Home Brewing News

Here I am back from the “front line” of homebrew competition judging.  It was a blast! I was reminded of an article I read many years ago about how to medal in a homebrew competition. I took what I remembered from the article and added what I have learned from competitions and judging. Here is[...]

All results, including best of show are now available. Hit this link, or the poster below.

SORRY, WE ARE FULL, NO MORE ENTRIES WILL BE TAKEN for the Animas Alers/Ska Brewing Pro-Am Homebrew Competition.

So you want to add some fruit to that stout or wheat beer! Do you know how?  Do you know what ways are less risky then others? In my latest article, I examine how to add fruit to beer.  There are several ways to do so. You can go to the ARTICLES tab and go[...]

I just added a great buy or 2 to the Deals page! Like this NEW converted 15.5 gallon keg at an unbelievable price! Check out the DEALS tab for more good deals!

Sign up for the Brewsletter (fill in your name and email address on the pop-over when you first visit the page) and you will receive not only my book, but free downloads of ALL of the 20 QUESTIONS FOR 20 BREWERS podcasts absolutely free! This is my way of saying THANK YOU FOR BEING ON[...]

What do you know about beer styles and water?  Like most homebrewers, I didn’t really know much about it until I dug down deeper into it. I could call this WATER CHEMISTRY 101 but instead I call it “Water Treatments.” Find out what you need to know about water chemistry and how it relates to[...]

Amber is a fellow homebrewer, a member of the Animas Alers Homebrewing Club and a friend. She started a blog about her upcoming hop project at the old Fort Lewis Farm.  Here is her first article from her blog.  I have also linked to her webpage in the article so you can keep track of[...]

Today I review Monk’s Cafe Flemish Sour Ale. This will be a growing section of my critic of these craft beers. Hit THIS LINK or go to the pull down menu of the Craft Beer Review. 

So what do you know about brewing gluten free? Did you know 2-3 million Americans cannot tolerate gluten in their beer?  So what is a person with Celiac Disease supposed to do when they are thirsty?  Drink beer of course, made with the plant to the left. Click here to read about my research or[...]

We now have a best of show.

No, we are waiting for Ska to announce, it is between 2 beers, I know what they are but cannot ...

Any BOS/ProAm stuff announced yet?

SORRY, WE ARE FULL, NO MORE ENTRIES WILL BE TAKEN.

From Paul Tuttle, a friend from Facebook! 1. Put 1 tsp. in ½ cup cold water 2. Let sit in fridge for ...

Have you thought about adding some videos to your article? I think it will really enhance my understanding.

If you look in the upper right hand side of the home page, there are links to my Twitter and ...

Have you considered including a few social bookmarking links to these blogs. At least for twitter.

Dude.. I am not much into reading, but somhoew I got to read lots of articles on your blog. Its ...

surprisingly valuable material, in general I imagine this is worthy of a book mark, thanks