Why Hire a Brewing Consultant
For me to write a post covering “why hire a brewing consultant?” might seem like I’m just trying to promote my services… I admit there’s a grain of truth in…
An example of a small manual pilot system
How Do I Scale Up My Beer Recipes?
I get asked by people regularly, “how do I scale up my beer recipes?” I see the question on forums too. People looking to open brewery in the near future,…
How to Use Reverse Osmosis in Brewing
Today’s post on how to use a reverse osmosis in brewing, came about due to a lot of interest people had in the mini-RO-machine in my last article. These little…
Small Brewery Equipment List – Planning Tips
I decided to write on the subject of putting a small brewery equipment list together, in response to receiving several requests a week, for help in this matter. This post…
This is me brewing on a DME system in Wuxi, China
Tips for Running a Small Brewery
The idea for writing an article on tips for running a small brewery came after a conversation with a potential client, looking to open a brewery in a remote location.…
What Gets Missed Buying a Brewery?
A quick article today on what gets missed buying a brewery. As a brewing consultant, I help people around the world put equipment lists together, and source brewing equipment. I’ve…
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,…
Carbonating Beer in Small Breweries
Carbonating beer in small breweries comes up a lot, with people who reach out to me for brewing advice. Brewers wanting to know how to properly carbonate beer consistently. Well,…
Mash Thickness Tips – How Thick Should It Be?
We are going to look at some mash thickness tips I’ve picked up over the years as a brewer. We’ll take a deep dive into this subject; giving you better…
Bucket Brewer to Commercial Brewing – Pro Tips
This week I was literally asked about going from bucket brewer to commercial brewing. The guy who reached out, had bought some brewing equipment and was asking how he’d be…
Brewing Like a Pro – What You Need To Know
This article brewing like a pro, is the final part of the series. For the first part "A Pro-Brewers Brewing Day" please click the link. If you've not read the…
A Pro-Brewers Brewing Day – Tips from A Pro
There was a question on the Build Me A Brewery Facebook page asking about “A Pro-Brewers Brewing Day”. The exact wording was, “does anybody have examples of what a ‘Pro…
Beer Cellaring Tips – Important as Your Brew Day
I wanted to share some of my beer cellaring tips, as I’ve been doing a lot of cellar work lately. I’m back in a brewhouse, after some time out, since…
Wort gaining color through Maillard reaction during a 12 hours boil taken from Reddit/TheBrewery
Why Do We Boil Wort? The Processes Taking Place
I’ve already written some articles on boiling but, just realized I’d not written an article on “why do we boil wort”? So, let’s rectify this now; starting with the boiling…
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…