Why Do I Have Acetaldehyde in My Beer?
The heading of this article “why do I have acetaldehyde in my beer”, is self-explanatory. The off-flavor acetaldehyde, which presents as “green apples” in beer, was a suggested by a…
How To Make a Good Commercial Beer
What I really want to discuss today, is beer quality versus value, which is at the heart of “how to make a good commercial beer”? I’m going to be straight…
How to Add Fruit Puree to Beer – A Guide
I received a nice email recently from a reader David, asking how to add fruit puree to beer. Here’s the original email. Hi Neil, I enjoy your articles very much,…
What are Catharina Sour Beers – A Brazilian Beer
I recently did a post on pastry stouts and mentioned Catharina Sour beers. It led to people asking about them so, I thought I’d write another post. Catharina Sour is…
Brewing Beer with Wine Yeast
Today I want to discuss brewing beer with wine yeast. Utilizing sequential yeast pitching for mixed fermentation brews. This is a subject that has recently got my attention, however there…
Using Brewing Salts – How Brewing Salt Work
When using brewing salts, there are several that are commonly used by pro-brewers and homebrewers alike. In this third article in our water treatment/brewing salts series we look at these…
Brewing with Salts – Understanding Your Water
This article brewing with salts is the second in our series looking at water treatment. If you haven’t already; please read the first in the part ”What Brewing Salts do…
What Brewing Salts do I Need? Part One
Asking yourself what brewing salts do I need; is a question every brewer should ask. Brewing water is extremely important to how your final beer will turn out. In all…
Home Brewer to Pro Brewer – What’s Involved
Home brewer to pro brewer; I get asked about making the jump all the time. I have been in the trade for 25 years; so, people like to ask me…
How to Get into the Brewing Industry
Today we are going to talk about how to get into the brewing industry. I have put together a handy guide which you can download by clicking here. I have…
How to Brew Like A Pro – 5 Pro Brewing Tips
Today’s article is about “how to brew like a pro”. I’ve been brewing for 25 years now on various systems and in different countries. I still don’t like being called…
How to Design a Beer Recipe With Images
Today’s article is how to design a beer recipe. I’m not sure how I haven’t written this article before. It really should have been one of the first I wrote…
Hop Back Used to Add Aroma and Flavor Not Bitterness
Brewing Glossary – Updated for 2020
Please download our Brewing Glossary for free today. We have put together this PDF to reflect the ever developing brewing industry. I know I need to update it again to…
Brewing with Chilis – When and how Much to Use
Today we discuss brewing with Chilis as part of our brewing with herbs. Yes I know chilis aren't herbs; but well I like brewing with chilis. I brewed a beer…
Brewing with Herbs
Brewing With Herbs – When and How Much to Use?
I started writing my brewing with herbs series then realized I forgot to write an introduction piece. I apologize however but I got so caught up in the articles it…
Elderflowers and Beer
Brewing with Elderflowers – Easy to Follow Guide
Today's article is about brewing with elderflowers. It is the third part of our brewing with herbs series. So let's start with what are elderflowers? Elderflowers are the product of…
Brewing with Juniper Berries
Brewing with Juniper Berries
Today we are going to have a quick look at brewing with Juniper berries as a part of our brewing with herbs series. Juniper berries are mostly associated with gin…
Brewing with Heather – Time to Experiment
Today we have a short article about brewing with heather. There is a long history of using heather in beer. For example in Scotland during the 1700's ferns and heather…
How To Passivate Brewing Vessels
It seems a lot of new breweries in Asia are searching the term "How to passivate brewing vessels?" There are new breweries popping up all over Asia. The resulting purchase…