Kegerator systems store a keg inside a refrigerator to keep it cold, while still allowing access to the beer through a faucet in the door. ©iStockphoto.com/James Brown At some point in their lives, many adults have picked up a red plastic cup, waited in a line in a backyard and...
A good rule of thumb is that the shelf life for a keg of pasteurized beer is about 90-120 days (or 3-4 months), and unpasteurized draft beer will last about 45-60 days (or 6-8 weeks) when stored at the proper temperature. Many imported and domestic beers are pasteurized. If you...
During a tasting, serve beer -- like you would wine -- in order from the lightest-flavored to the strongest. This usually means serving bitter beers before sweet ones and light-colored beers before dark ones, but also pay attention to the alcohol content (sometimes expressed as ABV -- alco...
Starting with these pre-boil volumes is a great way to go, especially for brewers in the metric system, because you can directly recycle the many 5 Gal recipes you find online without any further conversion If you want to speed up the temperature rise, you can use a 2000Wportable water h...
Why not embrace the hobby that keeps so many people repeatedly happy over so many years? Brewing beer has been around for a long time. There are four components when it comes to brewing beer; grain, hops, water, and yeast. You do not need to know every little thing about each of thes...
minimizes the risk of excessive tannin extraction. Tannins, which are phenolic compounds present in grain husks, can impart a harsh, astringent taste to the beer if extracted in large quantities. This is particularly important for lighter-colored beers where clarity and a clean mouthfeel are highly...
Bottle your beer and let it sit at room temperature for a couple more days to carbonate. Take note, though. There are other ways you can cold crash beer. If you’re kegging, for example, you can cold crash your beer in the keg itself. Then, you can purge CO2in your keg to carbona...
Lunch spots in Brighton Photo: Londonist We love London's many and varied restaurants, honest we do. But in a gun-to-our-heads, eat-in-one-place-for-the-rest-of-your-life situation,JB's Diner, might have the edge. On the flip side, it would be a short life, curtailed by the cl...
Keg or bottle your beer. Looks easy, right? Once you’ve gotten all these steps down, you’ll see how easy it gets on each subsequent batch. Consistency (and practice) drives quality in the craft! Intro to Beers(Different Styles of Brews) ...
How Many Calories Are in a Double IPA? When you’re talking about a heavy-hitter like a Double IPA, there’s no way around it. Double IPAs pack a considerable number of calories that could ruin anyone’s diet. There isn’t an exact value for the calories found in a Double IPA. On...