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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 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 ...
Recipe Building(Post)Recipe BuildingBy Greig McGillSo ya wanna brew a beer? Where do you start? Are you trying to clone (or approximate) something you love? Come up with a new beer you’ve tasted in your dreams? Or simply ...
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 ...
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 ...
This Isn't Harry Potter: No More Butterbeer!(Post)By Greig McGill I am not easily surprised or shocked these days. I’m getting on a bit you see, and have been firmly in the “beer nerd” camp for over a quarter of a century, and a brewer (both home ...
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 ...
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 ...
Love Your Yeast - Ingredients(Page)Yeast, and why it's important in making home brew beer Yeast are important little beasties in home brew, yet too often are forgotten about, like the leftovers at the back of the fridge. But improv ...
Yeast Importance - Ingredients(Page)YEAST, AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT IN MAKING HOME BREW BEER Yeast are important little beasties in home brew, yet too often are forgotten about, like the leftovers at the back of the fridge. But improvin ...
The Brewtools Brewing System - Equipment(Page)Brewtools B40pro,B80pro and B150 pro are designed for maximum flexibility. There are many ways of using the system based on personal prefrence, what kind of accessories you have and your your brewing ...
Mash Tun Fun - Process(Page)An Intro to Making a Mash Tun In beer brewing, mashing is the process of combining a mix of milled/crushed grain (typically malted barley with supplementary grains such as corn or wheat), known as ...
