The importance of cleanliness and sterilisation when it comes to brewing can not be ignored. Doesn't matter what you are trying to brew, ferment of preserve, the presence of bacteria (that isn't your beloved chosen yeast) will destroy any of your efforts. I would venture a guess and say that contamination is the biggest reason for failed home brews and the number one reason … [Read more...]
I got to chat with Listen Money Matters
Last week I had the privilege to be invited to have a small round table with James Spencer from Basic Brewing in the wonderful podcast (that I've been following for a long time now) Listen Money Matters (also known as LMM). LMM is hosted by an hilarious and non patronizing duo (Matt Giovanisci and Andrew Fiebert) that are all about making finances simpler for all of us. I … [Read more...]
The intimidating complication of home brewing
The intimidating complication of home brewing Since I haven't had much time to brew lately, and as I'm gearing up to a season of many brewing experiments, I've been reading a lot, and listening to many brewing related podcasts (2 good ones are Basic Brewing and Beersmith) and the main point I'm getting here is that this is a very complicated world, and that I'm very glad I … [Read more...]