Everyone knows that chemistry and beer go hand in hand, but can you guess what hops, barley, and Louis Pasteur have in common? Grant Wood, the Senior Brew Master at Boston’s Sam Adams brewery takes us on a quick tour of their world famous facility and gives a chemical explanation of the traditional four vessel beer brewing process. It’s about time all you home brewers out there get up to speed on your chemistry! [Note: At Sam Adams' Boston location, the mash tun is used as a substitute for the brew kettle because of the small size of the brewery.]
The Chemistry of Beer Featuring Sam Adam’s Brewing Manager Grant Wood
January 26th, 2012Beer Brewing System / Freescale Kinetis MCUs
January 22nd, 2012
www.freescale.com – The Make It Challenge featuring Kinetis MCUs is Freescale’s latest design contest. This design utilizes Freescale’s Kinetis K60 Tower System and FreeRTOS operating system. The craft beer industry grew 12 percent in 2010 and new operators tend come from a home brewing background. Dogfish Head brewing company was famously founded with a five-gallon system. This project explores the idea of a beer brewing appliance with the target market being home brewers and small brewpubs and restaurants. The sweet wort production process can be labor-intensive, requiring precise control of temperatures and transition times. A five-gallon home brew batch can take four to five hours to do manually with much of that waiting for water to heat up. This time and labor can be expensive for the small brewpub not reaping the benefits of economy of scale. The Kinetis Beer Brewing System automates the process from the initial filling of water to the beer being ready to be cooled and yeast added. The user only needs to add the ingredients, malt and hops, and download the recipe via the network to the system. Automating the brewing process allows the user to focus on recipe creation and benefit from the repeatability provided via precise computer control. The time freed from the manual process could be the difference in financial viability for a small scale brewer. The prototype uses cheap rapid construction to successfully test ideas on how to automate the process.
Gallaghers’ Micro Brewery for the public.- Easy Beer Brewing Pt 1A
January 15th, 2012
Gallaghers’ is a “Where You Brew” public brewery. Brewing at Gallaghers’ is so easy my momma could do it. You are the brewer at Gallaghers’. They have professional equipment, recipes galore, all the ingredients, hops, grains, malts, and 3 brewmiesters to help make sure you do a good job. It takes about 2 hours to do the initial brew. After your brewing process the Gallaghers’ Brew Crew cleans up for you. You are done brewing. You come back in a couple weeks to Bottle up your home brew. It doesn’t get any easier than that. Gallaghers’ Where You Brew” www.WhereUBrew.com located in Edmonds, Washington.
Coolest College Labs: UC Davis Beer Brewing
January 7th, 2012
Coolest College Labs: UC Davis Beer Brewing
Beer brewing filtration system
January 4th, 2012
0.5 Micron Beer Filtration System
Home Brewing Beer 101: Part 2 – Adding the Ingredients
December 31st, 2011
Tommy from www.BrewFanatics.com takes you through the first steps of making your own beer. In this video he shows you how to properly add the ingredients to your boiling water. Once the ingredients are fully dissolved in the water we have wort, which is basically beer before it has alcohol in it. Hope you enjoy. Cheers!
How to Brew Ale Beer : Fermentation Process for Home Brewed Beer
December 27th, 2011
Learn how the fermentation process works for home brewed beer withexpert beer tips in this free home brewing video clip. Expert: Eddie Leal Bio: Eddie Leal is an award winning Master Brewer at the Steelhead Brewing Company in Irvine, California. Filmmaker: Joseph Mann
My DIY Stir Plate for Home Brewing Beer
December 24th, 2011
First thing I got was a free cigar box from the liquor store. Then I went up into the attic to get that old PC. I got a fan and a hard drive out of it. I broke one of the hard drive magnets trying to get it out, then I remembered that I had some really strong magnets stuck to the fridge. At first I just stuck the magnet to the fan, but the fan wouldn’t start spinning on it’s own because the magnet was so strong. I ended up putting a washer on top of the fan, then the magnet on top of the washer. It was hard to get the washer and magnet centered on the fan, but once I got them in the right place I used hot glue to hold them down. I have no idea what the dc adapter is from. It’s 12.5v 180ma and it seems to be a good size for me. Then I went up to Radio Shack and got a rheostat and switch. The wiring wasn’t exactly easy for me but I finally figured it out. I could have left the wires as they were in the box, but I decided to make it look nice and neat and I’m glad I did. I also used a piece of wood to raise the fan so the magnet is right under the lid. Enough of that, here’s the parts list. Romeo Y Julieta cigar box: Free DC adapter: Free PC fan: Free Washer: Free Magnet: $19.99 www.amazon.com Rheostat: $4.29 www.radioshack.com Switch: $4.99 www.radioshack.com Stir bar: $4.05 www.amazon.com Knob: $2.99 www.radioshack.com I think thats it.
Episode 001 – Basic Beer Brewing Equipment – Part One
December 20th, 2011
An overview of all the basic equipment you need to brew five gallons of delicious beer in your home. All the equipment featured in this video can be found at Homebrewers.com
How to Make Brown Ale: Home Beer Brewing : Home Brewing Brown Ale Beer
December 16th, 2011
How to home brew brown ale beer; learn more about how beer is made in this free instructional video. Expert: Mark Emiley Contact: www.wahomebrewers.org Bio: Mark Emiley has been homebrewing since 1998 when he cooked up his first batch of porter. Filmmaker: Mark Emiley