeast additions. A quick review of our design plan… As we discussed previously, we’re going to tackle beer recipe design in parts. You can embrace the whole series or take…

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Recipe Design for Brewers…Simplified (Part 2: Hops)

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Tom Ayres
Tom Ayres
Tom Ayres
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This series by Tom Ayres, explores recipe design. Brewing creativity and the factors that makes each beer style worthy of celebration. All segments in this series can be read here. Now that we have a structure for our beer, we need to develop our recipe further to include the equally important ingredients of hops, yeast and water. In this article we’ll explore designing hop additions. A quick review of our design plan… As we discussed last time, we’re going to tackle beer recipe design in…

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Recipe Design for Brewers…Simplified

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Tom Ayres
Tom Ayres
Tom Ayres
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This series by Tom Ayres, explores recipe design. Brewing creativity and the factors that makes each beer style worthy of celebration. All segments in this series can be read here. When it comes to designing your own beer recipes, there’s a lot of great information out there. From books on the subject to website articles, there’s a lot of great detailed information and approaches to designing beer recipes from scratch. That said, it’s pretty complicated stuff. After reviewing some of my favorite sources on this…

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