Moving wort and brewing liquor around your brewhouse can be as easy as flicking a switch. See how adding a pump to your setup can save you hassle.

The Wiz hops to a question on hopbacks and gives the facts of refrigeration.

Chris Graham and John Blichmann explain how best to expand your homebrewery.

A question about plate chillers lands on the Wizard’s plate, he dispenses a lesson in lagering and more.

Is this thing reading right? The importance of calibrating your equipment.

The Wizard weighs in on open fermentation at home.

Learn how to get the most out of a stainless steel cylindroconical fermenter

Once a year it pays to give your brewery the once-over. Clean everything that needs to be cleaned, check your inventory, map out your brewing calendar and the only surprise you'll have all year is how smoothly your brew days proceed.

Inside of every hardware, home improvement and pet store are homebrew tools waiting to come out.

Do you need the 411 on RIMS (recirculated mash systems) and HERMS (heat exchange recirculated mash systems) ASAP? We'll lay out the ABCs of recirculated wort systems from the HLT to the PID to the QWZ (OK, we made that last one up.)

Roll out the barrel.....and fill it with beer. The popularity of barrel-aged beer is on the rise in craft breweries and groups of homebrewers are forming to make their own barrel-aged creations. Learn where to get a barrel and how to use it to add bourbon notes to a big beer or to condition a sour beer. Plus: An award-winning recipe for a bourbon barrel brew

The wise one of wort answers your homebrewing questions.

How accurate is your hydrometer? And how much wort is in that carboy, anyway? How to use the weight of water to calibrate your hydrometer and brewing vessels.

How hot was it? Without calibrating your thermometer, you have no idea. Learn how to use the physical propertes of water to get your thermometers properly adjusted.