I was in a beer advent calendar last year, and it was a fun thing to do during the holidays. My kids get Legos or candy advent calendars, but sometimes a nice calendar for the adults is what’s...
Correctly sizing a brew kettle can be a bit confusing for those doing traditional all grain or BIAB brewing. Typically, home brewers will start small – either with a kit or with second-hand equipment. Once home brewing...
The standard production process of hops had always been to pelletize whatever wasn’t used fresh. Pelletization consisted of machinery that dried, milled, then pelletized the hops into those tiny little pellets we...
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 “Hazy” IPAs...
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...
I have a problem. I say I like to try new things, but I also am afraid of failing with expensive hops which would force me to dump my pricey work down the drain. For the first couple years of brewing New England-style...
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...
Delta makes a great product. I recently chose their stainless steel 8 gallon FermTank over similar products from Anvil, Spike and SS Brewtech. I am beyond happy with my decision, but a home brewer never stops tinkering...
I do a lot with data on this site. Most of our data-themed articles are surrounding hops, and its for a couple of good reasons. Hops simply have more data around them, and it is usually scattered across multiple sites...
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...
When I decided to start home brewing, the prevailing thought for me was “I’ll make my own beer so I don’t have to spend $20 on 4-packs anymore.” Well, as any experienced homebrewer will tell you...
A few months ago, I decided that force carbonating my kegs from inside my kegerator was beginning to be too much work. The single set of CO2 lines weren’t quite long enough to stretch outside the fridge for proper...
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...
A hop spider has become one of my most indispensable home brewing products. I use it for every home brew, and it has more than paid for itself in ease of cleanup time and wort savings. What is a Hop Spider? A hop spider...
I – like many homebrewers – started out as an extract brewer. It was far and away the cheapest way to get into the hobby and see if it was something I wanted to spend more time and money on. After my second...
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...
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