Better Than The Real Thing?
Anyone who brews their own beer is sure to be asked the question every once in a while - “Do you really drink that stuff? It can't be anything like as good as the real stuff, can it?”. This is a hard one to answer, as it is a matter of personal taste. Early on in your home brewing experiments you may be forced to admit that your efforts fall somewhat short of what you would like them to be. But the truth of the matter is that there are a lot of people who brew, and drink, their own ...
Mixing Your Drinks
Brewing beer is difficult, but worthwhile. The last decade or so has seen a massive rise in the different ways that beer is created and flavored, and in recent times we have seen a new arrival in the market – beer that is flavored with another alcoholic drink. Among the most well-known of these beers are the ones flavored with tequila, but there are other beers on the market that have vodka and whisky added at a certain stage in the brewing process. To some, that is brave and to others it is insane – but these brews are flying ...
The Delicate Balance
Brewing your own beer is not an easy process. From start to finish it can take weeks, and it is obvious that the longer it takes to do something, the more chance there is that that something can go wrong. Therefore you need to be practically parental in the way you bring along your home brew. It is something that rewards careful planning and cautious management. How well you have done will only be confirmed when you first taste your newly-brewed beer. The fact is that there are some aspects of the process that are beyond your control. You can ...
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A Brand New Flavor
Home brewing beer is a science. To get it right you need to be scientific in your...
The Grand Tasting
For any home brewing buff, the moment of truth is always the tasting. You will not...
The Delicate Balance
Brewing your own beer is not an easy process. From start to finish it can take weeks,...
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Better Than The Real Thing?
Anyone who brews their own beer is sure to be asked the question every once in a...
A Throwback To Prohibition?
During the 1920s and some of the 1930s, the making and sale of alcoholic beverages...
Mixing Your Drinks
Brewing beer is difficult, but worthwhile. The last decade or so has seen a massive...
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Happy Accidents
It is an interesting fact that Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by accident, and that Isaac Newton discovered gravity as a result of an apple falling from a tree and hitting him. In the same way – though admittedly on a smaller scale – some brewing mistakes and happy accidents can lead to a different and unique taste in a brew that makes... [Read more of this article]
Home Brewing 101: FAQs
Four weeks ago I bottled a new batch of beer and set it out in the garden shed. I opened one today and it doesn’t taste right. What’s up? The chances are that it’s nothing you’ve done in the brewing process. Remember, brewing is a temperamental process and the most likely reason for your beer not coming out right is that you... [Read more of this article]
An Exchange Of Information
The entire world has changed with the advent of the Internet. You can talk live to people living as far away from you as it is possible to get, you can buy items from a Mom’n'Pop store in a village in another country, and you can watch sporting events taking place in front of a few hundred people in a country you’ve never been to. Everything... [Read more of this article]
Brewing Safely
There is an almost endless stream of jokes to be made about home brewing beer, and most of them center around the idea of cutting out the middleman and just getting drunk without anyone else’s help. However, there is a certain seriousness behind those jokes, and one that needs to be taken note of by anyone planning to home brew beer. Beer contains... [Read more of this article]
It’s Not Just About Beer
The words “home brewing” send just about every mind off in the same direction. Beer, and probably fairly dark beer at that. But variety in home brewing isn’t just about making a drinkable lager, or amping up the darkness and producing a stout. In reality, there is a lot more you could be doing if you are prepared to diversify your portfolio... [Read more of this article]
Variety Is The Spice
There are several great lies about beer. One of those is that it makes you funnier. It doesn’t, it only makes other people more likely to laugh at your jokes, and they need to be drinking too. Another, and a more serious one, is that all beer tastes the same. This line is so untrue that there should be disclaimers issued on national TV every... [Read more of this article]
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