Brew Love Blog

I read something recently that mentioned a study in the United States has confirmed that drinking beer after exercise is as good or better for you than drinking water or a sports or electrolyte drink. I didn't actually read the report , someone else did and relayed that conclusion. I like research that tells me what I want to hear. Like red wine and dark chocolate is good for me. I'm sure if I had read the actual report myself, it may not have been such a generalization. The

So I'm having breakie and I realised I've nothing I need to do this beautiful Sunday. Obviously there's the yard to mow and the gardens to maintain and the car to wash and I could do with some exercise... but, nothing more important than to brew a beer. Haven't made a dark beer since my Mars bar stout last year, and having recently seen a Facebook post about an American style stout, I thought "why not". The first step for me is to open the Brewfather app and build the recipe

"Beer makes you feel the way you should feel without beer" Henry Lawson. I don't consider myself as being a big drinker. I am known amongst family and friends as one who likes a beer or three, but if you tally my weekly units of alcohol, which I do from time to time, its usually within the 'normal range'. Except sometimes when I'm with certain friends, who seem to encourage my 'over consumption' gene. My weeks are pretty dry and I hold out mostly for the weekends. I've so

What ever your brew space, whether its in the back of the garage, in the laundry or in a dedicated brewing area, there are some stock items that are not imperative but certainly come in handy to have available. Sanitizer and cleaners Hot water over 80 degrees C will sanitize in 30 seconds, but sometimes hot water is not suitable in a home brew environment, certainly destroys plastic fermenters and takes a lot of power to produce and can be dangerous. It is therefore common t

Australia and beer have been together since we were first colonized. Seems beer is our national drink or at least that's the way we...

Some Belgian beer recipe's have been around longer than Belgium has been Belgium. It wasn't until the 1830's that the region of Belgium...

I have a bit of a love for the taste and aroma of a well brewed hoppy pale ale. I also just love the look of a clear sparkling ...

"How do I love thee Beer, Let me count the ways" There are many ways to consume this wonderful liquid. Traditional Aussie beer glasses...

For some reason Belgium and beer go together as well as pizza and beer. Having been there a few times and wanting to go back, that's...

Sometimes, but not often, I find something to look forward to in winter. I'm usually more of a summer type of beer lover, and would...

Homebrewing can be a bit technical at times, we're not all experts, and sometimes we make mistakes. Well I make mistakes. I first brewed...

"Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer" Henry Lawson Beer brewing is part Art, part Science and part Magic, and...

Beer is traditionally brewed using 4 ingredients, Water, Malt , Hops and Yeast. The 4 are in order of volume. The water we consume goes...

A brewery taphouse visit is my favorite activity when traveling around and sometimes the existence of a taphouse is the reason for me...

My Saison is a success, although I don't really like Saisons. I made this one when I scored a bucket of Tempranillo grapes from Dryridge...

I'm not a Millennial or a Gen Z and I don't often sport a beard, so I don't look like your typical Craft loving IPA drinking avatar...

I'm not a teacher, I don't have school age kids, but I still call week nights, School nights. My beer taps are between my garage and my...

For a new comer to home brewing, the first thing to learn is sanitation. There isn't a much more important process than to make a...

Gruut or Gruit or Gruyt or Kruyt all mean 'herb mixture used to bitter and flavor beer.' A gruut beer is a beer that uses herbs instead...

Easter at home or away is a time to enjoy beer. Once you are past the easter egg part of your life, it only makes sense that beer is the...