The humble beginnings of home brewing involved malt extract that was usually pre-hopped and a dry package of yeast (often bread yeast). As you can imagine, the resulting brews were pretty uninspiring. I don’t imagine too many friends and family were fighting over the end product. Today, many home brews are as complex and delicious …
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I love going out to a craft beer bar and having a couple pints of delicious beer on draft. Maybe shooting some pool and playing some dart with friends. I have always thought about building my own bar and hang out at my own home but I have never had the money or the motivation …
If This Is A Dream Don’t Wake Me Up! Back in 2014 Maxwell Arndt launched a Kickstarter campaign to make brewery scented candles, basically candles that smell like brew day. After 30 days he had successfully funded his campaign and brought Brew Candles to life. Love the smell of brewing a vanilla porter? They have a …
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I recently saw this awesome infographic from Karl Strauss Brewing Co. while browsing the webs and thought this would be a run share with the Home Brewing Blog readers. So, with their permission, here are some common beer myths de-bunked. Hint: Don’t believe everything the big beer commercials tell you! by: Karl Strauss. Post this …
We all know it but don’t want to admit that The U.S. is known for its light watery mass produced beers. Thankfully over the last twenty years we went from one of the worst beer producing countries in the world to the country that produces more varieties of beer than anywhere else. But it seems …
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So you want to brew as easy as possible, and as cheaply as possible. Well I’m here to help. The following is a guide to absolute bare bones brewing. We’re not going to buy anything we don’t have to, we’re going to ignore best practices, and we’re still going to make some pretty good beer. …
Lazy Homebrewing – Making Beer As Cheap & Easy As Possible Read More »
Today is March, 14, known in some circles as Pi Day (as in 3/14). In honor of such an auspicious day, here are two suggestions for how to make your very own pi(e) themed beer; Pumpkin Ale: Adding pumpkin and pumpkin spice to your beer is a Christmastime favorite, and though we’re now well past …
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There are a number of pitfalls that can plague any brewer. Anything from a stalled fermentation to a stuck sparge to a shattered carboy can rear their ugly heads to ruin your day. Luckily for us most of these troubles can be overcome, generally with only minor effort. Each month I’ll do a write-up of …
I’ll start today’s post with a little insight into my brewing life; for the past four years I have been the president of a brewclub called the Second Best Brewers. We’re small, with only about 30 members, but enthusiasm is high, and I couldn’t be happier with the group. We get together and talk shop, …
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Do you ever wonder what a good way to use all of those spent grains. Mostly I have just tossed them out because I do not have a compost and I previously didn’t really look for another alternative. I recently found a great recipe for spent grain dog treats that would be great for any …
