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All accounts say that sour beer needs a long time (years) of aging to develop desirable complex flavors and aromas and to allow the short chain organic acids to ester-ify. My question: Is there an advantage to long aging in the carboy? or is it reasonable to go head and bottle, free up the...

I just watched the basic brewing video on ice beer. Who's made ice beer? How was it? what is a good style for the base beer of an ice beer? I think I would want to make something that would be good normally and then freeze concentrate just some to try. Ideas?

An orchard is selling fresh unpasteurized cider at my local farmer's market. Mwah hahahahaha! let the fermentation begin!

I was thinking about adding chocolate to some beer. So my question is what form of chocolate works best to add to beer. The options seem to be: Shavings of dark chocolate Cocoa powder (either regular or dutch process) Cocoa nibs Something else? What have you tries? What works? When do you...

This spring I dedicated a small patch of my vegetable garden to growing two row malting barley. I ordered a sample of two varieties to start with. Maris otter and golden promise. I planted in the middle of march. Since planting I learned that my climate get too hot in summer for barley and it...