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One of the penalties for enjoying good beer (and getting older) is the beer gut. The Weight Watchers book shows that a light beer is 4 points and a "regular" is 5 points. I assume that by regular they mean Bud, Miller and the like but I suspect that the dark ales, IPAs, etc that I prefer...

I would like to reduce or eliminate the sludge at the bottom of my bottles. I am pretty careful when siphoning to the bottling bucket but I still have 1/8" of funk at the bottom. Would filtering it during the transfer help at all? Would there be any negative effect on the beer or the...

I tried labels one time and thought "What was I thinking" as I scraped them off in the sink so I could re-use the bottles. :o I started writing the description & date on the cap. Call me lazy or just practical, I just don't see the point in labels for home brew. :mug:

I have been sparging my grains with near boiling water, is this too hot or should I use the steeping temp of 160'? Once the sparging water is done, how aggressive should I be about wringing out the juice. Is there a potential down side to getting the last drop?

I watched a fun documentary on Netflix tonight titled "How beer changed the World" It was a bit tongue in cheek but a fascinating historical perspective on the economic and social effects of barley, water and yeast. The presence of Tetracycline in ancient beer long before the modern...

Hi folks, I got a brew kit for Christmas and caught the bug! Should tell you about the giving because it is worth telling. The first gift I opened was a cheese slicer, "Hmm, weird but we need one, OK." Second gift was a 20 quart stainless stock pot, "Weirder, we already have one" Third...