Practical info for the smarter drinker
If someone is interested in brewing they often have the same set of initial questions… 1. How much beer can you make at one time? The standard homebrew batch is 5 gallons, or about 20 liters. That’s enough for eight 6-packs and change. Most of the pots, fermentors, and recipes are sized for roughly 5 …
I began brewing beer 4 years ago. For years I had thought about it and planned to someday give it a shot. I even went over a family friend’s house once and watched him brew beer in his kitchen, and came away telling myself “I could do that.” However I always had one excuse or …
Around a year ago, President Obama bought a home brewing kit and together with staffers started brewing some beer. Due to popular demand and supposedly tasty beer, The White House recently released their recipes for White House Honey Ale and White House Honey Porter. It’s actually a pretty good intro to extract brewing, so check …
The Greatest Discovery in History It’s hard to say exactly when alcohol was discovered for two reasons: 1) it was a long time ago, and 2) because you have to imagine that noting the date and time was not the first thing that occurred to the discoverers. The first mistake that needs to be cleared …
How Different Types of Alcohol Are Made To the drink-loving layperson, the making of alcohol may seem a bit like magic. A little of this, a little of that, ferment, ferment and voila! Booze. But, how does it really happen? Fermentation is the unifying theme among beer, wine and liquor, although what is being fermented …