Just Home Brew Tips

In recent times the low calorie beer has gotten a lot of attention. The main reason is that people are trying to be healthier but they don’t want to give up drinking beer. Beers that are low calories usually have fewer calories and give up some flavor. By brewing your own low calorie beer, you can have a healthy drink without sacrificing the flavor too much. Read the full post

There are several words that you will be introduced to when brewing beer. Some of them are probably things that you have heard before such as pH, Ale, and Lager. This article will give a more in depth description of these terms as well as give you a variety of new homebrewing vocabulary that you may not have heard yet.

ABV – Alcohol by volume

ABW – Alcohol by weight

Airlock – a plastic top that lets carbon dioxide be released during fermentation without contaminating your brew.

Ale – top fermented beer Read the full post

The first thing you will need to do is acquire the ingredients and equipment for this brew. You will need the standard equipment for making a home brewed beer and the following supplies:
4 pounds of English light syrup
4 pounds of Canadian light syrup
.5 pound of 60L crystal malt (grain)
0.13 pounds of Roasted Barley
1 ounce of Centennial pellet hops
3/4 cup of priming sugar
1 packet of Nottingham ale yeast
Hop bags and grain bags Read the full post