Broadcast Date: March 13, 2025 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm Central Time
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Webinar Summary
How is a beer recipe constructed? How do flavor groups interact with beer styles? In this session, we will explore the fundamentals of envisioning a new beer of any style and how to make it a reality. We will use simple brewer's math to calculate the original extract and final extract necessary to produce the target percent alcohol and then how to figure out the malt and hop bills to achieve other key beer specifications like extract, color, and bitterness units. Along with raw materials we will also consider the procedural aspects of the recipe including the brewhouse operations, fermentation/maturation, and the finishing recipes. The total package of raw materials and procedural techniques will deliver the envisioned beer recipe.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this webinar you should be able to understand how a beer recipe for any style is envisioned and constructed, including the following elements:
- Raw materials selection
- Volumes to use
- How the brewhouse operations would be performed
- The type and method of fermentation
- Maturation to use
- How the beer will be treated prior to it's release to packaging
About the Presenter
Karl Ockert | Karl Ockert graduated from UC Davis with a BSc in Fermentation Science in 1983 and promptly helped design, build and operate the BridgePort Brewing Company, Oregon’s first craft brewery. During his forty plus year career he has worked in breweries of all sizes from brewpubs to AB-Newark and continued to learn and hone his skills in all aspects of brewing along the way. In 2024 Karl published The Craft Brewer’s Guide to Best Practices (Volumes 1-4) through the MBAA and his webinar presentation will be based on material about recipe formulation from Volume 2: Raw Materials, Wort Production, and Fermentation, Chapter 3 The Brewhouse: Sweet Wort Production. |
About the Recipe Development Webinar Series
Explore the unique approaches of industry leaders in crafting recipes for a variety of beer styles in our engaging webinar series. Each speaker will share their personal philosophy, techniques, and preferences for process, ingredients, and equipment that bring their signature beers to life. This series offers a chance to learn from their expertise, sparking inspiration for your own creative journey in beer recipe development.
Audience:
Assume that these are mainly already brewers that have some familiarity with the differences between the styles. It’s not an “intro to” webinar but a “masterclass”.
Each webinar in the series should include the following elements:
- Philosophy/Approach
- Process, Ingredients
- Recommended Equipment
