What Is Secondary Fermentation And Does The Temperature Matter? For those that are new to brewing their own beer, you may have come across the term Secondary Fermentation and been not sure what it means. How it differs from primary fermentation? And why would you do it at all? Secondary fermentation is when the fermented …
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Is It Worth Growing Your Own Hops? For anyone that is brewing their own beer, they will know that hops are a regular ingredient that you need to purchase from the local home store for many different types of beer. Given that it is a plant-based ingredient is this something that can be grown at …
Will Homebrew Carbonate In The Fridge? If you have just completed and bottled a batch of beer there is a temptation to place some of the bottles into the fridge immediately ready to drink. But in those cold conditions will the beer carbonate? Homebrew beer that is placed in the fridge immediately after bottling will …
What Size Batch Of Homebrew Is It Best To Start Out With? If you are just starting out with homebrew you may be wondering how much beer you can make in a batch and is there an ideal batch size to start with? The ideal homebrew batch size to start out with is a 5 …
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Is It Best To Bottle Homebrew In Stubbies Or Longnecks? When bottling your homebrew one of the considerations is what size bottle should use when storing beer. Does it make any difference to the quality of the beer or the carbonation? Stubbies are the preferred size to bottle homebrew because they improve the quality of …
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Why Does Homebrew Have A Sediment? Have you ever noticed that all home-brewed beer has some degree of sediment at the bottom of the bottle? Why is it there? And why don’t commercially produced beers have sediment as well? Homebrewed beer has sediment at the bottom of the bottle because a secondary fermentation process is …
Is Homemade Ginger Beer Alcoholic? There is nothing better than having a ginger beer on a hot summers evening. However, if you prefer to have an alcoholic ginger there is not many options available as the vast majority of commercially ginger beer is non-alcoholic. So can you make homemade ginger beer the is alcoholic? Homemade …
Do I Really Need A Wort Chiller? Can I Leave The Wort To Cool Overnight? If you have just started out brewing and possibly purchased your starter kit for home brewing from somewhere like Northern Brewers you will notice that it doesn’t contain a wort chiller. Do you really need a wort chiller? And does …
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How Big Of A Pot Do I Need To Brew Beer? The size of pot required for brewing beer is largely dependent upon the size of the batch you are brewing and how you are brewing, using extract, or doing an all-grain batch. The most common batch size is around 5-gallons and most beginners to …
Can You Use Bakers Yeast To Make Beer? If you are searching this query it usually means that you have run out of brewers yeast or lost the packet of yeast that came with the brewing kit. So can proceed with the brew using baker’s yeast? Baker’s Yeast can be used to make beer and …