Brewing Techniques and Advice


Off-Flavor: Solvent

Solvent character is almost always the result of fermenting too hot.

Brewing High

If you brew your beer at high elevation, here are 4 main points to keep in mind.

Do IBUs Matter?

The International Bittering Units tell you something about a beer, but they don’t tell you everything.

5 Ways to Reuse Your Old Growler for Homebrewing

Take you old growlers and have some fun with your beer.

Cereal Mashup

So you want to perform a cereal mash? Good for you! The cereal mash is your key to unlocking starches in raw and unmalted grains and making them available for conversion by mash enzymes.

Oats: Not Just for Breakfast and Horses

Brewers have a number of excellent oats options from which to choose, but each option has different mash requirements.

Air on the Side of Yeast Health

It’s often said that brewers make wort, and yeast makes beer: if you want a healthy fermentation, you’ve got to have healthy yeast.

Get SMaSHed

Brew a “Single Malt and Single Hops” beer and get to know your ingredients.

Benefits of the Boil

The boil is an essential life stage through which every beer must pass on its way from grain to glass. Here’s why it deserves your attention.

The Heat Is On

We’ve all heard manufacturers of stoves, furnaces, and air conditioners talk about BTUs, but what exactly does that mean? And what on earth does it have to do with beer? I’m glad you asked.