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My second all-grain brew, girlfriend came up with the name. I think a few commercial examples already have a similar name, but I thought it was funny so I rolled with it.

If I'm sending my beer out for a competition then it will have my house label. If it's staying at home then I just mark the caps with permanent marker, usually just the beer name initials. I keep all of my bottling dates etc on file so that I know what's what.

Thanks, I'll be visiting Manhattan and Brooklyn at the end of April! Can you recommend any good spots to go for a beer? As for the name, it's a word play on Liquorice! I added a tbsp of liquorice root with my flameout hops. It's hard to pick it out on its own, but it adds something to the...

Using a thermowell will get you the most accurate temperature representation during the most important part of fermentation. There can be a significant difference between the ambient air temperature within the fridge and the temperature of the fermenting wort. At it's most active, it could...

Unless you're purging bottles with CO2 before bottling, you're going to have some oxygen in there . The bottles with more head space may well be slightly more oxidised than those with less head space. Oxidised beer can range form having diminished flavours to full on wet cardboard tastes. As...

I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Keep up the brewing!

A recent article of mine on recipe formulation considerations. Check it out! http://www.grizzlybrews.co.uk/articles/beer-recipe-design/

Hello and greetings from the United Kingdom! I've browsed this forum as a guest on and off since I started brewing, which was quite a few years ago. I've been brewing all-grain beer since Nov 2015 and I love it! There is nothing like spending a Saturday with the garage door open making a...