Brewing Techniques & Tips | Maltose Falcons

Brewing Techniques & Tips

For years the Falcons, like other homebrewers, have strived to find better ways to brew. Here they presen their various efforts and techniques they use for brewing and how they view styles.

Brewer's Style Series

American Lager: Brewing Dougweiser by : zymurgist4you
Brewing a Beer Without Hops - Gruit Ales by : Steve Cook
Brewing A Winning Eisbock by : HERMSman
Brewing Dortmunder Adambier by : johnaitchison
Cullen's Witbier by : CTDFalconer
Dort: The Evolution of a Recipe by : Deacon
Formulating and Brewing a Winning Chocolate Porter by : Gregg Van Citters
Milds: Pale and Dark by : Drew Beechum
Roggenbier by : Jeremy Raub
The Sal's Wee Heavy by : SalTheYounger

Brewing Guides

Calculators

Experiments

Does the Addition of Olive Oil to Yeast Destroy Head Formation and Retention in Your Beer? by : riverattachment

In the last year there was a buzz going on about using Olive oil to replace Oxygenation. In this experiment, we try and see if the oil affects the head retention

Extract Brewing

Gadgets

Resistive Gate - Draft Beer Flow Control by : HERMSman

Grand Hydrometer Talks

Brewing Sour and Wild Ales by : Drew Beechum

Sure you can through a bunch of hops in a kettle but can you, dare you to brew on the wild side?

Hops

Growing Hops by : Deacon
Using and Balancing Your Hops by : Drew Beechum

Ingredients

Home Beer Wine Cheesemaking Shop Ingredients by : Drew Beechum

Miscellaneous

I'll Never Do That, Again! - Anatomy of a Hangover by : Grizzbar

Phantom Brewer

Techniques

Building A Better Mashout Through Decoction by : Jonny Lieberman
CO2 Priming Rate Guide by : MB Raines
Methode Champenoise for Beer by : Drew Beechum
Racking with CO2 by : Drew Beechum

Yeast

Making a Starter from A Bottle Conditioned Beer (Technique from "Bad" Tom Hamilton by : Drew Beechum
Settling Yeast for Decanting by : Drew Beechum
The Starter Made Easy (Pressure Cooking Your Starter Wort Ahead Of Time) by : Drew Beechum
Yeast Propagation and Maintenance: Principles and Practices by : MB Raines

MB Raines, our widely published yeast expert graciously lent us her expertise in this guide to everything you need to make yourself a yeast rancher and a grower of happy yeasts.

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Want to make your own beer at home? Get started on the right foot. Check out the Falcon's sponsoring shop, The Home Beer, Wine, Cheesemaking Shop. John Daume, proprietor, has been serving the home brewing and winemaking needs of Angelenos since 1972, over 30 years! (Falcon Members receive a 10% discount on supplies)

The last version of the Falcons website (1999-2009) is archived at archive.maltosefalcons.com/

Looking for older Falcons' information?, The Westval Maltose Falcons Webpage (Locally cached) (The Original Falcon's Roost, prior to 1999)

Looking for a home wine making club in the Los Angeles area? Check out our sister club, The Cellarmasters, over 30 and still stomping grapes.