Just Homebrew Tips

“Marbles for home winemaking?” you ask. “What on earth would marbles have to do with making wine?”

Well, marbles certainly won’t impart any flavors to your wine (unless of course you have not sanitized them first – and that would be a bad thing), but marbles can come in very handy. Marbles don’t seem to be as popular in the school playgrounds as they were when I was in grade two, but we used to have fun with both the large and small size marbles. Both sizes can be very handy in your winemaking endeavors. Read the full post

Brewing your own beer from home can prove to be a great and fun hobby. If cooking is a hobby, then why can’t beer brewing? They are pretty much the same when it comes to procedure and convenience. Just like in cooking or baking, brewers also use homebrew beer recipes in creating their “finished products.” Read the full post

Creating your own wine at home is much easier and simpler than most realize.

List of supplies needed to make your own home brewed wine:

-A fairly large container, jug, or pot to store the fruit juice in
-An electric juicer (extracts the juice from the fruits you will use to make the wine).
-Sugar – super market
-Boiling water or sterilizing solutions or tablets
-Glass containers used to ferment and store the fruit juice. You can get the proper vessel at a brewing shop or online at a  winemaking supply website.
-A plastic tube for siphoning purposes.
-Yeast which is available at your local super market Read the full post

On a recent trip to Napa I was speaking with a winemaker who said that Petite Verdot was his favorite type of grape. It made me do a double take for a couple of reasons: to start Petite Verdot is seldom if ever made into its own wine and secondly to be honest, other then it being a red wine grape……I didn’t know much about it. Read the full post

Making your own wine or brewing your own beer at home is a very interesting hobby and it can be even a profitable hobby if you are a smart investor in the right winemaking supplies. In this article we will point you in the right direction.

Free fruit Read the full post

If you  asked a bunch of homebrewers what the main items they need for their hobby what do you think they would say?

I suppose the most popular responses would be a fermenter,the  ingredients including hops, yeast, malt syrup , and an item known as a hydrometer. So what precisely is a hydrometer anyway? Why ought you to have one and how would you use it?

After looking up my dictionary, I can tell you that a hydrometer is a tool for measuring a liquid’s specific gravity, generally consisting of a calibrated tube weighted so that it floats upright. Well, that does not actually clarify matters, so let’s explain it in more detail. Read the full post

OK! So you’re thinking of joining the thousands who partake in this fine, rewarding and delicious hobby of making their own beer… But, you might ask, is using a beer making kit the best way to homebrew? Well, here are the key points to help you decide…

Kits Are Easy To Use

No question, if you are just starting out then using kits is certainly the easy way to go. But a great many people also choose to stay with them, and no surprise. They are very straightforward to use — no mess and difficulty of malting your own grains as in the traditional way. Read the full post

Anyone who has made wine for a while knows the correct level of liquid in the airlock is vital to assuring good wine. But questions come up about what exactly one should put in the airlock to protect the wine from air and other contaminants. Some suggest just plain water, others say a sanitizing solution of water and potassium metabisulfite, while yet more suggest vodka or some other alcohol-based liquid.

What should you use? Let’s look at the three different recommendations:

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As a homebrewer and beer maker it’s one of the most fun of hobbys. There is nothing like taking raw grain, water and yeast and creating a great beer.

There is also Extract brewing if you don’t want to jump right in the fire. Cost ingredients has gone up because of hop shortages and malt prices as well. But the cost of brewing your own in comparision.

My examples are usually better than the beer I’ve tried to emulate. Read the full post

For instance a homebrewer and beer maker it’s one of the most fun of hobbys. There is not anything reminiscent of taking raw grain, water and yeast and creating a enormous beer.

There is in addition Extract brewing if you don’t want to jump right in the fire. Expense ingredients has gone up because of hop shortages and malt prices as well. But the cost of brewing your personal in comparision.

My examples are more often than not better than the beer I’ve tried to emulate. Read the full post