Have you ever wondered how brewers manage to create that amazing hop aroma in their beer? Well wonder no longer as we attempt to explain the idea of dry …
Starch gelatinisation, what is it and is it important to us as home brewers? During mashing one of our main aims as home brewers is to convert the starch …
At this time of year the brewers mind starts to mull over the likely impact of the hop harvest. With the cones mature on the bine and harvest in …
A thick head of beer foam is one of those qualities of beer that divides people – you either love or loath it. For me, I have to admit …
The hop harvest is fast approaching and so my thoughts are turning, with a great sense of anticipation, to brewing with the new seasons hop crop and in particular …
In an earlier article we discussed what is malt and how it is important in the brewing of beer, now we will look in a bit more detail at what …
Here at HomeBrew Techniques we are unashamed lovers of the hop. To us the humble hop contributes more to beer than the humble little cone suggests. Take for example …
What do you do when you get a stuck fermentation? For some the process of fermentation is a bit like the dark arts, what really goes on in that …
Wort aeration or olive oil? It is an interesting and, for some, wacky concept but using olive oil instead of wort aeration has been utilised by both professional and …
It is easily done, you mash in expecting to hit your desired mashing temperature and when you measure the actual temperature of your mash it is either too cold …