I have one really sexy brew system. Here she is: Display Images To See This! Expensive, too. That darling cost me over $3,500 to build.Worth it though. It lets me hold spot-on mash temperatures, perform complicated step mashes, and chill boiling wort to lager temps in under 15 minutes. Yea, it’s one helluva brewing machine. But it’s not my best brewing tool. Not by a long shot. What is my best brewing tool then? This is... That’s a picture of me judging at my homebrew club’s competition last week. I’m in the middle of critiquing a Belgian Saison. While I … [Read more...]
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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...]
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...]
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...]
American Light Lager
When American Light Lager is discussed in beer circles these days, the macro beer companies are front and center in our minds. Who can blame us? Mass marketing, low prices, and our own perceived dogmas of what beer was years ago play into our consciousness. Jeff Alworth from the popular beer blog, Beervana, posed an interesting poll question on social media a few weeks ago. “It’s much harder to make a pilsner than an IPA. Pilsners are so simple you can’t hide anything, but you can always just add more hops to an IPA. So let’s put ‘em to a poll.” Personally, I agree with the statement that … [Read more...]
Beer Glass Types
Drinking from the bottle may look cool for some, but if you want to enjoy the taste without filling yourself with gas, get used to using glass. Surely it has happened to you that after having a beer you feel that your stomach is going to explode and it is hard for you to contain the belching. What happens is that to prevent the beer gas from inflating your belly, it is best to serve it in a glass. That happens because having a more extensive space than the bottle allows for the gas comes out more natural. It also helps the aromas volatilize better, making you perceive them more quickly … [Read more...]
How to Build a Keggle Mash Tun
Beer, one of the most favorite drinks, that has been around for more than thousands of years is a popular beverage around the world. There are wide variety of beer depending on the contents, flavor, aroma, and bitterness. If you want to build or convert a keg into a keggle, then it is important to learn some of the basics of brewing process. If you do not know much about the mashing process or how a keg or keggle works, then scroll the page to refresh on some basics. Brewing is the process that converts natural starch from grains to alcohol. The process involves the following … [Read more...]
Creative Uses For Empty Beer Kegs
The beer kegs are large tanks where +5L of beer are available for you. These barrels have several applications, and therefore several presentations and characteristics. Kegs for parties do not have a superior dispenser and is of the non-returnable type. The other types are usually perfect draft kegs for bartenders. The difference between both is the material of the barrel and its reuse. The Perfect Draft is returnable and can be filled again with special equipment. Reusing empty beer kegs in your business. In nightclubs, beer kegs are widely used. When finished, they can be … [Read more...]