Recent Posts Tagged With 'beginner'

• First Time All Grain Brewing Session

  Posted on Wednesday April 15th, 2009 at 11:31 in beginner, all grain, brew log

  The stage is set for my first all grain brewing session. It’s happening this Friday night. We’ll have live coverage via Twitter and I will post videos as I make them to the site as soon as I can. You can follow along or check back this we...

• Ball Valve Spigot

  Posted on Monday January 12th, 2009 at 05:27 in beginner, all grain

  Another piece of equipment to convert my cooler into an efficient mash tun is a ball valve spigot.  I need to replace the spigot that the cooler came with, which isn’t made for long pours.  My thumb knows too well. There are many spigots tha...

• Bazooka Screen

  Posted on Friday January 9th, 2009 at 05:27 in beginner, all grain

  If  you have been following the false bottom conversation, you will find this post is a logical follow up. As I am looking at all of my options to enhance my brewing setup to be all-grain ready, the second option in helping me separate grain fro...

• False Bottom

  Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 05:37 in beginner, all grain

  With all the encouragement from the readers, I started to think seriously about what I need to buy to upgrade my mash tun to brew all grain batches.  I mean, I guess I could brew all grain right now but it is not ideal. I would rather get some compo...

• Freshness Matters

  Posted on Friday November 21st, 2008 at 07:07 in beginner, extract

  Extract brewing is easy, quick, and convenient; sometimes I miss the good old three hour brew-day.  But I don’t miss the increase in freshness that all-grain has over extract. A recent discussion I had with a couple other brewers yielded these...

• Getting Beer to Carbonate Faster

  Posted on Tuesday October 7th, 2008 at 13:35 in beginner

  Cooler temps are great for fermentation at home, but it can pose a problem when you bottle. At my house we delay turning the heat on for as long as possible, so during the day the house may only be 60-65F.  This can lead to slow carbonation times in...

• Beginner Homebrewing Tips

  Posted on Friday July 25th, 2008 at 07:00 in beginner

  Welcome To Fermentation Friday - July 2008 July’s Theme: What one tip would you give a beginner homebrewer before they brew their first batch and why? Thanks to all bloggers that submitted posts to us for Fermentation Friday and thanks to Adam at B...

• Time in Secondary

  Posted on Tuesday June 3rd, 2008 at 10:08 in beginner

  I see this question alot in the homebrew forums on-line: “How long should I leave my beer in secondary?”  This depends on a lot of things.  The reason most people do a secondary fermentation step is to get more stuff to settle out of th...