Big announcement today. Midwest Supplies and The Homebrew Academy have created a homebrewing equipment kit for new brewers. I worked with Midwest to hand-pick every item in order to best suit new homebrewers. The kit is tailored to fit the way The Academy teaches brewing and is now the kit that we recommend every member [...]
How to Make a CO2 Utility Line
Posted on January 16, 2013 by
This CO2 utility line lets you easily swap out homebrewing devices that need CO2. You can use it for:
Make a Motorized Mash Paddle for the Price of a Beer
Posted on December 7, 2012 by
For $5 you can trade that old wooden paddle for a motorized mash paddle. A paint mixer is the perfect tool for mixing your mash and destroying dough balls.
The Perfect Book for The Homebrewing Home Cook
Posted on November 28, 2012 by
The more I study beer, the more I notice similarities between beer and food. The same goes for cooking and homebrewing. Recipes, technique, tools – they are all critical in both pursuits. In fact, many homebrewers enjoy cooking and many cooks enjoy homebrewing. That is why I wrote this post. There is a new cookbook [...]
Mash pH: A Tale of 3 Beers
Posted on November 14, 2012 by
Now that I have my water report for brewing, I am much more confident using salts to adjust my water chemistry. I thought it’d be a cool experiment to brew three beers of three different colors using neutral (reverse osmosis) water and the same salt additions to see how the mash pH varies. Why? To [...]
How to Get Your Water Report for Homebrewing
Posted on September 20, 2012 by
Adjusting your water chemistry is one of those things that can make a good beer great. Before you can adjust your water, however, you need to know what you’re starting with because everybody’s water is different. For that, you need a water report. The problem with obtaining a water report here in Denver is that [...]
Cool Brewing Review
Posted on September 10, 2012 by
One thing I always stress to Academy members it to control their fermentation temperatures. Most new homebrewers ferment way too warm.
Two Ways to Operate a Plate Chiller
Posted on August 2, 2012 by
One of the big changes in going from my old system to the Brutus 10 is the use of a plate chiller. Previously, I used an immersion chiller. Before that, I was an ice-bath guy doing extract brews. The immersion chiller and ice bath have something in common – they cool the entire batch of [...]
Brutus 10: Liquid
Posted on July 23, 2012 by
Here we are. The final post in the Brutus 10 build. I’ve covered the frame, gas, and electronics so far. Now it’s time for the liquid side of things. We’re talking water and wort. How it’s moved around the system and what equipment is used. Kettles I’m using three identical 15 gallon Blichmann Boilermakers that [...]
