Archives for Fermentation
The Original Carboy Cleaner
The Original Carboy Cleaner now available at homebrew4less.comDear Fellow Homebrewer, Like you, I have struggled numerous times cleaning the leftover sediment out of my glass carboys. Getting all of the sediment out without wasting gallons of water ...more»
20 Apr by Blaine in Fermentation, Spirits and Liqueurs
Still Spirits – Technical Centre
Note: Still Spirts products can be purchased herehttp://www.store.homebrew4less.com/Spirits-and-Liqueurs/departments/872/Direct From New Zealand Website - Distilling Instructions You will need Acrobat Reader installed to read the instructions. This can be downloaded free by clicking on this link. Air Still System Still Spirits Turbo Air ...more»
17 Apr by Blaine in Fermentation, Homebrewing Helpful Hints
Seasonal Beer Brewing
For many years, I’ve wanted to do a better job of matching my beer brewing with seasons and major holidays. But I always found myself behind. When October rolled around it was too late to brew that Oktoberfest, and my green beer was always a bit too late for St ...more»
Winexpert Twisted Mist Cocktails
Winexpert is about to release some limited edition cocktail kits, homebrew4less.com is currently taking pre-orders at special pricing for these items, they will begin shipping in April, 2010. This April 2010, Winexpert will introduce an exciting and delicious new addition to the Winexpert Island Mist family: Twisted ...more»
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13 Oct by Blaine in Fermentation, Homebrewing Helpful Hints
How is specific gravity related to beer?
Specific gravity is a measure of the density of a liquid. Distilledwater has a specific gravity of 1.000 at 60F(15C) and is used as abaseline. The specific gravity of beer measured before fermentationis called its Original Gravity or OG and sometimes its StartingGravity (SG). This gives an idea of how ...more»
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12 Oct by Blaine in Fermentation
Racking Your Beer
Moving Day So you have devised the perfect Porter, hit all your temps and volumes, pitched a beautiful yeast starter and held ...more»
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2 Oct by Blaine in Fermentation
Using the Better Bottle
Fermentation and Bottling Made Easy If you are anything like me, you probably started out your home brewing 'career' by reading a few books and ...more»
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16 Sep by Blaine in Fermentation, Yeast
Aquarium pump aerators
Rather than washing the stone in chlorine solution, soak the stone for a few hours in vodka. These stones seem to hold chlorine rather well, as a tank of dead fish proved a few years back. I probably get a little alcohol in the wort, but I avoid any ...more»
2 Sep by Blaine in Fermentation
Managing Fermentation
While brewers like to claim that theymake beer, it is actually the yeastthat turn our prepared sugar solution intoan alcoholic beverage. During this processwe brewers mostly wait—although someamount of watching is useful as well. Thisarticle discusses fermentation and your roleas the brewer. It begins by describing amore desirable technique for ...more»
2 Sep by Blaine in Fermentation, Yeast
Making a Yeast Starter
The Yeast Starter A yeast starter is a method of preparing your yeast for fermentation by introducing your yeast to a small amount of wort before fermentation in order to encourage yeast cell multiplication to create an optimum amount of healty, ready-to-go yeast ...more»




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