Two of the first questions anybody asks about home-brewing: Is it cheaper to brew your own beer?Is home-brewing …
A Complete Guide to Beer Bottling for the Homebrewer
Before your first batch of home-brew is even fermented, you'll need to decide whether to bottle it or keg it. I would …
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How to Use Priming Sugar for Perfectly Carbonated Beer
So, you checked hydrometer readings two days in a row, and you're confident fermentation is finished. You've …
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Proper English IPA – Brew Day 16th June 2020
So my plan is to document and share all my brew days, and hopefully the good results. Of course, where the results are …
Oatmeal Stout – Brew day 15th June 2020
Okay, so my plan is to document all my brew days. This is my first attempt, for an Oatmeal Stout... When you're …
Brew Day Checklist
On brew day, I invariably forgot to sanitise something, until I made a Brew Day Checklist. I personally keep all of …
Bottling Day Checklist
Personally, I sometimes have the odd senior moment, when I planned to start bottling, and realise I forgot something. I …
Calculate Alcohol by Volume (ABV)
I have written more extensively on how to read a hydrometer; this post is for if you want a quick tool-set to calculate …
A Simple All Grain English IPA recipe
In my humble, but correct, opinion, we shouldn't even have to say “English IPA”. But because of how the market has …
A Simple All Grain English Best Bitter Recipe
A good old-fashioned pint of bitter is one of life's simple pleasures. Less is more with the grain bill and hop …
A Simple All Grain Dry Irish Stout Recipe
A dry Irish Stout is one of the classic brewing styles. Visually it is outstanding, with its contrasting dark body and …
The Essential Home Beer Brewing Equipment List
If you are thinking about getting into brewing your own beer, you are probably wondering what beer brewing equipment you …