Beer 101
Home Brewing Equipment Cleaning and Sterilization
Cleaning and sanitizing home brewing equipment is the most important and often most neglected step in the brewing process. If the brewing equipment is not cleaned and sanitized properly it can ruin the batch. You put hours of work into your beer, so why take a risk? Cleaning and sanitizing is easy and quick, and … Continue reading
Bottling Home Brewed Beer
There are two options for storing and carbonating your beer. This first option is bottling your beer, and the second option is kegging your beer. Most home brewing kits use plastic or glass bottles to naturally carbonate your beer, and I will be explaining that process in this article. If you keg your beer you would … Continue reading
How alcohol is made in Home Brewing Kits
I think it helps to have a basic understanding of how alcohol home brewing kits, so I am including this diagram of the process with an explanation below: After making the wort, you transfer it to a carboy where fermentation will take place. The carboy for home brewing kits are made out of plastic or glass; I … Continue reading
Types of Beer
There are two basic categories of beer – Ales and Lagers. There are also specialty beers which don’t fall easily into these categories, and I’ll explain why later on. I’ll cover the basic types of beer in this post. Ales: Ale is a type of beer that is brewed at warmer temperatures, because the type … Continue reading
