On many home brewers wish lists is a Brew fridge / kegregator or fermentation chamber.
I for one have been one of those brewers, and I also know for one that you can drive your wife nuts going back and forth in deciding do you actually need one, rather than just wanting one!
I had all the parts to my keg setup already - Keg ✓ Keg Taps ✓ Co2 Canister ✓ Various lengths of 3/8" inch tubing ✓ All I really needed [.....]
New Brew + New Hops = THAI-PandA-ALE
I've been wanting to try Denali hops for a few brews now but haven't come up with a suitable recipe/hop schedule. However after reading an article in a recent BYO magazine on Award Winning Home brew APA recipes, I got a few pointers and fleshed out a new recipe. Even though I have a few cans from them I also wanted to create something like thairannocitrus from staggeringly good, using Kaffir Lime leaves too.
I aimed this brew day to coincide with Fathers day, so [.....]
Giving beer as a gift when you keg
Have you ever wanted to give your home brew as a gift/present but only have a keg setup? Since moving house and using my keg equipment more I have been thinking the same..
I use to syphon some beer off into a bottling bucket and condition x amount of beers (usually 6 or 12) to give to, say my dad, as a gift or fathers day present. However in the past the carbonation of the bottles have been somewhat inconsistent and on one occasion (bottled version of [.....]