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Is It Easier to Make Ales or Lagers ?
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Is It Easier to Make Ales or Lagers ?

The difference between ALES and LAGERS, which style is easier to home brew? It’s Friday night and a cold frothy is calling your name…do you grab an ale or a lager? Tough call. All beer is either ...

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How To Make Hazy Homebrew

How to make home brew ‘hazy’ As the ‘haze craze’ continues gaining momentum in craft brewing circles and the wider beer drinking community, brewers and hazy consumers alike are showing no signs of ...

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XPA Extra Pale Ale

Panhead Quickchange, a glorious hit of Mosaic , Galaxy and Citra Alphas. XPA. It’s here to stay. Extra Pale Ale, or XPA, is a nebulous beer style that divides both amateur and professional brewe...

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Step by Step Beer Making Instructions

Stage 1- PREPARATION 1. Clean & sterilise your equipment. Instructions are provided. 2. Put the yeast aside for the fermentation stage. 3. Dissolve the contents of the can in 2 to 4 litr...

beerKeeping your fermenter cool in hot weather

Keeping your fermenter cool in hot weather

Remember your beers will taste much better if you can keep the fermenter close to 20 degrees Celsius all the time your beer is fermenting. It's easy to keep it cool. 1: In hot weath...

beerEstimate the initial gravity, final gravity and expected alcohol of a beer recipe

Estimate the initial gravity, final gravity and expected alcohol of a beer recipe

Many brewers like to formulate their own beer recipes. Type your figures in the White fields. The most common approach is to use regular beer kits & add combinations of malt, gluco...