How to Clean a Corney Keg
Do you clean your corney kegs? If you are not completely dissembling them every time you are using them, you are leaving your self wide open to post fermentation infections. There are more nooks...
Category: Home Brewing
First Time Homebrewer, Lessons Learned
The co-worker of a good friend of mine is a first time Homebrewer. Dave Ruppel who has been following my blog for some time, recently he tried his first homebrew. Unfortunately for him it...
Announcing IRON BREWER Championship Round!
Time is upon us to start the CHAMPIONSHIP round of IRON BREWER! The participants in this round will have 3 ingredients they must use to complete a beer. There is no predefined style or...
Bolero Snort Wee Heifer’s Fruitcake
A couple nights ago, I braved the blinding snow to hit the CopperMine Pub’s monthly homebrewers meetup. There I meet up with some great local homebrewer’s including Robert Olsen. Bob has been brewing quite...
Homebrew Recipe: Smoked Pilsner
This is an experimental recipe; definitely an interesting idea for a beer, especially since I LOVE smoked beers. As always, feel free to use this recipe in your homebrew and let me know how...
Homebrew: What to do next, Sour Cherry Blonde
While I brew a ton of beer, I only know what I know and I’m not afraid to reach out when I’m stumped or uncertain of the next step. I know a lot about...
How to a Add Thermometer to your Cooler Mash Tun
I bought a couple Rubbermaid coolers to use for my All-Grain brewing, but the one thing they didn’t come with was a thermometer. I had been using a digital probe thermometer until one brew...
Homebrew: Peanut Butter Porter Version 2
Since my original version of the peanut butter porter was such a hit, I’ve been working on it for awhile, refining it, trying different types of peanut butter additions. I believe I have found...
Why Are Homebrewer So Secretive of Their Recipes?
I posted on twitter a link to my latest homebrew recipe, a Schwarzbier (a German Black Lager), Soon after the post I received two tweets. One was a 140 character rant on many homebrewers...
Homebrew: All Grain Schwarzbier (Black Lager)
I’m a huge fan of Schwarzbiers otherwise know as black lagers. Being a fan I had to brew one. Here is the recipe: Grain: 5 lbs. German Vienna 5 lbs. German Munich Malt .75...
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