When brewing an extract beer you will usually be adding some specialty grains to the batch. These grains are used to add in specialty flavors like chocolate, rye and honey into your base beer. But they are also made for the extract brewer because Crystal malt only needs a short steeping time to extract the …
When I first started out brewing I didn’t know a Brew kettle from a fermentation bucket. So I began like most do with an extract beer kit. The beers were turning out good and the instructions in the kit were very helpful in brewing my first beers. But the kits never really seemed to hit the mark …
I personally like to go out and sample beers from a lot of the craft brewers. I mean let’s face it, they are just home brewers that made good enough beer they could quit their real jobs :). More and more of craft brewers are going to cans because of the longer shelf life. This …
Carbonating Your Beer in a Keg Though bottles do have their pluses it’s nice not to have to spend a couple hours bottling your beer every other weekend. It’s also nice to have a beer ready to go on tap in your own home. When I decided to go the way of the keg I …
My friends are big scotch drinkers. There have been many days that I have been called out for a scotch and cigar night with the guys. Recently I learned of a new way to enjoy this great alcohol. It’s called a hot Scotchy. This is a great drink to enjoy while you’re brewing or to …
The Scottish ale was poured today for the first time. It poured perfectly, with just an inch and a half of head on the first pour out of the keg. It was conditioned in the keg for four days at 30 psi for carbonation. We had to carbonate it a little quickly for my brothers …
Cooling coil Build This is a quick and easy way to make a cooling coil for under $30. This tool is to aid you in the important step of cooling the wort. It comes in handy when you are brewing the full volume of your beer and cannot add RO ice or cold water to …
The $30 mash tun To begin, a mash ton is a vessel that you use to extract the sugars from the grains used to make beer. In all cases a mash ton steeps the grain at temperatures anywhere from 100-160F. A mash ton is either heated directly to How to build a mash tun out …
Home Brewing Recipes: Rye IPA Recipe Type: Rye IPA Author: Jamie This beer sits right around 70 IBU and 8% alcohol. It has pronounced citrus aroma. The flavor is also very citrusy with some herbal notes. The rye is light but noticeable. The color turned out to be a dark copper with a little …
I have often had many different people approach me who are interested in All Grain Brewing, but are scared that it is too complicated, expensive and time consuming for them to actually do it. So I put together a very simple tutorial here that is meant to show beginners just how easy and simple All …
