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By Greig McGill Often when judging homebrew competitions, I’m surprised by the “repeat offenders” - that is to say, the entries from brewers who have been brewing a while who are st ...
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 ...
Breakin’ the Law! Breakin’ the Law!(Post)By Greig McGill I know “mindful” is a bit of a buzzword these days, with every hippie snake-oil seller on the planet wanting you to align your chakras and focus your third eye or whatever ...
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 ...
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 shoul ...
Peering Into the Crystal Ball(Post)By Greig McGill Happy 2020 everyone! I hope you’re all brewing up a storm and planning delicious things for this year. It’s certainly been a crazy time in the brewery for me, but the team at Brew ...
How Do I Even Beervana(Post)By Greig McGillAn old soak’s guide to NZ’s most iconic beer festival The huge and storied beer festival that takes place in Wellington each August (usually) began life as a way to get rid of excess ...
pH – pHantastic or pHooey?(Post)pH – pHantastic or pHooey? By Greig McGill You’ve all probably heard about pH. You probably know what it measures, in practical terms anyway. The exact nature of pH is about as chemistry nerdy a ...
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 ...
How To IBU(Post)How to use hops is the biggest question new brewers have when making the transition from pre-hopped beer kits to all-grain or extract brewing. An important skill to have is predicting how the hop add ...
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 ...
High Gravity Wort - Ingredients(Page)What is High Gravity Wort Long White Cloud High Gravity Wort is produced in the traditional way, starting with a mash using a selection of fine crushed malts. Sweet wort is extracted and boiled with ...
