Category Archives: beer

If you like sour beers, you’ve probably heard long, complicated yeast and bacteria names thrown around. They’re hard to spell, even harder to pronounce and can be down-right confusing to differentiate from one another. Many often refer to these bacteria and … Continue reading →

Who has time to putz around trying to fix a pesky stuck sparge? One of the best ways to deal with this issue is to prevent it from happening in the first place! Here are five tips to keep wort … Continue reading →

Guillaume Boulanger, director of production at La Barberie Brewery in Quebec City, has been homebrewing for a decade. He’s also a beer bottle lover, which explains why he created an awesome bottle filling system he calls the Automatic Boulanger Bottling … Continue reading →

Malt extract is quite a powerful homebrewing ingredient, especially for beginners, as it takes out some of the variables like hitting mash temperatures and volumes. While more seasoned homebrewers can use it to supplement sugars in a “big” brew or help … Continue reading →

Wish you could grow hops, but don’t have a suitable in-ground location? With a little knowledge of container gardening, you can grow hops virtually anywhere — including your deck, patio or driveway. Growing plants in containers presents some added challenges, … Continue reading →

A PDF version of this article can be found here: Effects_of_mash_parameters_on_attenuation_and_efficiency.pdf It is commonly known that there are many factors that effect the fermentability (limit of attenuation) of brewing wort. The series of experiments conducted here are aimed at understanding … Continue reading →