How to start brewing

Based on what I’ve learned, here’s a rambling instructionset of how to get started with the most basic homebrew. Preamble – what is home brewing? In it’s barest steps, it’s using Yeast to turn Sugar into Alcohol. To do so quickly and easily we: Yeast is a wonderful little microorganism that consumes sugar and oxygen …

May the Fourth Be With Brew

Today I put on a simple beer brew to go back to basics:-> 1.7kg Black Rock Light Liquid Malt Extract-> 1.7 Kg Black Rock Amber Liquid Malt Extract-> 500gms Maltodextrin (Corn Sugar)Boiled for 55 minutes.12 grams hops added for ~5 minutes at the end of the boilFilled to 23L in the fermenterYeast Starter with M44 …

16th January Brew

This weekend I put on two new batches: Mangrove Jacks Apple Cider (5.6% ABV) “The Bec Brew” To make 23 Litre Brew have on hand:* 1 x Mangrove Jacks Cider Kit* 600 grams lactose* 1000 grams dextrose to lighten body and increase ABVThe kit contains all the sweeteners and apple flavors Before Bottling At the …