Aug 30, 2018 | 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...
Aug 22, 2018 | 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...
Jul 5, 2018 | How-To & Education
What is beer exactly? The staple ingredients from which most beers are produced are Malted Barley, Water, Hops, and Yeast. The German purity law decreed that beer must be made from these materials ALONE, and many of the world greatest beers are still made according to...
Jun 14, 2018 | How-To & Education
Introduction To Off Flavours Before you begin your investigation into the realm of off flavour beers, it is critical that you understand that these qualities are sometimes the actual characteristics of a beer’s style or signature.
Whether you are a home-brewer or a...
May 30, 2018 | 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...
May 29, 2018 | 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...
