This week let’s look at one of those flaws that I posted about a few weeks ago. Acetaldehyde. That distinctive green apple flavor.

This week let’s look at one of those flaws that I posted about a few weeks ago. Acetaldehyde. That distinctive green apple flavor.

One of the terms or questions you often hear homebrewers talking about is gravity. What was the gravity? Or what’s the final gravity?
Just what is this gravity,, or more accurately “specific gravity” and why do we care about it.

The Hallertau hop is our next quick hit ingredient profile. An old hop variety that is, or has been, widely used in many of the great beers of the world.
Hallertau is a (now) 4-5% AA German hop that has been around for at least a 100 or more years. One of the four true Noble hops (Hallertau, Spalt, Tettnang, Saaz) it, like the others, are named for its original region of growth.
