Small batch brews are relatively quick to make and drink, so it’s easy to cycle through a lot of recipes. As a 5-gallon brewer (typically), I usually get to that last 20% of a keg and I’m ready for something new! That’s why I’ve been doing more one gallon recipe kits. That way, I can […]
Homebrewing
Best Lager Methods for Homebrewing (And One Cheat)
Every beer falls into one of two categories, lager or ale, and the fundamental difference is the type of yeast used and its temperature during the fermentation process. Making a lager isn’t easy, but it’s not that hard either, and there are a variety of ways to create amazing homebrewed lagers. Homebrewing is an ancient […]
Best 1 Gallon Fermenters
A typical batch of homebrew is a 5 gallon batch. Anything less than that would be considered “small batch” brewing. Why brew less? It’s not that hard to figure out. Less time. Less space. Less money. As a homebrewer with six taps in my garage, it’s pretty hard for me to get through 30 gallons […]
Best Sanitizers for Homebrewing
The first step in home-brewing is to acquire the necessary equipment, and the next is to clean and sanitize it. As any experienced homebrewer will tell you, sanitation is the foundation of a successful home-brewing operation. One of the keys to successful homebrewing is understanding the difference between cleaning and sanitizing. Once we have cleaned […]
How To Reuse Yeast In Your Homebrew
For the first year of brewing, I always bought yeast packets every time brewed a new batch. But I recently brewed 4 beers in the same month and realized that they were all using Wyeast 1056 and decided to look into how to reuse yeast in my homebrew. I was a little scared at first […]