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Nobody Likes a (Hop) Creep(Post)
By Greig McGill There’s been a lot of buzz over the last few years about the supposedly newly discovered phenomenon of hop creep. In fact, hop creep has been a known factor since 1893! But now that
Bold Beers to Brew Beyond Hazys & Light Lagers(Post)Here at Brewshop we have the honour of sending out loads of your beer recipes every week. From full sacks of malt, to many crushed grain bills, hops and yeast. In the process we get to see what's tren
Adjuncting for Fun and Profit(Post)By Greig McGill Boy am I the wrong guy to write this article! At Brewaucracy, we try to avoid adjuncts unless they are necessary to the style. “Beer is for fun” is the zeitgeist, but we have a littl
Dry Hoppery(Post)By Greig McGill Dry hopping. There’s so much talk about it, and it’s practically de rigueur these days for any hoppy style of beer to be at least dry hopped once, with double dry hopping, and even
Hot Enough For Ya?(Post)By Greig McGill Fermentation temperature control is, in my opinion, one of the most critical yet most commonly neglected keys to brewing great beer. Having just come out of an unusually warm summer
Better Lager Brewing(Post)Lagers have a reputation for being tricky to brew, but they don’t have to be intimidating. Sure, they take a little more patience than most ales, but the payoff is worth it - a crisp, clean beer that’
Double Christmas(Post)It is a reality of our melting pot society in the south seas that we blend northern hemisphere winter coded Christmas traditions with our southern hemisphere summer Christmas reality. Beer is no diffe
Recipe Building(Post)Recipe BuildingBy Greig McGillSo ya wanna brew a beer? Where do you start? Are you trying to clone (or approximate) something you love? Come up with a new beer you’ve tasted in your dreams? Or simply
Yeast Unleashed(Post)By Greig McGillMany of us as homebrewers can get locked into our ways. We can be slow to embrace new advances in technology, or new science which might shake up our conceptions of how we can or should
Something’s Off 2: Electric Boogaloo(Post)By Greig McGill
Last time, in the Off Flavour Chronicles:
By Greig McGill Back in the mists of time, a long-running and fun podcast called Craft Beer Radio (now CBR and a lot more casual) wrote a parody sketch (warning, some humour hasn’t aged well, but
Yeast Importance - Ingredients(Page)YEAST, AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT IN MAKING HOME BREW BEER Yeast are important little beasties in home brew, yet too often are forgotten about, like the leftovers at the back of the fridge. But...
