The Drunk Alchemist

Importance of mash pH In a previous article on the  mash , I mentioned that high pH can have adverse effects on the beer. Here is a write ...

Sorry for the delay in getting this out (memorial day weekend), but craft beer is killing the US barley industry. About Barley There are...

The word esters is thrown around a fair amount in popular brewing books, but is never really fully explained. Any brewer who has researched ...

Figure 1 - Enzymatic activities Obtained from How to Brew The most important part of the hot side of brewing a beer is the mash. This is...

We have all heard the rule of thumb that your liver can process one beer an hour. I've never been sold on the claim, here's why. W...