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
There are numerous reasons a person would want to know how many beer are in a keg; perhaps they are hosting a celebration, party, wedding, or simply want to know if they buy a keg for their own personal use how many beers will they get out of it? The first step to answering that … 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
Many extract homebrewers become intimidated by the thoughts of transitioning to all-grain brewing. They believe it will be overly expensive and complicated and as a result, are hesitant to make the move. However, thanks to the Brew In A Bag method these concerns can be put to rest. Brew In A Bag or sometimes referred … Read more
A Hefeweizen is a style of German wheat beer considered to be a weiss beer or weissbier which simply means “white beer” in German. Hefe means “yeast” and weizen means “wheat”; together they translate to “yeast wheat” which simply means a Hefeweizen beer is an unfiltered wheat beer with the yeast remaining in suspension providing … Read more