Brewer’s Cache

Here’s to B3, beer, beer, and more beer, you local online homebrew shop. I just placed an order with B3 and was very pleased to discover that within two hours of placing the order, the order was shipped! A+ service!…

The primary fermentation has completed when the gravity of the beer has stabalized. Using your hydrometer, start checking the gravity of the beer after you no longer see any activity in the airlock for at least 10 minutes. Make sure…

If you keg your beer and need to locate a store that will refill or exchange your CO2 tank, check out the ‘BrewGas’ locator database. I am sure that they would all appreciate your contributions as well.

BrewGas Locator Database

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The Frozen Oak Brown ale, born two months ago on a cold, moonless night, was my first attempt at an all-grain batch of beer. This beer, now having been cellared for a full month, is mature enough to be evaluated.…

I bottle condition my brew, and I accomplish this by adding a measured amount of corn sugar–don’t confuse this with corn syrup–to my beer right before bottling.   Until my last batch, I had been purchasing “single serving” priming sugar…

 I admit it. I was far to eager to try a taste of my first all-grain batch and I pop one open already.  This beer was too “green” to even finish.  Other than the slightest hiss when I pried off…