Course Reviews

Chuck Nute

“Even as a brewer of many years, this course was worth my time. It's very well thought out and easy to follow. ”

“Even as a brewer of many years, this course was worth my time. It's very well thought out and easy to follow. ”

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Ricardo Fernandes

“Matt's video presentations combined with the selected text makes for a great introductory presentation on start to finish of brewing. I wish I watched it a year ago. Taking many notes I will use the information in the future. Great Job!”

“Matt's video presentations combined with the selected text makes for a great introductory presentation on start to finish of brewing. I wish I watched it a year ago. Taking many notes I will use the information in the future. Great Job!”

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Ken fowler

“A very interesting course and excellently presented cheers”

“A very interesting course and excellently presented cheers”

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About This Course

With examples of IPA, Stout, and Amber recipes. The course also includes more than 20 recipes!

From conception to perfection, learn:

  • How to build a recipe for your brew setup
  • Select a style, fitting the seasons and ingredients
  • How much and what style of yeast to use
  • How to select your base and specialty malts
  • How to select your bittering, flavor, and aroma hops (and what combination makes sense)
  • How to add adjuncts, spices, and fruits to fit your recipe
  • Develop the sweetness of the beer
  • Calculate the metrics you care about
  • and more!

Course curriculum

  • 01

    About

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    • Course Introduction
  • 02

    The Impact of Equipment and Season on Recipe Development

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    • Equipment Video

    • Selecting Your Brew Kettle

    • Brew with the Seasons

    • Brewers’ Perspectives: The Last Seasonal (Wet Hops)
  • 03

    Converting an All-Grain Recipe to Extract

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    • Base Malts

    • Specialty Malts

    • Extract Composition

    • Adjuncts

    • Hop Utilization

    • An Example
  • 04

    What Are We Brewing?

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    • Selecting Your Brew Style

    • Honing Cloning

    • Regionality of Pilsner

    • History of Oatmeal Stout
  • 05

    Recipes - Lager

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    • Lager Recipes Intro

    • Breakside Liquid Sunshine Pilsner Recipe

    • 1926 Barclay Perkins London Dark Lager

    • Fort Collins Brewery Maibock Recipe

    • Recession Lager Recipe

    • Your Father’s Mustache Pre-Prohibition Lager Recipe

    • Start It Up! Dry-Hopped Lager Recipe

    • Jack’s Abby Brewing’s Framinghammer Recipe
  • 06

    Recipes - IPA

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    • IPA Recipes Intro

    • Lawson’s Double Sunshine IPA Recipe

    • WeldWerks Brewing Co. Juicy Bits New England–Style IPA

    • Breakside Brewery IPA Recipe

    • Door County Brewing New England–Style IPA Recipe

    • Fort George Fresh IPA Recipe

    • Dark Sumo Imperial IPA Recipe
  • 07

    Recipes - Stouts

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    • Stout Recipes Intro

    • Chocolate Achromatic Stout Recipe

    • Anastasia’s Dark Heart Russian Imperial Stout Recipe

    • Bring Out the Imp Stout Recipe

    • Easy Irish Stout

    • Stowaway Oatmeal Stout Recipe
  • 08

    Recipes - Adjunct (Pumpkin)

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    • Pumpkin Beer Recipes Intro

    • Pumpkin Ale Recipe

    • Avery’s Rumpkin Recipe

    • Oh My Gourd Smoked Pumpkin Brown Ale Recipe

    • Jolly Pumpkin La Parcela Recipe

    • Elysian Punkuccino Recipe
  • 09

    Selecting Your Yeast

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    • Overview

    • Fermentation Temperatures Impact on Recipe

    • How to Choose Your Yeast Strain

    • Liquid vs. Dry Yeast

    • Hybrid Yeast
  • 10

    How Much Yeast?

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    • Overview

    • How to Estimate a Reasonable Pitch

    • How to Make a Yeast Starter

    • What, Exactly, IS Yeast Nutrient?
  • 11

    Base Malt

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    • Malt Revealed

    • The Ways to Mash

    • Selecting Your Base Malt

    • Base Malt Definition

    • Get to Know Your Malt
  • 12

    Specialty Malt

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    • Selecting Specialty Malt

    • Malt Your Own Barley

    • Regionality of Malts
  • 13

    How to Use Adjuncts

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    • Intro to Adjuncts

    • What's an Adjunct?

    • What Adjuncts Will Do For Your Beer

    • Homebrewing an Adjunct Stout
  • 14

    Bittering

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    • Hop Selection

    • Selecting a Bittering Hop

    • Hops Utilization
  • 15

    Flavor & Aroma

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    • Flavoring and Aroma Hops

    • The Best Way to Use Whirlpool Hops in Homebrew

    • Use Hops Tea to Enhance Flavors in Your Beer
  • 16

    Dry Hops

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    • 15 - Dry Hops

    • 3 Ways to Dry Hop
  • 17

    First Wort Hops

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    • Overview

    • Try First Wort Hopping
  • 18

    Hops Forms & Regionality

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    • Pellets vs. Whole Leaf

    • Forms of Hops

    • Hop Regionality
  • 19

    Fruit & Spice - How to Do It

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    • Overview

    • Spice up Your Homebrew

    • Spiced Stouts: Sugar + Spice + Everything Nice

    • Brewing Craft Beer with Hibiscus
  • 20

    Dry vs. Sweet

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    • Overview

    • Step Mashing
  • 21

    Calculating Metrics

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    • The Long Way - By Hand

    • Which Unit of Measurement Is Best for Brewing?
  • 22

    Brewing Software

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    • Selecting Your Brew Software
  • 23

    Building A Recipe Example - Amber Ale

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    • Building the Recipe

    • Heartier Yeast
  • 24

    Building a Recipe Example - Stout

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    • How to Build a Stout Recipe
  • 25

    Building a Recipe Example - India Pale Ale (IPA)

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    • How to Put Together an IPA Recipe
  • 26

    Tasting & Adjusting Overview

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    • Tasting Your Recipe

    • Dialing in a Recipe
  • 27

    Conclusion

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    • Thanks from Matt

    • Thank You!

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