If you are tired of cleaning, sanitizing, and filling bottles it is time to begin kegging beer. In this article, we will review all of the equipment you need as well as show you all of the steps involved in kegging beer. Kegging Equipment Needed 1) Beer Keg – To start with you need the … Read more
Although it is true that beer may quench your thirst but does beer hydrate you? The answer is no it does not, in fact, the opposite is true, beer dehydrates you. This is because beer contains alcohol and alcohol is a known diuretic that causes your body to process and remove fluids at a much … Read more
Is there caffeine in beer? The answer is no. Traditional beer does not contain caffeine. Beer is brewed using four main ingredients, grains, yeast, hops, and water. These ingredients are mixed together and allowed to ferment. During fermentation, the yeast converts the sugars in the mixture into alcohol (beer) and CO2. Caffeine is not found … Read more
In recent years dry hopping has become one of the more popular brewing techniques used by brewers to add flavor and aroma to their beers. Many breweries even use the term dry-hopped directly in the name of their beers to promote them as having an abundance of hop flavor to would-be customers. But what is … Read more
If you are new to making beer or homebrewing you may have heard the term Krausen used before and wondered what exactly it is? So what is krausen? In this post, we will answer that question and show you how it can be used to determine if you have a healthy fermentation as well as … Read more