Articles
A History of Malt Extract
Set sail on a journey of new inventions, scurvy sailors and botched beer. It’s the (early) history of malt extract. Plus: historical extract recipes straight from Captain Cook!
7 Ways to Improve Your Kegging
I remember very distinctly the first time I used a soda keg for storing my completed beer. I remember it well because it was one of the best homebrewing choices I have
7 Tips for Creative Kegging
Just about the coolest technology available to every amateur brewer is the soda canister, better known as the Cornelius keg. The quality, versatility, availability, and cost of Corny keg equipment makes it
2002 Label Contest Winners!
Artistic talent! Stunning creativity! Truly strange humor! Here are the prize winning entries from the seventh annual Brew Your Own label contest.
1998 Label Contest Winners!
A poison warning, a violent storm and a magical brew that wards off evil. The winners of the third annual label contest are revealed.
10 Tips for Hop Growers
It’s planting season again. BYO’s hop gardener offers some ways to make this year’s crop healthier and more productive.
2018 Label Contest Winners
The top homebrew labels are revealed in Brew Your Own magazine’s 23rd annual label contest.
Digging into the Haze, Cacao Nibs Advice and Harvesting Yeast
Proteins from grains react with polyphenols from grain and hops, and when this happens the protein-polyphenol complex causes light to scatter and the beer to appear hazy.
Feeling the Craftfluenza?
Visiting the grocery cooler used to be so easy. Reach in and grab a six pack of Long Trail and be off, glad to have my hands on some tasty fresh ale
Fermenting and Conditioning
Running a healthy fermentation depends on pitching an appropriate amount of healthy yeast. Beyond that, creating proper wort conditions (with respect to aeration and nutrition) and controlling your fermentation temperatures are the
Wort Production (with malt extract)
Wort made from reconstituted malt extract is dissimilar from wort made from mashing malted grains. Knowing the differences can guide you to making sound decisions regarding how to use it on brew
The Electric Homebrew Bar
In the Fall of 2008, after years of experimenting with malt extract kits and 100% wort kits, Kal Wallner of Ottawa, Canada, decided it was time to graduate to an all-grain system
