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
A natural progression for most homebrewers is to start making beer using the malt extra beer kits and very quickly transition into partial mashing before finally moving to all-grain brewing. Like most brewers, I can remember very fondly when I first started doing partial mash brewing. I had been making beer using the malt extract … Read more
Whether you like or dislike German wheat beers such as a Hefeweizen will most likely depend on the first one you tried. If it was a good tasting well-balanced recipe that followed the traditional brewing guidelines for this style of beer then chances are you are now a fan of a hefe. The key to … Read more
Crafter brewers being the adventurous lot they are, are always looking to push the boundaries of what is possible in a beer. The IPA is their favorite beer to push the limits with by increasing the bitterness, hop profile, and ABV. Which actually resulted in the birth of the Double IPA. In this post, we … Read more
Anyone who has ever been in a taproom or bar where large selections of beer are served will have seen the alcohol by volume abbreviation of ABV written next to the beer. So what is ABV in beer exactly? Why are some beers higher and other beers lower? How does the ABV influence the beer … Read more