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The following are home brewing and homebrew related articles.

How to Homebrew: All-Grain -- Check out our diagram of the all-grain homebrew process. There are many different styles and methods for all-grain brewing, but this is one of the most common for the..... (more)

An Argument for Organic Brewing -- Beer is food. Real beer, that is, beer that has nutritional value. We’re not talking _______ (fill in the blank) light. We’re talking something with real barley and..... (more)

Growing Hops At Home -- Growing hops at home can be a fun gardening activity for those who truly wish to make their beer from scratch. The hop plant (Humulus Lupulus) is a perennial plant,..... (more)

Home Brewing With Malt, Hops, Barley, Yeast, Water -- Making your own homebrew is a wonderful and rewarding past time. But how is it that beer is made? In olden times, it was thought that when one..... (more)

Becoming a Home Brewer: A Home Brewing Checklist -- So, you want to brew your own beer? If you have a kitchen, you can become a home brewer with a minimal amount of supplies. If you have a garage, you might need a few..... (more)

Brewing Your First Batch -- It seems daunting, and you may have a hundred questions and no one to ask them to, but making your first batch of beer is actually quite easy. Brewing..... (more)

Homebrew Kits Make Great Gifts -- Homebrew beer kits make great gifts for the aspiring home brewer, whether experienced or just starting out. This is because no matter what the experience level of the..... (more)

A Guide to Hydrometers -- Hydrometers are tools that can be used to determine the amount of fermentation that has taken place in your beer or wine. The hydrometer does not..... (more)

Secondary Fermentation -- There are many tricks of the trade in the world of beer. Secondary fermentation is one. This is the process of siphoning off your beer after the initial..... (more)

Yeast and Fermentation -- The great and glorious mystery of fermentation has only become widely answered in the last 200 years. In the history of beer production, for seven..... (more)

Home Brew Software (Recipe Management) -- As the world of home brew grows ever larger, the need for software for homebrewers is increasing. It can be difficult for the modern home brewer to keep..... (more)

Homebrew Recipes and Ingredients -- Homebrew recipes are many and varied. You can find many different recipes online or just by asking at your local brew store – and, of course,..... (more)

FAQs About Home Brewing -- Below are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about home brewing and homebrew as well as questions regarding the purchasing of home brewing gear..... (more)

Home Brewing Equipment -- There are a lot of products out there on the market for home brewers. Some are vital, some are nice to have, but not necessary, and some are frivolous...... (more)

Home Brewing Tips -- Home brewing beer is a traditional art that has recently undergone a huge resurgence. Hobby minded people from coast to coast are now making beer at home and..... (more)

Make Your Own Beer -- So you want to learn how to make beer without any fuss? It's actually quite simple! With a basic knowledge of the process of fermentation and carbonation, and a little..... (more)

Online Direct Ordering of Homebrew Supplies -- There are hundreds of websites on the Internet that one can buy homebrew beer supplies from. It is always best to avoid the middleman and order direct..... (more)

Streamlining Your Home Brewery -- Have you ever looked at that junky pile of home brewing gear and wanted to do something about it? Looked around for an hour for the grain bag? Streamlining your home..... (more)

What Is Home Brewing? -- In the Untied States, in all states, home brewing beer was taxed until 1979, after which, home brewing beer, in small amounts became exempt and caught on rapidly...... (more)

Building a Keggle: A Keg Conversion Project -- Manufactured semi-pro brewing kettles usually cost a pretty penny, but for those pennies you get a brewing kettle that is usually equipped with a variety of monitoring..... (more)

Building an Efficient Outdoor Home Brewery -- Building an efficient outdoor home brewery is a fun and interesting hobby. The first thing to do is to make a floor plan of how your operation is going to work. Keep..... (more)

Building Your Own Fermentation Closet -- Brewing beer at home can be helped with the addition of a fermentation closet to your home brewery. Fermentation is a process best accomplished in a cave – about..... (more)

How to Build a Hop Filter -- A hop filter is a tool that can be used to filter hops and hop sediment from wort, hot or cold, thereby ensuring a clear, sediment free beer with a regulated hop..... (more)

Transforming 15 Gallon Kegs for Home Brewing -- The modern beer keg, although designed for industrial use, is very useful to the home brewer. Industrial beer kegs can be transformed into kettles, false-bottomed..... (more)

Different Brewing Styles -- There are a only a few ways to make homebrewed beer : the Malt Extract method, Partial Grain method, and All Grain Method. Upon these basic methods,..... (more)

Techniques for Home Brewed Beer -- The world of beer is vast and multi faceted. There are hundreds of different varieties of beer made around the world, and many variations on the..... (more)

Using Herbs and Spices to Enhance Your Brews -- Brewing beer at home affords one a unique opportunity to experiment with beer. Brewing with herbs and spices opens your beers to an infinite variety of flavors and..... (more)

Home Brewing in the Stone Age -- Beer is an ancient drink. Ever changing, the beers of today differ greatly in variety, yet all have their roots in the infusion of barley into water...... (more)

The Golden Age of Home Brewing -- With the home brew revival of the 1980s came a resurgence in craft brewing. Home brewers who were inspired started microbreweries around the country. With the coming of..... (more)

Industrial Beer Kegging -- The process of industrial beer kegging holds interesting lessons for the home brewer as well as owners of home draft systems. The kegging systems of large brewing..... (more)

Kegging Beer vs. Bottle Conditioning -- Most home brewers quickly learn how to bottle their beer. Once moving into the realm of kegs, many forget the advantages of bottling beer. While kegging beer is an..... (more)

Home Brew Beer Leagues, Clubs & Associations -- In most major cities in the United States there is a community of homebrew aficionados. We usually congregate in groups, as friends, talk about and brew..... (more)

Home Brew Moves from Brewing Parties to Brewing Co-ops -- Most home brewers get their supplies form their local home brew shop. But how did that shop start? Most likely, it was a small group of brewers who shared an interest..... (more)

How to Throw a Brew Tasting Party -- The key to throwing a brew tasting party is inviting the right people. People who will provide interesting brews, beers, ales, meads, and wines to..... (more)