by DJ Spiess | Apr 7, 2023 | Brewing beer, Homebrewing
Crushing It: Guide to Grain Crushing Methods for Homebrewers As homebrewers, we know the importance of good ingredients and proper equipment for creating our sweet sweet beer. However, one critical aspect that often gets overlooked is the quality of your grain crush....
by DJ Spiess | Nov 23, 2015 | Inside Fermentarium
Transcript for Should I use 60 or 90 minute hops additions? Almost every homebrew recipe says to add bittering hops for 60 minutes. Is 90 minutes better? Maybe it should be less? That’s what we’re going to investigate next. The bitterness in our beer comes...
by DJ Spiess | Nov 10, 2015 | Inside Fermentarium
I feel like an old friend you haven’t seen in years who just pops in and says “hi! Wanna be friends again? Let’s have a beer, and talk about our new beer robot overlords!” Hi, I’m DJ Spiess from fermentarium.com. Thanks for hanging out...
by DJ Spiess | May 11, 2012 | Beer
There’s an interesting book from Dan Woodske, owner of his own nano brewery called Beaver Brewing Company in Beaver Falls Pennsylvania. The book, A Brewer’s Guide to Opening a Nano Brewery: Your $10,000 Brewery Consultant for $15, reads like a VERY long...
by DJ Spiess | May 1, 2012 | Featured, Homebrewing, Legal
Alabama finally voted to legalize home brewing, and it wasn’t easy or over. The first battle was in the Alabama House. First several Republicans tried to filibuster the bill. So much for the party of small government. Reps. DuWayne Bridges (R-Valley), Kurt...
