About This Course

We're all on a mission to brew better beer! In this video course you'll learn:

  • How to diagnose off flavors
  • How to describe the flavors you're encountering
  • The likely cause of those flavors
  • How to remedy those off-flavors
  • More about brewing water, hopping, yeast, and malt


And more!

Course curriculum

  • 01

    About the Course

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    • Course Overview
  • 02

    Identifying Flavors

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    • Ways to Identify Flavors
  • 03

    Where Did the Problem Come From?

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    • Overview
  • 04

    Methodology

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    • Overview
  • 05

    Diacetyl

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    • Overview

    • How to Test if You Have Diacetyl

    • How to Control Diacetyl
  • 06

    Oxidation

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    • Overview

    • How to Avoid Oxidation
  • 07

    Contamination

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    • Overview

    • What to Do About Contamination

    • Sanitation Guide

    • Chilling Your Wort Quickly

    • DIY Counterflow Chiller
  • 08

    Fermentation Lag

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    • Overview

    • How Your Yeast Works

    • 6 Tools to Unstick Your Fermentation
  • 09

    Astringency

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    • Overview

    • Other Ways to Fix Astringency

    • The Right Way to Steep Specialty Grains to Avoid Astringency
  • 10

    Phenolic

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    • Overview

    • Fixing for Phenols

    • Esters vs Phenols (Solving for the Right Problem)
  • 11

    Hot Alcohols

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    • Overview

    • Avoid the Burn
  • 12

    Recipe Development Errors

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    • Overview
  • 13

    Starchy or Protein-Heavy

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    • Overview

    • Optimizing Efficiencies

    • Optimizing Your Mash
  • 14

    Equipment Problems

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    • Overview
  • 15

    Water Chemistry

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    • Overview

    • Brewing Water

    • What Is pH? And Why Does It Matter?
  • 16

    Acetaldehyde

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    • Overview

    • Getting Rid of Green Apple
  • 17

    Sulfur

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    • Overview

    • So Long to Sulfur
  • 18

    Other Common Off-Flavors

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    • Yeasty

    • Solvent

    • Grassy

    • Musty

    • Lightstruck (Skunky)

    • Vegetal

    • Metallic

    • DMS

    • Sour/Acidic
  • 19

    Conclusion

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    • Overview of the Science of Troubleshooting

    • Conclusion

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