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...
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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...
Hopergency Ale
Last week I ordered some new yeast, but when I got it one of the Wyeast packs was already swollen. I probably could have sent it back because I’m a pretty good customer at...
Homebrewing Recipe: Patersbier with a Twist
Ever heard of Patersbier? Can’t blame you, not many people have, there are no commercial versions. This beer is only brewed for the Trappist monks as a lower abv beer. Since I’d never heard...
Homebrewing Recipe: English Mild Ale
I don’t know why this style of beer is not made more often in the states. This beer is a light bodied with a low bitterness, but dark in color and full of malty...
What to do in a Blizzard? Make Snow Beer!
Yes, you read that right. 2 weeks ago we had a blizzard here in the north east which got me thinking; “Had anyone made beer from snow?” With no positive responses, I decided, what...
Coffee Stout Home Brewing Session – UPDATED
Since my pumpkin porter, which I still have to bottle, I haven’t brewed anything in 4 weeks. A good dry spell for me. But I heard that a NJ chain Bar, The Office Bar...
Roggenbier Full Moon Brewing Session
This was my second brewing of a Roggenbier. The first was wildly successful, in my humble opinion and I wanted to do another one. I had a couple things I wanted to do with...
My Sour Saison Experiment
This beer was inspired by a homebrewer I follow on Twitter, Jamey Barlow (@barlowbrewing). My original intention was to follow his recipe exactly, but that didn’t really happen. He gave me some advice based...
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