Step by step instruction to small batch liquid extract brewing The simplicity of using liquid extract for making beer at home makes it the ideal way to make your first beer. It is also a great way to experiment with a variety of ingredients due to the quick and easy method of beer making it entails. A liquid extract brewing day can take as little as an hour and a half from … [Read more...]
What on earth is a wort?
What on earth is a wort? When I started brewing it took me a while to get the whole wort concept, what it is and how to do it right. So what is wort? The wort is probably the most crucial part of the brewing process, and if done right will make a great beer. The wort is the mix of malted water (from mashing using all-grain or BIAB, or from malt extract) and hops being … [Read more...]
Is bottling beer really so bad?
Is bottling beer really so bad? In the world of home brewing, it seems that bottling beer has a place of honor as the least favourite part of the process - it is tedious, very labour intensive, extremely uncreative and is so easy to get wrong and ruin a few beers. So to make it simple and avoid the inevitable ruined bottles, I thought I'd explain, in full (with lots of … [Read more...]
The unexpected success of a BIAB
BIAB - bottling the second round Last time I wrote anything about my second attempt at BIAB it was in expectancy for a failure. My BIAB process just doesn't seem to work well with unstable temperatures in the mashing stage and the fermentable sugars aren't really sufficient. If you have a quick look at the BIAB's brewing day, you will see that I was sure that it will be a … [Read more...]
Running out of storage room
Running out of storage room I'm afraid not much have been happening in brewing terms in my world. After the great enthusiastic time in the holiday season which resulted in brewing 3 batches, I'm out of ingredients, space and bottles. Lately it was a lot of raking, dry hopping and bottling. The split batch hops experiment of Black Ale is now in refrigeration stage, ready for … [Read more...]