I’ve tried a lot of yeasts over my time brewing. I’ve always been an IPA guy. I started out brewing west coast IPAs and stouts, but lately have been focusing primarily on New England...
Hop plants can grow up to 20 feet high, and need a trellis to grow up. These plants cannot lay on the ground and need to grow vertically. Hop trellises can be made as simply or as complex as you want, however, there are...
Craft breweries started out as an urban-only amenity back in the 2000s. However, lately they have been moving into more rural communities, and the benefits have been astounding. According to Bart Watson, chief economist...
After running through our testing on the new Great Lake Hop varieties courtesy of Hang ’em High, I wanted to research the other new hops being released out of the countries best known for hop production. We...
I was extremely excited when I decided to upgrade from my starter kit’s glass carboy to my first stainless steel fermenter. I compared 5 different kinds, and ultimately decided on the Delta 8-gallon FermTank. Here...
I’m a statistics nerd and love working with data. It is one of the reasons I built BeerMaverick in the first place. I noticed that the massive amounts of data surrounding hops and beer yeast were scattered across...
Lately I had a rash of infections plaguing a couple of my home brews. At first, it wasn’t obvious that I was dealing with infections because the off-flavors were minor. I couldn’t tell if I had astringency...
Earlier this spring, Hang ’em High Hops reached out to us to see if there was any interest in running brewing trials with their versions of proprietary Great Lake Hops (GLH). We jumped at the chance because their...
Don’t confuse these with your grandpa’s O’doul’s. While these brews might be (very) light on alcohol, the new breed of NA beers pack a ton of flavor and nuance. In fact, this is the first thing...
Most home brewers that are serious about the hobby eventually turn to kegging their beer instead of bottling. Its easier, cheaper and beer on draft always tastes better. When I decided to start kegging my own beer, I...
As a home brewer, how you’ve chilled your wort has probably gone through a few iterations over the years. If you were anything like me, you started with an ice bath, then quickly upgraded to an immersion or plate...
Brewers and drinkers alike know all about the most popular hops in use today. These hops are used everywhere and so well known due to a couple primary reasons: First, as IPAs have grown to be almost half of every...
Experimental hops are hops that are still working their way through the viability phase of their breeding program. We as brewers are taking advantage of the end result of what is typically a multi-year process. Before...
When brewing a hop-heavy beer like an IPA, brewers know that at lest half of their budget will be taken up by the hops. Varieties like Galaxy, Citra, Sabro and Nelson Sauvin all break the bank when it’s time to...
Hop shoots are the new asparagus. They look similar, and have a similar taste, but they come from very different plants. Hop shoots are the green tips of the hop plant, which are harvested from the parts of the plant...
When you first started brewing beer, your only option for storage after it was done was likely to be bottling. Bottling is messy, takes a ton of time and those bottles… oh so many bottles. Now, I agree that any...
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