Once you finished your first batch and is already bottled and ready to drink, you will want to present the best way possible to your friends and family. Or, did you just buy your new fancy beer and wish to keep it looking good and in place? The best thing you have is the right carrier for your bottles – and nothing seems better than a wood beer carrier. It keeps your bottles in place and makes it easy to transport and move around without the fear of breaking one or all of them. With a wood beer carrier, you will have your bottles looking proper and safe from … [Read more...]
An Easy All-Grain Brewing Method – Batch Sparge
Watch on Youtube | Transcript: What I want to do today is provide a demonstration of simple all grain brewing. I want to encourage extract brewers to consider making the move to all grain, it's a lot of fun it's not too difficult. It doesn't have to be very expensive and the results I think are quite a bit better than extract beer. You can see some of the beers I have on tap right here, I've got a coffee stout a holiday cheer which is a spiced amber ale with beer still kind of late in the season for that and then a ALM aid with all homegrown hops. So I think they're great the … [Read more...]
How to Harvest and Reuse Yeast
Watch on Youtube | Transcript: What's up everyone thought I should have a beer it's my Friday night no it's Thursday because I'm brewing tomorrow anyway. I'm going to show you guys one way that you can reuse your yeast tonight. It's not the only way, maybe not the best way, but you can save five or six dollars a batch if you're just using one time for the next batch you can save a little bit of money. And you're gonna for sure have plenty of yeast for whatever beer that it is that you're brewing. This is what I got on tap right now, a cider Imperial steam beer a pale Rob beer … [Read more...]
Summer Isn’t Over Yet…The American Blonde Ale
Your Uncle Joe is coming to stay with you for an extended weekend during the scorching summer months. You know Uncle Joe is a big beer drinker who likes his beers simple. What will you brew him? Look no further than to the American Blonde Ale. American Blonde Ale has been in the American beer lexicon for a short amount of time here in the states; around the 1970s. However, the origins of Blonde Ales can actually be traced back to the later half of the 1800’s in Europe. Usually a lighter version of the Pale Ale or even Kölsch. Known sometimes as a Golden Ale or even a Summer Ale, the American … [Read more...]
English Ales
What Ho, Chaps! The United States declared its independence from Britain over 240 years ago. But we still have ties to Merrie Olde England, and not just the common language which separates us. (Because, honestly, who calls cookies “biscuits” and biscuits “scones”?) Biscuit Biscuit?! Biscuit? For one thing, the love of ale is richer and deeper in English history than it is in the States. Shakespeare makes many references to ale in his plays, and we’ve honored that with naming a beer after his beloved character Sir John Falstaff. Sadly, … [Read more...]
Christmas Beer
Christmas beer is a unique and seasonal drink that is specially brewed to enjoy during Christmas time. This beer is usually spicy with great alcohol content. This beer includes a variety of ingredients such as vanilla, coffee beans, cocoa beans, cinnamon, orange peel, cloves, mint, caramel malt, and more. There are no specific standards about making this seasonal drink. But it usually consists of high malt bases, high alcoholic content, and it also tends to be fuller-bodied. This type of brewing makes the Christmas beer a festive, flavorful and very alcoholic beverage. It is trendy … [Read more...]
Homebrew Advent Calendar
The last I checked my calendar it was only September. I am sure you were all thinking that when you saw the title, Homebrew Advent Calendar. It's okay, I totally understand. Let me explain. For those unfamiliar to the Advent Calendars. Wikipedia’s description is as follows: “Advent calendar is a special calendar used to count the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. Since the date of the First Sunday of Advent varies, falling between November 27 and December 3 inclusive, many Advent calendars, especially those that are reusable, often begin on December 1, … [Read more...]
Beer Ingredient Kits
If you are looking for your next enjoyable hobby, homebrewing can be the right one for you. If you are beer fanatic, there is nothing better than making your beer at home and enroll in a tradition that has been around for centuries all over the planet. One of the main things people worry about when it comes to making beer at home is the recipes and how much it cost to buy of each ingredient. Nowadays, it is not that hard to figure it all out with beer ingredient kits. Now, you don't have to feel stressed about using the right recipe online or buying all the different … [Read more...]
Kegerator Kits – How to Keep it Cold for Less
Whether you are selling beers or are looking to make it at home, you will love a kegerator. Kegerator kits are just what homebrewers need to get started on a delightful hobby. These contain everything you need to brew at home, from a CO2 regulator, CO2 tank to faucets, gas lines, beverage line and more. Liquor merchants often invest in one of these for their beer business. The most common use for kegerator kits today though is in the beer barrel. You will find different types of kegerators today, and can choose by size by temperature, among other things. As a result, knowing which … [Read more...]
How to Build a Hop Spider
Beer, the third most preferred drink, after water and tea among people, is an excellent product after the brewing process. The brewing process involves several steps such as malting, mashing, lautering, boiling, fermenting, conditioning, filtering, and packaging. The hops are introduced in the process called boiling. While boiling the ingredients of the beer, hops are introduced to add bitterness, flavour, and aroma to the beer. The hops are the flowers of the hop plant or hop vine Humulus Lupulus. These hops help in flavoring and preserving the ingredients in the beer. There … [Read more...]