Search Results for "specific gravity"

- 0Beer Glossary: Brewing, Testing and Tasting Terminology
January 20, 2011
…tion. This measure is called the Specific Gravity (see below). The primary contribution to Specific Gravity is sugar, some of which is fermented into alcohol, and some of which remains in the finished…
- 1B.I.Y. (Brew It Yourself)
March 29, 2009
…gravity of the wort. Basically, specific gravity is a measure of the alcohol and sugar content of the mixture. One liter of plain water weighs one kg (it has a specific gravity of “1”). Additional com…
- 0Shiner Winter Ale Trips My Trigger
November 15, 2008
…feels like it’s brewed to normal gravity (I’d guess it’s a 12 plato beer), and it has a very soft, rounded mouthfeel to it. Very malty and smooth, but with just a hint of lightly citric sharpness to le…
- 1Aventinus Dunkel Weizenbock
November 15, 2008
…tshell. Any beer with a starting gravity in the bock range is going to be hugely malty, and this is certainly no exception, but I’m really surprised at just how soft and smooth the beer manages to be….
- 3Paulaner Oktoberfest Marzen
September 1, 2009
…means a “big” beer. The starting gravity is probably around 14 degrees Plato. Verdict: This is one of the finest amber lagers you can buy. Between this and masterpieces like Spaten’s Ur-Marzen, I’d be…
- 3Woodchuck Granny Smith: A Perfect Sunday Brunch Drink
January 22, 2011
…tightly controlled the original gravity, the fermentation temperatures, and then filtered the final product — and you have coarser (sometimes called “farmhouse”) ciders that are more natural, rougher,…
- 0New Amsterdam Black & Tan: When You’re Too Lazy To Pour Your Own
May 5, 2000
…breed of stout that they produce specifically to make their B&T (New Amsterdam’s product line doesn’t include a stout). It is not as thick and creamy as a true B&T that you could pour yourself with you…
- 1Sam Adams Getting Too Big for it’s Barley
May 29, 2009
…ent and traditional, and “small” specifically means “annual production of beer less than 2 million barrels.” Boston Beer shipped 1.992 million barrels last year. Two million barrels is the max for “the…
- 6Get Yer Hot Dogs Here
June 22, 2009
…ot dog” come from? America. More specifically–a baseball game. How American can you get? On a particularly chilly April day in 1901 at the Polo Grounds in New York, vendor Harry Stevens wanted to sell…
- 3Everything I Need to Know I Learned From Alton Brown
May 28, 2010
…ople that have been unequaled at specific things.” Could this article BE any longer? Alton has a tatoo of a bee on his left shoulder based on a work by artist Mark Ryan. Alton’s company is named “BeSqu…
- 0Build a Steel Sixtel Keg Cooler from an Old Water Tank
June 29, 2016
…uses will be for party home brew dispensing and I suspect it will work as planned. You can find lots of REALLY specific projects on the internet… this is one of them. Have you built something similar?…