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November 27, 2010

Color – The Flavor Indicator, Part 1: Malt


Written By: Lisa, Topics: Brewing Equipment,Brewing Experiments,Homebrew Recipes,Simple Home Brewing

Color - The Flavor Indicator, Part 1: Malt It's called the Maillard reaction. It's the same thing that happens when breads toast and cookies bake in the oven. It's why beer is that color. It's how we make artificial maple syrup. In fact, it's how sunles..

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November 10, 2010

Home Brewing Made Easy with the Great Canadian Beer Machine


Written By: Bruce, Topics: Brewing Equipment,Simple Home Brewing

Chances are, someone you know received a Great Canadian Beer Machine for Christmas about 10 years ago – I know I did. The GCBM was sold at Zeller’s stores for about $100 and the kit included one beer mix. In essence, the GCBM (known as just The Bee..

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August 18, 2010

The Web’s Best Homebrew Retail Outlets


Written By: Luke, Topics: Brewing Equipment

Of course nothing compares to your favorite LHSS (Local Homebrew Supply Shop) – it’s great to support the local economy; most such shops have knowledgeable and helpful staff members; many offer homebrewing classes or clubs where you can meet fellow bre..

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June 4, 2010

The Canned Craft Beer Renaissance


Written By: Luke, Topics: Brewing Equipment

There is little doubt that cans are fast becoming a mainstay on the American craft beer landscape. Cans began to appear in the craft market in 2002, when Oskar Blues Brewing Co. (now the 44th largest craft brewery in the country) of Lyons, Colorado purchas..

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August 9, 2008

Cleaning out those keg lines the easy way


Written By: Thirsty, Topics: Brewing Equipment

Most of what you read or hear says to clean out your keg lines every 2 weeks. I know most restaurants are required to do this, (whether they do or not I can't say), but that is the recommendation. Now I feel that at the homebrew / homebar level that is ..

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May 2, 2008

Building a kegerator


Written By: Thirsty, Topics: Brewing Equipment

Tired of cleaning out your bottles? Maybe it is time to start kegging your beer! Like anything else there are certain advantages and disadvantages to almost every process that can be done more than one way. Let's face it, our goal as homebrewers is to have..

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April 15, 2008

Implementing a HERMS easily


Written By: Thirsty, Topics: Brewing Equipment

So you have made the jump to all grain brewing. Your mash tun has the kinks worked out of it, your sparge methods are pretty sound, and your efficiency is consistant. There is no need to change a thing with your process right? Well that is a matter of o..

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April 6, 2008

Brewing equipment made simple, kinda, The Mash Tun


Written By: Im4FishnAK, Topics: Brewing Equipment

The mash tun is a piece of equipment used by the "all grain" brewer. Put simply, it is a vessel, in which the milled, malted grain is placed with hot water to release the sugars necessary for fermentation. The mash tun is one of the easiest, yet most ..

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April 3, 2008

The natural progression of equipment


Written By: Thirsty, Topics: Brewing Equipment,Simple Home Brewing

After reading many posts over several months on various forums, there seems to be one thing evident with this hobby/obsession that I share as many others may. I thought I could dive in with the basic start up kit and make some OK beer to satisfy my cravin..

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March 24, 2008

Brewing equipment made simple, The Brew Pot


Written By: Im4FishnAK, Topics: Brewing Equipment,Simple Home Brewing

The Brew Pot: Weather you are brewing extract or all grain, you should have a pot big enough to do a full boil. For most of us, a standard 30qt turkey fryer does the job nicely. While the aluminum ones are fairly inexpensive, and work, I recommend sp..

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