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Technical Talk
This page not only provides technical talk, brewing advice and blogs from our own team, but features items that we think are of interest from friends of Faram experts.
What you need to know about…hard seltzer
Generally fruity, highly carbonated and packaged in 330ml cans.
It can be made using an alcohol base (e.g. vodka), or using a fermented sugar base which is where brew kit could be useful. Generally fruity, highly carbonated and packaged in 330ml cans. The liquid is crystal-clear (sometimes lightly coloured) and the drink is typically flavoured using natural fruit flavourings and sometimes botanicals, flowers, cucumber etc.
Low Trellis Hop Growing
Written for you by Jon Stringer, all about low trellis (dwarf hops) and those you use in your beers.
Whether a hop plant grows to be a tall plant, semi-tall or dwarf is controlled ultimately by dwarf genes in its DNA. The influence of these genes causes the plant to develop shorter internodes on the bine (the spacing between the nodes or leaf-growing sections) and, consequently, the plant height is shorter.
Introduction to Thiols in Hop Oils
Thiols are sulphur-containing compounds that contribute to distinctive aromas in beer.
Hop oils, also known as essential oils, constitute between 0.5% to 4% of the hop cone, depending on the variety. The volatile chemicals that compose hop oils can be split into three groups: hydrocarbons, oxygenated compounds, and sulphur-containing compounds.
Gluten Free Brewing
Have you been tempted to try gluten free brewing?
Get your testing regime right with our Gluten Analysis (100ml). Using the ELISA (Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay) R5 Gliadin analysis test, which uses antibodies to test for gluten in beer.
Divert from the norm!
Here at Charles Faram, we have put our creative juices to work and have come up with a list of alternatives to some of the more well used varieties. There’s a wide range of varieties that will work extremely well in ‘that’ NEIPA, IPA, DIPA, or Milkshake, and the world is your oyster.
Welldark
Dark beers for dark nights.
Our suggestions for your winter brews:
Bramling Cross
Cascade
Columbus
How to say … New Zealand Hop Varieties
How to pronounce New Zealand hop names, with Doug of NZ Hops.
