When creating a recipe in a tool like Brewer’s Friend, if you type in “2-row” into the “fermentables” section, you are presented with what seems like an endless list of different...
I have an obsession with trying as many craft beers from different breweries as possible. My vacations are filled with constant checking of Untappd maps to find local breweries no matter where I’m at. I am also a...
Update: The first version of our data-driven hop substitute tool is here! The old hop substitution charts we’ve been using for years as home brewers are all wrong. I have a strong suspicion that most hop...
Every craft brewery is looking for the next way to distinguish their beers from the masses. One of the easiest ways to do this would be to utilize new hops that are now just starting to hit the commercial market...
Beer hops come in all different shapes, sizes, flavors and aromas. Some hops are used to only add flavors and aromas to the final beer, while others add bitterness and stability. Lately, a lot of hops are now being...
When I started home brewing, I didn’t bother dealing with my water. If it was drinkable, I was told, then it is good to brew with. Many home brewers probably started out the same way. However, water chemistry...
The United States of America is a diverse and highly unique country. We often see sharp differences from one state to another (ahem, Red v Blue), and it is no different when looked at through beer goggles. Craft beer...
Mashing is a brewing term for the hot water steeping process which hydrates the grains being used, activates the malt enzymes, and converts the grain starches into fermentable sugars. Different temperatures...
A lot of people love homebrewing their own beer. Even more love drinking it. The craft beer boom over the last decade has brought a huge influx of people into the industry. Just look at the number of microbreweries that...
Nothing is worse than emptying an entire CO2 tank with a leaky keg. I luckily noticed my keg’s leak when I attached a spunding valve which quickly got up to pressure during fermentation in my cornelius keg, but...
Pitching two or more beer yeasts into the same batch is a great way to develop unique tastes in your home brews. By combining yeast, you can create a yeast profile that is not only your secret, but produces a unique...
The majority of the world's hop production is concentrated between both the northern and southern 35th and 55th parallels.
Despite searching for well over an hour, I cannot find any statistics showcasing the popularity of different strains yeast used in the US. If such a list existed, and we limited it to Ale strains, we’d expect to...
The idea of growing and using your own hops is enticing. You want to save money, get into “wet hopping” and simply enjoy using products that you’ve grown yourself in your brews. Hop plants (humulus...
Kveik (“yeast” in Norwegian) strains have all originated from farmsteads of Norway. They produce unique flavors and ferment cleanly at unbelievably high temperatures. It’s this lack of necessary temperature...
In January 2020, Hop Growers of America released their 2019 Statistical Report on the state of hop growing and production in the United States. The 2020 report should be due out in January 2021. The report as full of...
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