It's common practice to rehydrate dry yeast before pitching it into your beer. In fact there are yeast starter kits that help with this process. But, did you know you don't need to rehydrate the dry ...

Its a great feeling when you finish brewing up your beer and put it into fermentation in your 5 or 6 gallon glass carboy. Its a beautiful sight and looks great on Instagram too! But, I've got a...

Are you thinking about growing your own hops to add to some homebrew? After tons of research, I learned something that I did not think about initially. You can add fresh hops to beer for great aroma....

Homebrewing is a nice and laid back hobby. It can be fun to brew up a nice batch of beer over the weekend. But, something has always bothered me. How do the local breweries get their beer so perfect,...

I want my mead now! How long is it gonna take! It can be frustrating, especially with mead. The time horizon to make a good mead can be pretty long, so the question often is: How long should I...

As homebrewers we are hardwired to experiment. Brew something nobody else has ever brewed before. So it would make sense that we would even want to cross the ale/lager yeast barrier. So today we are...