Homemade beer, homebrew beer, homemade wine
Homemade beer, homebrew beer, homemade wine
Homemade beer, homebrew beer, homemade wine
Homemade beer, homebrew beer, homemade wine

Contents of 'Techniques' Category


Oxygen and your Beer

Posted in Techniques on June 7th, 2006

Now when I first started making beer at home I worried about oxidising the beer and creating a beer that tastes sour. This is very true, as always it is slightly more complicated than that.

This is the essence of what I’ve learnt about aerating the wort.

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Starting out home beer brewing

Posted in Techniques on June 4th, 2006

Brewing beer at a home is a fascinating hobby the more you learn about it the more you get out of it. It can be bit daunting though knowing where to start, from choosing the right equipment to choosing the beer kit.

You can often buy home brew beer kits in supermarkets, there is a supermarket near us that regularly has offers. I do think though the best place to go is to a proper home brew shop there you can get lots of advice and you’ll see all the equipment you need. I started using a Geordie bitter kit. This is a good place to start as the Geordie range of kits are very easy to make and you get good results. I still use Geordie beer kits although I now customise these using a range of hops and malts.

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