by DJ Spiess | Nov 4, 2009 | Beer
Apparently this video has been around for over a year, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it. If you haven’t seen it, check it out! Don’t miss anything New articles are out regularly and new videos come out every week. Make sure you subscribe!...
by DJ Spiess | Dec 11, 2008 | Brewing beer
Your favorite bottle of Belgian brew has gone through quite a bit to get to your hands. The beer was produced, bottle conditioned, sent over seas, stuck in a warehouse, put onto a truck, a stuck on a store shelf (for who knows how long) until you purchased it. The...
by DJ Spiess | Sep 10, 2008 | Brewing beer
Sugar will carbonate your beer If you bottle your homebrew, you know how sugar is used for carbonation. The reason we use sugar is to use something neutral in flavor. You don’t want to change the flavor of your beer at this point. Usually corn sugar, table sugar,...
by DJ Spiess | Aug 7, 2008 | Featured, Homebrewing
When you’re making a Belgian beer, many recipes list Belgian candi sugar as an ingredient. Belgian candi looks like rock candy and for most purposes it is rock candy. Belgian candi is a common additive for Belgian Tripels and Dubbels. The Belgian candi comes in...
by DJ Spiess | Mar 24, 2008 | Beer reviews
Oud Beersel Framboise Information on Oud Beersel Framboise is difficult to find. The beer was originally produced in Beersel, Belgium, but the brewery went out of business. In 2002 and 2003 health inspectors caught up with the lambic industry in Belgium. If you’ve...