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Beer From The Dead(Post)
By Kieran Haslett-Moore Have you ever wondered what beer was like when your great grandparents turned 21? I certainly have. In part that is because my ancestors on both sides of my family were involv ...
The Perils of Opening a Brewery(Post)The Perils of Opening a BreweryBy Greig McGill“Living the dream, mate!”That’s got to be the most common phrase said to me since I took the plunge, left my job in IT, and shifted Brewaucracy from an e ...
The New Zealand Pilsner Beer Style(Post)Craft beer and brewing enthusiasts around the world are always looking for unique and refreshing brews, and one style that continues to get a lot of attention is our very own New Zealand Pilsner ( ...
Shouting Lager, Lager, Lager, Lager!(Post)By Greig McGill Ah, Born Slippy. Thanks to Underworld and the placement of their song Born Slippy in the soundtrack to the huge culture-defining film Trainspotting, lots of people started shouting ab ...
Low Alcohol Brewing(Post)Low alcohol brewing is one of the latest trends in brewing, and for good reason. Low alcohol beer is popular for people wanting to drive after a drink or two, or for those wanting the taste of a b ...
The Flash Mash(Post)By Greig McGill Apologies to any international readers of this humble Brewshop blog who are unfamiliar with the term “flash” in this context. It’s a UK/Aussie/Kiwi-ism, and is often used the same w ...
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 litt ...
Take Me to the Pilot(Post)By Greig McGill Pilot brewing is a process that has undergone a bit of change in purpose over the last decade or so. While many breweries will still brew one (or several) pilot batches to really di ...
English IPA is Redundant!(Post)By Greig McGill Before craft beer, before the Americans turned everything up to 11, and before most of us had a hobby that many would call liver abuse, there was the India Pale Ale, and it came ...
Sweeten The Deal(Post)By Kieran Haslett-Moore Most of us started our brewing journey with a can of hopped extract, a dusty sachet of yeast under the lid and a bag of sugar. The first lesson most of us learnt was to ditch ...
Beginner's Guide to Brewing - Getting Started(Page)If want to give home brewing a try, how can you go about it? Basically, there are three methods by which you can home brew — pre-hopped brewing kit, extract brewing or all-grain brewing. In ea ...
Lager Legends Brewing Competition(Page)The Lager Legends Brewing Competition is where brewers go head-to-head to see who can make the best lager. It’s all about getting stuck into the process - tweaking recipes, dialing in ferment ...
