Water Chemistry for Brewing

Water Chemistry for Brewing

Nov 7, 2025 | How-To & Education

Introduction to Water chemistry for brewers Water chemistry is arguably more important when all grain mashing than it is for extract brewers. Extract brewers may need to make adjustments to unsuitable water, or even “build” water chemistry from scratch, to...
How Do Hops Work?

How Do Hops Work?

Nov 7, 2025 | How-To & Education

How Do Hops Work? Bittering Hops One of the main uses of hops is for bittering. Bittering is used in beer to balance the sweetness of the malt. It also has preservative characteristics. Hops are the flower cones of a climbing bine related to the cannabis family. The...
Upcoming Workshops For September & October

Upcoming Workshops For September & October

Nov 6, 2025 | CHB News

Spring is here and we couldn’t be happier! We have some great free workshops coming up that will help you prepare for the warmer months. We have topics that will cover everyones interests, from our loyal beer brewers/drinkers, to our sweeter bunch who are keen...
What Makes Beer Taste “Stale”?

What Makes Beer Taste “Stale”?

Nov 5, 2025 | How-To & Education

The majority of stale beer flavours are formed by chemical reactions classified as “oxidation.” As its name suggests, oxygen can be involved, although other chemicals can act as oxidizers. (Geek fact: elements and compounds that take electrons from others are called...
Yeast – Phases of Fermentation

Yeast – Phases of Fermentation

Nov 4, 2025 | How-To & Education

MANY home brewers leap into beer – making with pints of enthusiasm, progressing from ‘kit and kilo’ (a can plus a bag of sugar) to ‘kits and bits’ (specialty grain and hops). They soon get a feel for the ingredients available but generally don’t develop an...