Fall brewing is underway with fresh hop recipes being formulated and neighbors sharing their latest favorite homebrews. This season inspired a particular strain release that has been kept strictly for the professionals for over a decade: 2247-PC European Lager. Now available to homebrews through the end of December in Wyeast’s Private Collection: Flannel Fest, this … Continued
Private Collection Recipe 2022 Q3 Session Season The quintessential mark of a summer beer, hands down, is easy drinking. Our Summer Private Collection: Session Season strikes the perfect balance; Low ABVs but highly refreshing and full of flavor. Let’s get brewing. ORDINARY BITTER Batch size: 5 gallons (19 L) ABV: 3.8% IBUs: 25 SRM: 7.5 Original … Continued
Session beers are a versatile category that can be brewed to a broad range of specifications, depending on what the brewer has in mind. The beer can be light or full bodied and range from 2 to 5% ABV. To keep the beer around 4% ABV with a distinct taste and be well balanced, you … Continued
Private Collection Recipe 2022 Q2 Longer Days Between mastering propagation and QC analysis at Wyeast, Kevin Hart shares his own version of a Fruited IPA using 1217-PC West Coast IPA from the latest Spring ’22 Private Collection release. “I was first introduced to home brewing by my parents. That was part of the reason … Continued
Private Collection Recipe 2022 Q1 Frosted Lagers This recipe is a modern take on the Pre-Prohibition Lager style and has been masterfully crafted by Gordon Strong, author of the Beer Judge Certification Program style guidelines. Strong’s yeast strain of choice for this brew is Wyeast 2035-PC American Lager, but he suggests any American, German, … Continued