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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Juice Bombs: Hazy IPA Tips(Post)By Gladfield Malt We all know by now what a good Hazy IPA taste and looks like. For us, a New England IPA (NEIPA) is basically an American IPA that features an intense, distinctly “tropical fru ...
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 ...
Fermenting Under Pressure(Post)Fermenting Under PressureBy Greig McGill There’s been a bit of buzz lately around fermentation under pressure. It’s been a tool in the arsenal of industrial brewers for decades now, but is there an ...
A Sparge By Any Other Name...(Post)By Greig McGillFollowing on from the last post, sparging - rinsing of residual sugars from the mash bed using hot water - can be accomplished by various methods. The goal is the same. The brewer want ...
Know your Carbohydrate: Dextrose(Post)You have undoubtedly come across dextrose in your travels. This sugar, which is also known as glucose, is fundamental to almost all forms of life on the planet.Also known as brewer's sugar, dextrose ...
Resource Round-Up(Post)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 ...
Hop Handling 101(Post)By Greig McGillHops are, for all intents and purposes, the mascot of the craft beer revolution. While there are plenty of beer aficionados who are not hop-heads, the loudest, proudest, and certainly ...
Clubs(Page)Your local home brew club is a great way to learn, share recipes and resources, get deals, taste beers, and meet other brewers. Find your local club today! If you represent a club, let us know and w ...
