How To Brew Beer

One of the most fundamental events of brewing beer is adding water to grains… and even though this event can take on many different names, you only need to worry about answering these two questions: Are you converting starches into sugar and then extracting that sugar? or are you just extracting sugar from grains?
When you [...]

Take two beers… one that tastes sweet and has that sweetness linger through the aftertaste… the kind that makes you feel like you can lick it off your palate a couple minutes after you drink it… maybe even makes you want to drink water to wash it off… and then there is the one that [...]

Christmas ales or Winter warmers are nice beers to have around during the cold months of winters… this is basically an Old Ale with spices commonly used with pumpkin ales…
It is a higher gravity beer what leaves enough residual sugars that lingers well after you drink it… the high alcohol balances this out, and [...]

Sometimes we forget to appreciate what we have and focus so much on what we don’t have… that’s why I like Thanksgiving, it reminds me to sit down and think of everything I should be grateful for… including having the ability to brew my own beer!
First and foremost, I have an amazing family supporting me [...]

(That’s me on the left with good ‘ol Chief of the Boat pulling into Hawaii)
Being a former Bubblehead, I thought I’d make this week’s topics about bubbles… beer bubbles…
Cold serving temperatures can increase your beer’s head formation…
Last week I talked about the under-carbonation problem I had on one of my Pumpkin Ales and today I’m [...]