Homebrewing

Conveniently I label my beers on the cap and not on the bottle. This way they are easily readable without removing the bottle from the case, and once the bottle is uncapped and thoroughly rinsed, I …

De flessenspoeler “Blast”, die verkocht wordt bij Brouwland, is een zeer handig hulpmiddeltje om snel de binnenkant van flessen te spoelen. Het enige nadeel is dat je hem steeds op en af je kraan moet …

Here are all the recipes for the beers that I have brewed so far. Not all of them turned out so great, mind you. I like to experiment and sometimes make extreme things. Some of these beers are, mmm, …

I like brewing beer. This means I have to store a lot of beer. There was an unused space in the basement under the stairs so I set out to build a simple beer rack there. It holds 23 cases, is …

I bottle all of my homebrew. Bottling is one of the more tedious tasks of brewing, and consists of different steps; filling the bottle, capping it, labelling and cleaning. The easier and faster I can …

My two main needs when brewing are small volume and automation, something I couldn’t find in most brewing rigs except for the (+1.500€) Speidel Braumeister. So I decided to build my own picobrewery, …

Crushing malt is an important step in brewing. It is important to crush the malt finely so that all starch is easily accessible for conversion into sugar, but care must be taken not to damage the …

If you want to grow your own yeast, a magnetic stir plate is a great tool. It keeps the wort (and any suspended yeast) in constant motion, improving the access of the yeast to nutrients, and …