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Back to Basics: Building a Starter Brewery(Post)
By Greig McGill This article might not be for you. If you’re reading this, you’re likely well set up with your own system for brewing, and have lovingly tweaked it over time to be exactly the way ...
Bubbles for Beginners - Understanding Carbonation(Post)By Greig McGill Carbonation - the amount of “fizz” in our beer caused by dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2) - can make all the difference between a good beer and a truly great one. While getting the co ...
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 ...
A Good Session(Post)By Greig McGill I have always “blamed” the late, great Michael Jackson (the beer writer, not the one with the glove and the predilection for… controversy) for the origin of the term “session beer”.
A Mash by Any Other Name…(Post)By Greig McGillSurely, the mash is everyone’s favourite part of the brew day? I love the smell of hot grains, slowly unlocking their sweet potential as they steep in hot water. And that’s what the ma ...
Fresh is Best?(Post)By Greig McGillA long time ago, Stu McKinlay (of Yeastie Boys and SOBA founding member fame) and I had a good natured back-and-forth thing going on Twitter. #FreshIsBest (me) versus #FreshIsNotBest ( ...
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 ...
A Lagery Use-Case for Crystal Wheat Malt(Post)By Greig McGill Courtesy of Gladfield Malt When Gladfield approached me to try using Gladfields’ new CrystalWheat malt, I was intrigued by the possibilities. Crystal malts seem to have been som ...
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 ...
The Biggest Ingredient - Part Two(Post)By Greig McGill So ya wanna adjust some water, eh kiddo? Well lemme tell you… no seriously, here’s my design process for my brewing liquor - the fancy professional term we almost never use in the b ...
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 ...
Cleaning Brewing Equipment - Equipment(Page)Cleaning and sanitising your homebrew equipment So you’ve got your homebrew gear, you’ve got the hops, yeast, and grains, you’ve cleared some space in the garage, and there&rsquo ...
