This article covers the key homebrew suppliers that we spoke to during the National Homebrewers Conference, as well as the Club Night plus Grand Banquet events.
Read More »NHC 2014 – evaluating beer, 2014 BJCP styles & sensory evaluation
Day 3 seminars: Evaluating and Judging Beer by Jamie Floyd. 2014 BJCP Style Guidelines by Gordon Strong. Sensory Evaluation - Methods to Improve Your Palate and Vocabulary by Brian Joas & Bruce Buerger.
Read More »NHC 2014 – lagers, make a living in beer & using barrels
Day 2 seminars: Long Live Lagers by Jason Oliver & Warren Haskell. Can You Make a Living in Beer? by Ray Daniels. Using Spirits Barrels and Blending Sour Ales in Wood by Brett Vanderkamp & Jason Salas.
Read More »NHC 2014 – Founders, consistent brewing & managing yeast
Day 1 seminars: Kosmicki Spills the Secrets by Jeremy Kosmicki & Dave "Diamond" Deschaine. Brewing Consistency: Identifying and Controlling the Variables by Mike "Tasty" McDole. How to Manage Yeast for the Home Brewery by Douglas Gladue.
Read More »National Homebrewers Conference 2014 – arrival
Following a great National Homebrewers Conference (NHC) 2013 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, last year we were definitely looking forward to this year's event in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Read More »Mashing in Michigan – National Homebrewers Conference 2014
How the last 12 months have flown by since we were at the National Homebrewers Conference (NHC) 2013 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when during the Grand Banquet the following years event called ‘Mashing in Michigan’ was announced. Now with barely a week left we are getting ready to pack the car and head up to another quality craft beer city, namely …
Read More »FastRack beer bottle drainer
FastRack is a beer and wine bottle drainer system targeted at the homebrew, bar and party markets. Beer Infinity took a look at how well this product works.
Read More »Hops aroma & flavor challenge
Ever wondered what different types of hops smell and taste like so you can better understand which ones to use in your home brewed beers? Maybe you want to learn how to recognize a particular hop within a commercial beer?
Read More »Homebrewing inside using Induction stoves
With freezing winter temperatures from the Arctic Vortex preventing homebrewing outside we decided to try brewing inside using modern Induction stoves.
Read More »Pumpkin Ale time again
When Halloween comes around what is the first thing you think about - well for us the smell of cinnamon and crates of jack lanterns at the store means only one thing - it is time to brew a batch of Pumpkin Ale!
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