Author: Mike

What Is Yeast? The short version (yet slightly technical answer) is that yeast is a member of the fungus family and is a living single-celled organism that is self-reproducing. They are our microscopic buddies that do all of the hard… Continue Reading →

 Home brewers love to talk about hops. What flavor they added to the beer. How bitter they made the beer. But it doesn’t stop there. There are five main things that hops do for beer. Depending on what hops you… Continue Reading →

The biggest ingredient in your beer is the water so it can have a lot to do with the final outcome of your brew. The minerals and salts in water can cause negative side effects, as well as produce good… Continue Reading →

Now that you have all of the equipment that you need for home brewing, the next thing that you need is some ingredients to use all with all of that equipment. You can either buy all of the ingredients individually… Continue Reading →

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been going in depth about all of the basic home brewing equipment that someone looking to get into brewing beer at home would need. I’ve broken it down into equipment that you’ll need for… Continue Reading →

Woohoo, we’re on to bottling day equipment. We’re so close to being done that I can almost taste the home brewed beer! In addition to the bottling bucket, racking cane and tubing; there’s a couple of other pieces of equipment… Continue Reading →