Category Archives: Food and drink

4 Ways to Sour a Berliner Weisse

Posted on March 27, 2015 by alex

Berliner weisse is a low-strength German wheat beer that relies on a source of lactic acid to create a refreshing but intriguing sourness. As with many things in homebrewing, there is more than one way to achieve Berliner weisses’ signature tart … Continue reading →

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Collecting Wild Yeast

Posted on March 26, 2015 by alex

Yeast can be the difference between a good recipe and a great recipe. I have been making cider, wine and mead for over a year now and I am learning quite a bit about the strains out there and what … Continue reading →

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Recirculating Electric BIAB setup

Posted on March 24, 2015 by alex

I started thinking about brewing indoors after my first brew, which happened on a pretty chilly Chicago winter night. I really enjoyed that brew day, and most of the brew days after, however I wanted a setup I could really … Continue reading →

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Correcting Low Original Gravity in All Grain Brewing

Posted on March 24, 2015 by alex

Have you ever missed your original gravity (OG) target when brewing all grain beer? Its not an uncommon problem for beer brewers, particularly when you start all grain brewing or change you equipment setup. This week we’re going to examine … Continue reading →

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Should you use a Secondary for Beer Brewing?

Posted on March 24, 2015 by alex

About ten years ago a secondary fermentation in beer brewing was considered a “must do” by most top brewers. But in the last ten years, much has changed so this week we take a look at the eternal question “to … Continue reading →

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29 Things You Should Know About Beer

Posted on March 24, 2015 by alex

from Huffpost

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All Grain Brewing Simplified Part 1 – Process

Posted on March 24, 2015 by alex

All Grain Brewing Simplified Pt 1: Process It can be argued that moving to all grain brewing can be the best thing you can do for the quality of your beer (pre-flameout). This being due to even more creative freedom, … Continue reading →

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Cream Ale Recipes – Beer Styles

Posted on March 23, 2015 by alex

Cream Ale is a distinctly American beer style that is refreshing and smooth. It has enjoyed a resurgence recently as many microbreweries have taken up the style and even improved upon commercial versions. Cream ale enjoyed broad popularity in the … Continue reading →

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Stout-Hearted in Ireland

Posted on March 18, 2015 by alex

Take a Private Tour of the Guinness Brewery. Homebrewers Only! The Guinness brewery in Dublin, Ireland, is a time machine. Cobblestone streets link the gray stone and red brick buildings — narrow thoroughfares where draft horses once clopped their way … Continue reading →

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Balancing Your Brew: How To Calculate Perceived Bitterness

Posted on March 13, 2015 by alex

One of the hardest facets of beer flavor to achieve is balance. Balancing the different flavors of beer is absolutely necessary to create a complex but drinkable beer. A failure to balance flavors will make a beer seem one-dimensional or, … Continue reading →

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