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...]
Going back to basics to understand beer
In my haste to make beer (and probably arrogance), I haven't made a full attempt to understand the ways that beer is measured, classified and categorized. I know things by hunch, and from drinking experience (like the difference between lager and ale, of what make an IPA as such), but I can't really put a finger on what I know, so here start a little research that I'm doing for … [Read more...]