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Liquid Yeast Lifespan(Post)
Brewing yeast is a vital component of any beer, cider, or mead making process. The yeast converts sugars in the wort into alcohol and carbon dioxide, which gives the drink its distinct flavour and ar ...
Batch Scaling - The Long And The Short Of It(Post)By Kieran Haslett-Moore I have brewed beer on a wide range of sized kits in my time. From 20L to 2500L, the essence of the process is the same. However, there are obvious, and perhaps some less obvio ...
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 bee ...
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 ...
Home brewing advice your mates should have shared with you sooner(Post)Check You Are Pitching Enough Yeast Use an online tool to check how much yeast you need to use. You’ll be surprised, it’s probably more than you think. Under-pitching yeast will create yeast stress ...
Pilot Brewing at Garage Project(Post)In a short Q&A with Zane Piercey, Lead Brewer at Garage Project, we asked about their new pilot brewing set up. 1. Describe your pilot set up? We have the 1 bbl Ss Brewtech brewhouse, set ...
Brewing with CO2 Hop Extract(Post)As you will have discovered by now, the essential oils from hops impart much of the flavor in beer. Over recent years hop pellets have largely replaced the use of hop cones, having better storage pro ...
Unclutter Your Brewing(Post)Unclutter Your BrewingBy Greig McGillThis month, the fun and funky team at Brewshop have asked me to write about some general tips and tricks for brewing. I thought I’d centre them around a theme tha ...
The Ins and Outs of Pressure Brewing(Post)Following on from Greig’s previous pressure fermenting article, we thought we would give you a guide to getting started and some pointers. The information in this article may be helpful t ...
Brewing On Stewart Island(Post)We asked Mike Douglass, a regular Brewshop customer, about his brewing and how different it is while living on Stewart Island.What type of brewing set up do you have, how often do you brew, and what ...
BrewShop(Page)Brew your own beer to be as unique as you are Brewshop began life in 2010 and received its first home brew order before the website was even finished. It was a classic example of a business that 'st ...
Brew In A Bag - Process(Page)Home brew in a bag: all-grain brewing the easy way So you've made home brew beer from a kit or extract a couple of times, and now it's time to move up the brewing ladder to all-grain brewing. Bre ...
