Favorite Homebrewing Blog Posts I Read this Week (2/14-2/20)
This has been a busy week for me. Too many brewing activities to make a blog post, though I have material for several now. This week I kegged the …
Favorite Homebrewing Blog Posts I Read this Week (2/7-2/13)
I read a lot of homebrewing material posted to the internet. Between blogs, twitter feeds, homebrewing forums, beer publications I spend a lot of time reading about making beer …
Carolina’s Bitter Tears – English Ordinary Bitter
After brewing two English Ales in a row (the porter and the oatmeal stout), I decided to continue on the English kick and work my way through these beers first. …
6 Things You Need to Start Brewing your own Beer
If you’re looking to get started homebrewing your own beer, then you’ll need to get some equipment. If you read a beer brewing magazine or homebrewing forum, you’re likely to …
Laura – an Oatmeal Stout
Having just brewed my porter, I was still thinking heavy beers for cold nights. I also had some WLP 002 English Ale Yeast sitting in the fermenter and having …
Harvest and Reuse Yeast in Homebrewing
I decided to do something a little different for my upcoming brew day: I am harvesting the yeast from my fermenting porter and using it in the stout I’ll …
Papa’s Porter – Robust Porter with Chocolate and Licorice
With the weather being so cold and snowy here, I’ve been feeling like a good hearty beer. I returned to brewing by going to an old standby brown ale …
How to Keg – Kegging the Duck Muck Brown Ale
Why I Keg I switched to kegs from bottles less than a year after I started brewing. Kegging offers the ability to control carbonation better plus less hassle when filling. Only …
Yeast Starter – An important first step
For my first post I thought it only fitting that I start with the first step of the brewing process: making a yeast starter. Why should you make a …