Upping Your Game If you’ve been brewing with kit beers or extracts, or even all grain mashing using a Brew In A Bag system, you will soon be thinking about taking the step up to making your own all-grain brew house. While you can go for a large, multi-vessel brew house, a simple cooler can […]
How-To Guide and Galaxy Pale Ale Recipe Home brew kit beer doesn’t have to be looked down upon by experienced brewers and beer drinkers. In fact, many of the kit beers available are carefully developed recipes, produced by experienced breweries and condensed into cans for you to use with ease. Unfortunately, often times they are […]
Ise Kadoya A Japanese craft brewery from Ise presents the Grassy India Pale Ale. The short brown bottle and high-gloss (and shiny!) label are instantly eye catching. The name is immediately evocative of European noble hops added late in the process. Beer Specs Alcohol Content: 6% ABV IBU: Not Given Style: India Pale Ale Presentation […]
Brewdog PUNK IPA in a Can The classic in-your-face blue Punk IPA label now surrounds an entire can in a very appealing visual effect. At first glance, the canned version appears to be a ‘straight to export’ product, with Japanese and several European languages directly on the can itself. But is it the same winning […]
I have been asked by several people with or without a wheat allergy about gluten free beer brewing, of which I have some commercial experience, so I would like to share the lowdown on brewing with sorghum malt. Review: Briess White Sorghum Malt Briess have been producing some excellent liquid malt extracts, but can they […]
The Basic Categories: Malt is extracted into two forms, dry malt extract (DME) and liquid malt extract (LME). These two categories are then divided into many types, each with different colors and flavors. You may find recipes that call for only LME, only DME, or for both types of malt extract. The ‘kit beers’ that […]
If you don’t already have your fermentation kit, please check out this page. The Super-Minimal BIAB Setup It is essentially a bag in a pot. This is the most labor-intensive of the all grain brewing setup options, but also the cheapest. Pros: Cons: I used this system in Japan recently (check out the post here) […]
Easy Setup, Minimum Equipment: Setting up a simple all-grain brew system without complicated equipment is much easier than you might think. Today, I’m going to share the most basic of the all-grain brewing systems: Brew in a Bag, also known as BIAB. If you’ve searched for ‘All Grain Brewing Instructions’ on the internet, you will […]
Join the Revolution Craft beer has taken back a huge slice of the global beer market. We brewers and beer lovers rally behind the flag of craft beer, refusing to submit to the will of the macro-brewed oppressors. Freedom to Choose! With a huge swath of independent craft beers now available, how do you know […]
Is eBay a Good Resource for your Brewing Needs? Should I build my brew house from materials at the hardware store? Is it better to shop at my local home brew store? Or can I trust eBay for my needs? I have spent a large amount of money and a good deal of time buying brewing equipment and supplies, […]