As the cost of living rises and everything seems to cost double. All but the wealthy are feeling the squeeze on their pockets. Necessities become the priority, and rightly so, but this means some things have to stop. Beer might be one of those luxuries now out of reach. So it begs the question, ‘is … Read more
When home brewing beer it is pretty important to control the temperature during the fermentation period. One of the best ways to accomplish this is using a fridge converted into a fermentation unit. However will the glass shelf in my fridge hold a 5 gallon beer bucket? It will be a disaster if the glass … Read more
Campden tablets are widely used for making wine and cider to prevent them from spoiling. They seem to be a must use additive when making wine or cider. However is it the same when brewing beer? Should I use Campden tablets for brewing beer? Campden tablets are a pretty useful thing for brewing beer, and … Read more
Making sure all our brewing equipment is clean and sanitized before using is important. If we don’t do this important step in the brewing process, then things can go bad. So can you use bleach to sanitize brewing equipment? All equipment should be cleaned first to make sure there is no visible dirt or dust. … Read more
As a novice to home brewing beer, this is a question that I recently asked myself. Is it better to use plastic or glass bottles for home brewing? I instinctively know that glass will be fine, after all breweries have used glass bottles forever. However I don’t see any breweries using plastic bottles for their … Read more
When we use a pressure barrel for the secondary fermentation of our beer we can dispense our beer straight from the barrel. But what if we get requests from friends for a bottle of our beer. Which begs the question can I bottle beer from my pressure barrel? I thought it would be perfectly okay, … Read more
When our homebrew has finished fermenting in the fermentation vessel there is a decision to make. Do we transfer the beer into a pressure barrel or bottles. What is better a pressure barrel or bottles? Being new to homebrewing myself, this is a question that I needed answered before the end of the first fermentation. … Read more
The hops, the malt and the yeast are all important ingredients in brewing beer. However you can’t make beer without water, no water, no beer. The type of water we use can have an affect on the beer. So is it okay to use tap water for brewing beer? Or should we use bottled, filtered … Read more
A nice refreshing glass of cider is a great drink on a hot day, or any other time too. However brewing your own cider can be somewhat laborious. Picking, chopping and extracting the juice from a pile of apples is a big task. But there is an alternative and its called turbo cider. So what … Read more
Unless you brew beer, then you probably have not asked yourself ‘what is trub and is it bad?’ And even if you do brew beer and you have asked yourself that question, the answer or answers are a little vague. In fact there are conflicting results depending on who you ask. Some brewers are okay … Read more