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• How do you calculate your "brewhouse efficiency?"
• Everything I read says that the gravity of wort will increase during the boil as a result of the water evaporating and the wort concentrating. But I have never seen this happen with my brewing. What's up?
• Advertiser Reader Service
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• Motorize Your Grain Mill: Projects
  • Save your arm and get a great crush by motorizing your malt mill the right way. Get cranking with this great project.
• Gravity & Brewhouse Efficiency: Mr Wizard
  • The wise one answers your homebrewing questions.
• See You at Brew School!
  • Dust off your book bag, because you're going back to school --- brew school that is. We'll show you where you can go to hone your brewing skills, whether it's for a career in brewing or just for fun.

• Last Call
  • A homebrewed IPA --- Incan Pale Ale --- consumed at the top of Machu Picchu.
• Stuck Fermentations: Techniques
  • Stuck fermentations are probably the number one problem facing beginning brewers. Here's how to deal with -- and better yet -- avoid them.
• Braggot: Style Profile
  • Is it a beer? Is it mead? Actually, it's a little of both. Let us introduce you to braggot, as brewed by the author's homebrew club.
• Beer Clarity: Tips from the Pros
  • Cloudy or clear --- those are your choices for the appearance of your beer. The pros tell you how to achieve either, as your style demands.
• Homebrew Nation
  • Raging Grainies, South African brews and a computer-controlled system. Plus: the Replicator clones Shipyard Brewing Company's Export Ale.
• Mail
  • Warm kegs, cider yeasts and lawnmower lingo.
• Trappist Ale
  • From 4% ABV "singles" to 12% tripels, Trappist ales cover a lot of ground. The main thing they have in common is their brewers.....Trappist monks. Found out how these brothers brew. Plus: recipes for a heavenly tripel and dubbel.
• 17 Foolproof Extract Recipes
  • Homebrew shops from across the United States offer up 17 sure-fire, tried-and-true recipes for you to brew at home. Recipes for great beers, including stouts, porters and IPAs --- plus a few unique beers --- can be found in this big collection of extract beers.
• The Texas Two-Step Method
  • Extract brewers can take inspiration from some commercial brewers and improve their brewing methods. The Texas Two-Step lets extract brewers sidestep some common procedural problems. Plus: an all-grain adaption.