As brewers, we may try to take all the credit for our tasty beer when friends and family sample it, but we have a deep dark secret. In fact, we hardly did any of the heavy liftings during the brewing...
Krausen In My Blow Off Tube & Airlock – Should I Be Worried?
The sudden change in a newly pitched beer can be alarming and wonderful for a new brewer. You pitch your wort with yeast then go to work or get on with another important task, when you come back your...
No matter how long you have been brewing, there's still something magical about watch each brew develop. One of the most dramatic visual spectacles for me is the rapid formation of krausen. So, in...
What Is Lautering? Beginner Brewer’s Guide To Do It Properly
I don't know about you, but when I first got into brewing beer I felt so confused all the time. There are so many terms that were unfamiliar at the time and lautering was just another one to the...
How Long To Leave Beer Fermenting (Clarity, Aroma, Vacation)
Although from the outside brewing beer seems pretty badass and a very exciting hobby to have, most of the process involves waiting around (when you aren't cleaning stuff). The real star of the...
Brewers are patient people, they have to be to follow this art form. However, even we stoical people get frustrated when after weeks of waiting, a beer pours with a horrendous head of foam. Of...
