Parti-gyle Brewing (The Hypobrew Way)
Check out my latest video. In this one I discuss and show how I Parti-gyle. It’s not the true way to do it, but it’s mine…so there.
Using a tip I learned from Alton Brown (for drying spices) I’ve set up a box fan and air filters to dry the hops I’ve grown at home. Then I seal them up with my vacuum sealer for storage.
Over the past few months I’ve been brewing and bottling like crazy. This is because I make a “Holiday 6-Pack” of beers I hand out to friends and coworkers. While doing that I depleted my 2 kegs in my keezer. Fast forward to 2 weeks from Thanksgiving: I realize that I need to fill a…
A while ago I did a parti-gyle (see how I do them) and decided to toss some grape juice on top of my quickly boiled wort. I enjoyed it and got mixed reaction from other beer drinkers. Now I’ve decided to take this concoction and make it without the parti-gyle. Here is the recipe: Partial…
If you’re looking in to making strong Belgian beers there’s a chance you’ve seen “Belgian Candi Sugar” in a recipe. You may ask yourself, “What the heck is that?” The quick answer is that it’s an inverted sugar that can raise your gravity and ABV. You can get away with dumping the same amount of…
This past Christmas my brother-in-law’s family bought me an extract kit as a gift. It was a milk stout kit from Blackstone Valley Brewing in Rhode Island (recipe below). While very thoughtful gift, iy wasn’t something I was expecting. I mean, I don’t do extract anymore. With occasional parti-gyle when I do big beers I don’t use…
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