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Add A Personal Touch To Your Homebrew: Hop Growing Season Is Almost Here!

22 January 2011 by , 7 Comments
Add A Personal Touch To Your Homebrew: Hop Growing Season Is Almost Here!

Hop growing season is right around the corner. Are you ready to start growing? Josh has had some experience doing just that. CHECK OUT his most recent article…

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Sanitizing VS. Cleansing: The Quality Of Your Homebrew Depends On Both

26 August 2010 by , 3 Comments
Sanitizing VS. Cleansing: The Quality Of Your Homebrew Depends On Both

“Cleansing” and “Sanitizing” are two different things. Do you do both every time you brew your beer? Make sure you know the difference in order to help prevent contamination and funky flavors Read more…

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Home Grown Hops For Your Homebrew

27 July 2010 by , 32 Comments
Home Grown Hops For Your Homebrew

Growing hops for your home brew is simple, and can add to the sense of satisfaction when enjoying your home made craft beer. Here are some of the reasons why we starting growing our own. Read more…

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How To: Simple And Effective Way To Cool Your Wort

3 May 2010 by , 18 Comments
How To: Simple And Effective Way To Cool Your Wort

Anyone who makes beer at home knows cooling the wort prior to pitching the yeast is a crucial step. This past weekend we tried out a simple and effective way to do just that Read more…

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Brew Log: “Retep’s Revenge” Kicks off National Home Brew Day

2 May 2010 by , 4 Comments
Brew Log: “Retep’s Revenge” Kicks off National Home Brew Day

Inspired by Bells Hopslam, Josh and I kicked off National Home Brew Day with the first steps of creating a MONSTER of an IPA Read more…

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Home Brewing Beer 101: Part 4 – Yeast Fermentation, Transfering, Bottling, and Capping

13 April 2010 by , 5 Comments

Tommy shows you what proper yeast fermentation looks like and how to transfer your beer from the primary fermenter to the bottling bucket using an auto siphon. Read more…

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Home Brewing 201 (Part 2): Boiling & Cooling wort, pitching yeast, and storage

13 April 2010 by , 8 Comments

So now we have our two separate batches of wort ready to boil. There are a few more key steps to take in order to get a good beer Read more…

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