The American Blonde Ale, without a doubt is one of the easiest drinking and enjoyable craft beers on the market. It is as pleasing to the behold as it is to taste. It has seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years and is now typically considered a transition beer from commercial beers to craft … Read more
In recent years the term session beer has become a household name in the craft beer world; in large part because of the popularity of the IPA and one of its offshoots the session IPA. But what is a session beer really? It might surprise some of you reading this post to find out that … Read more
Although not always the case, most brewers typically prefer making a clear beer over a cloudy beer and nobody likes finding yeast or trub floaties in their glass. For years using gelatin to clear beer has been a homebrewing strategy implemented by many to accomplish this. For myself, I find that a clear beer not … Read more
It is interesting how most brewers follow the same progression, they start out brewing malt extract kits, then typically move to partial mash before transitioning to making all grain ale’s and then for the overly ambitious brewer they decide they want to learn how to lager beer. If you are part of the latter group … Read more
To become a very good brewer who makes great beer it is important to get to know your ingredients. The best way to do this is to learn how to brew a good tasting SMaSH beer. What is a SMaSH Beer? It stands for Single Malt and Single Hop. This concept originated in order to … Read more