Homebrewing

An early question but major step for any brewer is, how Can I make my own beer recipe? Home brewing beer consists of multi-leveled challenges.  It is easy to learn and difficult to master.  One could easily spend 10 years or more learning all there is to know, and still have things to discover. Making […]

Making beer is the fun part. Now comes the work, you must package it.  The last detail remains, priming the beer; that is adding a bit of sugar at packaging so the yeast can create CO2, your bubbles.  What is the best method, carbonation drops, add sugar directly, or other? Corn sugar (dextrose) and fizz

When you first get started with homebrewing beer, it’s crucial to start with easy beers. Not only does starting with something complicated increase your chances of making a mistake during the brewing process, but you’re also more likely to brew something unpalatable if you start playing around with experimental ingredients and additives without knowing some

When you begin researching how to brew beer, you will discover that there are a few different ways you can homebrew. The difference in each process is mostly how the base of the beer is made and what you do with the mash or grain pile to collect the sugars at the end. This affects

For beer enthusiasts, homebrewing may seem like a reasonable way to take their passion to the next level. Sensibly, underaged brewers probably want to know if they can legally brew beer under the age of 21. After all, 21 is the legal age required to drink alcoholic beverages, so it would be logical to assume

Sometimes we worry about our beer fermenting well, and healthily.  It can ferment too slowly or finish prematurely.  There is a third issue, one which also perplexes, over-attenuation.  Your beer’s final gravity goes lower than desired. Over-attenuation is when beer ferments too aggressively.  It dries out and its flavor profile is thrown out of balance. 

Craft brewers have been revolutionizing the way that beer is made for decades. There have been popular beers made from all types of fruit, vegetables, and even meat products. But beer brewed from bananas? It sounds like a joke! Surprisingly, though, it can be done! The basic process of brewing banana beer can be done

If you’re running out of brewer’s yeast and eyeing your sourdough starter as a replacement, you’re not alone. This idea crops up in homebrew forums from time to time, and everyone is wondering how it will turn out. You can brew beer using a sourdough starter, but it takes experimenting to produce the flavor you

Even though I’ve heard beers negatively compared to water, even the highest quality craft beer is over 95% water. While other ingredients may have the reputation of giving beer its flavor, such as the grains, hops, or yeast, water may be, hands down, the most important ingredient. What type of water should you use to

Homebrewers are mostly using sugar to add desired flavors and to carbonate their beers. But you may be wondering what types of sugars are best and what do they add to your homebrews. The best sugars for homebrewing are ‘simple’ sugars because they are the easiest to break down and manipulate in the brewing process.