Posts Tagged ‘homebrew’

Why does my beer taste bad? (Part 2)

Why does my beer taste bad?  (Part 2)

When your beer tastes like buttered popcorn or band-aids, what can you do to fix it?

Review: Brew Pal for the iPhone

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Here's another useful app for the brewer's iPhone.

How I would reverse engineer Southern Tier’s Crème brûlée Imperial Milk Stout

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A week or so ago people were raving about Southern Tier's Crème brûlée Imperial Milk Stout.  Here's how I would reverse engineer a clone recipe of the beer.

What do you need to start kegging beer?

What do you need to start kegging beer?

A friend of mine decided he wanted to start kegging, but wasn’t sure where to start. Here’s what I told him.

My Big Brew Day

My Big Brew Day

Saturday was Big Brew Day.  Here's my big soggy brew day.

What do you really need to start brewing beer?

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What is the minimum amount of equipment you need to start brewing beer?

The unbearable lightness of hop chemistry

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Everything you didn't know you wanted to know about hops

 

Review: Coopers homebrew kit

Review: Coopers homebrew kit

Here's a great kit for those of you looking to break into home brewing, but you're not ready to toss down a huge chunk of change for equipment.

How to calculate the alcohol in your beer, wine, or mead

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Unless you have access to lab equipment for a tedious distillation, you're usually estimating alcohol content using a hydrometer.  Here's how you calculate your alcohol content.

 

Saving homebrew money with your yeast

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With the economy going belly up, everyone is looking for ways to save money.  One easy way to save money in your home brewing is with your yeast.