About This Course

This course includes 58+ minutes of video

In this hourlong course, he lays out the Templin Family approach to ensuring high quality and character in what he calls “beers to be consumed in great volume.” Among the highlights:

  • why your brewhouse should be pristine
  • the three T’s: time, temperature, and titration
  • making micro-adjustments to fine-tune the smallest details
  • sensory analysis and why you should be writing it all down
  • measuring and minimizing dissolved oxygen
  • ensuring the gentle transfer of beer
  • buying only the best ingredients available
  • mashing for body and flavor in low-strength beers
  • starting low on IBUs and building up from there
  • adding whole-leaf hops in game bags big enough to hold a moose
  • knocking out colder for cleaner lagers
  • what to consider when choosing a house lager strain
  • deciding when to spund based on sensory of hydrogen sulfide
  • thorough purging of tanks before transfer
  • aiming for creamy natural carbonation
  • considering maturation and foam when brewing for competitions

And much more.


Instructor

Kevin Templin, cofounder of Templin Family Brewing in Salt Lake City, is a brewmaster who’s won respect from peers by coaxing excellence out of lower-strength styles. Despite Utah’s limitations on ABV, Templin’s beers are frequent winners at major competitions, including a recent run of four straight years of medal-winning lagers at the Great American Beer Festival.

Kevin Templin

Cofounder and Brewmaster, Templin Family Brewing

Course Curriculum

  • 01

    Introduction

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    • Welcome to the Course

    • Lower Strength, High Quality: An Overview

  • 02

    The Templin Family Approach to Quality

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    • A Pristine Brewhouse

    • Micro-Adjustments and Sensory Analysis

    • Water, DO, Soft Transfer, and Other Key Details

  • 03

    World-Class Lower-ABV Beer

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    • The Best Raw Materials

    • Mashing and Boiling Low-Strength Beers for Flavor and Body

    • Hops

    • Knocking Out for Lagers

    • Fermentation, Spunding, and Lagering

  • 04

    Parting Thoughts

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    • A Few Tips on Brewing for Competitions

    • Thank You! Keep It Clean!

  • 05

    Bonus Tracks

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    • Recipe: Templin Granary Kellerbier

    • Case Study: Templin Family Wins with Patient Pours, Big Foam, and a Warm Welcome

    • Podcast Episode 313: Kevin Templin of Templin Family Brewing is Shaving the Edges of Award-Winning Lagers and IPAs

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