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The thing a love about homebrewers as a group, apart from how friendly they are, is their ingenuity! When it comes to a crisis, as homebrewers we can generally find a solution which works.
So,...
It's a fact, your beer will only be as good as the ingredients you make it from, so getting a supplier who is up to scratch is essential.
Nowadays you have a lot of options out there from brick...
If you've ever tried to take an airlock apart and fill it up, you'll know they are really fiddly things. You pour what seems like a tiny bit of liquid into them and they seem to overflow.
After...
I'm a self-confessed homebrew bottler, simply because of the way I like to share beer with friends. This being said, bottling beer can take time and cleaning the bottles themselves is a huge part of...
For someone who has actually stopped drinking certain commercial brand beers because of what I heard was in them, the content of my beer matters to me.
So, using a no-rinse sanitizer like Star San...
I can still remember brewing my first beer and thinking, "wow, it's getting pretty tight for space in there!". Looking back on that first experience, I probably didn't even realize I needed to leave...