Full Disclosure: Recently Perry’s Brewer sent me a one gallon beer making kit and the accompanying stout beer ingredients. By recently, I mean way back in January. (My apologies go out to the crew at Perry’s Brewer for the delay.)… Continue Reading
Thanks Midwest Supplies, I did some homebrewing this weekend. They sent me their White House Honey Porter to brew and review. I’ve been a honey beer kick lately, first a couple batches of a honeymoon rosemary saison and now this… Continue Reading
How Long Does Fermentation Take To Start? I remember my first batch of homemade beer. I brewed it, pitched the yeast, put the lid on the white bucket, put on the blue lid and topped it off with an airlock.… Continue Reading
Why You Need To Cool Your Wort First off, a little bit of a background. Wort is the pre-fermented mix of water, malt and any other ingredients that you use, that will turn into beer. Second off, there’s a few… Continue Reading
Do you use a secondary when you’re homebrewing? Or are you totally against using one? [poll id=”2″] For a long time, the standard operating procedure was to transfer the beer to a secondary fermenter like a plastic bucket or carboy… Continue Reading
I’d much rather be brewing than reading about homebrewing, but there’s only so much brewing that can be done. That’s when I turn to reading about making beer. I read a lot of homebrewing blogs, but there’s times when I… Continue Reading
The Quick Answer The simple answer is about five ounces (or ¾ of a cup) of corn syrup for a five gallon batch of homemade beer. It’s the amount of corn syrup that comes in most recipe kits. It’s the… Continue Reading
Thanks to all of the readers here on this blog, the cool people on Reddit and a handful of really helpful folks on Google Plus, I’m a few steps closer to make my honey-rosemary saison come to life. While I… Continue Reading
What Is Fermentation? The short version is that fermentation is the yeast turning your wort into beer. Depending on the style of the beer, the ingredients and the alcohol level, fermenting can last from a week to a year (not… Continue Reading
I’ve never brewed with honey before, yet I decided it was a good idea to brew a honey-rosemary saison for my wedding in November. I’m sure the final product will be amazing tasting, but I have to get there first.… Continue Reading