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Small Batch Brewing- Economical and perfect for the brewer with limited space
This is pretty much most of what you need for a small batch recipe. This is 3 pounds of grain, a small fermentation bucket, yeast, an ounce of hops, and aside from the kettle, that’s it. Total...
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Review: Indio from Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery
Indio Dark Lager Once in a while I am lucky enough that I get beer sent to from a brewery or a marketing firm representing a brewery. This was one of those cases, where I may not have purchased this...
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Roasted: A Homebrewer’s Guide to Home Roasting Grain a New Ebook!
It’s here! Roasted: the Homebrewer’s Guide to Home Roasting Grain written by yours truly! It’s available as an Ebook Download through Amazon for only $2.99. The book covers a lot of the information...
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Review: Mississippi Mud from Mississippi Brewing Company
The blending of beer is by far nothing new. As a matter of fact a traditional Geuze is a blend of 1 year old, 2 year old, and 3 year old lambic. Then you have the traditional Black and Tan combination...
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Convert a Refrigerator to a Kegerator with internal taps
If you have a refrigerator and want to build a kegerator out of it, but you do not want to drill holes in the door for the taps, you are in luck. You can do so. However there are a few cons to this...
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Building a Stir Plate for Yeast Starters, Easy Project for a few dollars
If you have been reading my blog, you know that I am all about building equipment that you can buy. It tends to work just as well and cost a lot less. Today I will show you a quick project you can put...
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American PBR vs. Chinese PBR A showdown
On the left, is a PBR from the US and on the right is a PBR from China. A friend of mine from work had to travel to China recently and when he returned he called me and said he brought me back a beer...
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Just a reminder
If you have not checked out my book, Roasted: A Homebrewer’s Guide to Home Roasting Grain. You can do so at Amazon, even if you don’t own a kindle you can still read the book by downloading the Kindle...
View ArticleManitowoc Area Water Reports
I sent off a water sample to Ward Labs for my local water report, and is an extension of a previous post I did on getting started in understanding water. I did the same test for another local water...
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Review of BeerSmith Mobile
BeerSmith 2 Mobile (Kindle Edition) Today I have a special treat for you, BeerSmith 2 has gone fully mobile. Prior to this release, mobile phone and tablet users have been restricted to BeerSmith Lite,...
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The Art of the Shower Beer
The Shakoolie in action OK, I will be the first to admit that I have not heard of shower beers. So I was intrigued when I was offered a chance to try the Shakoolie. Many years ago In my early 20′s (not...
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Craft Beer Magazine- Release
Craft Beer magazine- Currently available only through the Apple Istore. There is a new magazine hitting the market, but you will not be able to pick this one up on the newsstand or have it delivered to...
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The Wet and the Dry: A Drinker’s Journey
The Wet and the Dry by Lawrence Osborne There is a new and fairly interesting book on the market, that is not really homebrew or beer related per se, but it’s interesting none the less. The book titled...
View ArticleApologies!
As it appears, Barleypopmaker.info was down for a bit. I have corrected the error. It appears that automatic updates was somehow turned on in my hosting options and then wordpress auto-updated which...
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4 New Lessons for Old Brewers
There are still some old school myths being perpetuated by men and women who have been brewing for a long time. These “myths” which at the time were truths, or thought to be truths are still around in...
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Hooch: Simplified Brewing, Winemaking, and Infusing at home
Hooch: Simplified Brewing, Winemaking, & Infusing at Home There is a another book on the market which introduces people interesting in the fermentation arts, to homebrewing. It’s called Hooch:...
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The Top 5 “Non Brewing” items on Amazon to use in your Home Brewery
OK, so I am a big fan of Amazon. Being an Amazon Prime member doesn’t hurt because shipping is not a concern. With prime you get free 2nd day air shipping on most items. Buy it Monday have it in your...
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Review-New Glarus Wild Sour Ale
Wild Sour Ale by New Glarus It has been a while since I have done a beer review, so this is long past due. I found the perfect beer to try to get back into the reviewing groove with. Wild Sour Ale by...
View ArticleEvaluate your Beer series: Part 1 (Malts)
I am going start a small series that goes more in depth in the flavors and aromas you can expect to find in beer. I will start with the common flavors and aromas contributed by your malt. I hope you...
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Water: A Comprehensive Guide for Brewers – A review
There are very few books that I feel have a huge pivotal impact on homebrewing. You have the book Designing Great Beers by Ray Daniels, How to Brew by John Palmer, and of course the original ( yet now...
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