The brew kettle, sometimes called a brew pot, is one of the handful of truly essential pieces of homebrewing equipment.
Almost every homebrewer encounters the dreaded “bottle bomb” at some point. Here’s why it happens.
A session beer is simply an ale or lager that one can enjoy in quantity without falling victim to ethanol’s more debilitating side effects.
Hop bursting is a technique that has gained popularity as homebrewers and craft brewers alike meet the demand for massively hopped craft beer.
Repeatability and consistency are of paramount importance to commercial brewers.
Brewing your own beer may not carry quite the same level of risk as skydiving or mountain climbing, but it pays to understand the comparatively few hazards.
Corn is a major ingredient in certain beer styles. For example, some North American lagers are brewed with corn to achieve a very light body.
Mashing is what turns regular malted barley into the wort that ultimately becomes beer. And as with most other aspects of homebrewing, there are as many ways to mash as there are brewers.
If you keg your homebrew, you probably use repurposed soda kegs (a.k.a. Corny kegs).