Tag: Practicum
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Lactobacillus: From Yogurt to Beer?
Objective and Hypothesis The objective of the experiment was to isolate lactobacillus (LAB) cultures from store-bought yoghurt and see if they could be used in a beer. I hypothesized that I would be able to isolate at least three different mixed LAB cultures from different yogurts. Of the LABs that were isolated I predicted only…
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Sourdough Bread and Hydration Levels
Background This project started very ambitiously with the intent to see the effect of different levels of hydration in the dough. I started the process with three levels of hydration: 80%, 100%, and 120%. By hydration I mean the percentage of water content to flour content. For example, if I had 1000g of flour and…
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Session Mead: Raw vs Baked Honey Experiments
Objectives There were two objectives to my experiment. The first objective was merely to find out if my knowledge of beer creation could translate over to mead creation. Specific to this case, the creation of session mead, a lower alcohol variant that contains only 3-6.5% ABV. The second objective of the experiment was to examine…
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Cabernet Franc Trials
Grape Processing, Fermentation, and Aging This fall quarter for my Craft Brewing Practicum project I decided to make wine. I have recently been thinking about what kind of career path I want to take after graduating this spring, so this project has been my version of a test run at being a winemaker! Essentially my…
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Strawberry and Lemonade Wheat Beer – What Yeast Strain Is Better?
I wanted to find out what yeast strain works best with different fruit flavors of wheat beer. My question is what yeast strain works with what fruit better? Saisonstein Monster or the English yeast? Will the head retention/ carbonation hold up in the English yeast or will we have to force carbonate off the bat?…
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The Mead Calculator
Hi! I’m DJ Johnson, and this quarter I wanted to make mead. Last Spring, I made braggots (a beer/mead fusion) and during that process I experimented with The Mead Calculator from https://gotmead.com/blog/the-mead-calculator/ and noticed that it gave some interesting options for additional sugars. In fact, it had so many options that I wanted to test…
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Bourbon Perry Cider
Hi, my name is Cody Barthels, and I have been working on making a Perry cider at my work Wheel Line Cider. I wanted to do something different than I’ve done before, so instead of brewing a beer at home I took my practicum to work to make a cider. I thought making a pear…
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