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After my recent brew session, I got to pondering on how malt extract is made and what it is used for. After spending more time than I should've Googling the subject, I discovered that malt is used with more frequency in foods than it is in beer. So, there sat a hot pile of freshly sparged grain...

If you could save only 3 varieties from extinction for your brewing pleasure, what would they be??

I own a garden center in southern Michigan and it's planting season at the greenhouse. I've been on the fence about offering already growing hop plants at my store. Well, this year I have decided to offer a small selection. Since I am still very green when it comes to brewing I thought this...

I want an oval kettle that will fit over two burners on my tiny stove. The round pots just seem like an inefficient use of space in general. If the pot was 10"W x 20"L x 15"D, I could do a ten gallon batch and still have two burners free on the stove. Not to mention I could actually lift it onto...

So I'm doing this O'Fallon's Cherry Chocolate clone... It calls for alcohol base chocolate extract and cherry flavoring. I am making my own chocolate extract with vodka & cocoa powder. And my plan for the cherry is to use juice from marchino cherries that I have handy... The cherry juice...

Ok, so after flubbing my first batch of beer (cheesy simple extract thing), I happened across a cooler and a big stainless steel bucket and am all in on my second batch of beer... This time an all grain clone of O'Fallon's Cherry Chocolate. I used WLP029, and pitched it when my wort had...