A refractometer can be a great addition to your toolbox, but there are a few quirks to using it. I recently decided to pick one up from the Northern Brewer table at NHC since they were offering a nice discount. If you’re not familiar with the refractometer, it’s basically a device that measures the degree [...]
Brewing How-To
It’s actually been a little more than a month since the last update and things are moving right along. Today’s first tip is to make sure you write down what you planted in each hole. I was sure that this really tall guy was a Cascade, but according to the map I made, he’s actually [...]
Want to green up your home brewery a bit? Don’t really care about all that “green” stuff? Either way, you might be surprised at just how easy it is to eliminate all of your brewery waste that would otherwise end up in a landfill. With a few adjustments, reusing or recycling almost everything can quickly [...]
If you missed the first hop garden progress report – check it out here. As promised last week, I got the lines hung and the area cleaned up quite a bit. So first, the trellis. As you can see from the picture, the design is fairly simple. The 2 main considerations were that it had [...]
I actually planted hop rhizomes last spring – watered them every day for about 3 weeks – then forgot mostly about them. So, this might turn out to be a “what not to do” series. But that’s ok – either way we’ll learn something! Fortunately, hops are pretty hearty so I didn’t manage to kill [...]
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Hi there! My name is Jimmy VerVaecke and I’m a brewer. I discovered brewing in 2004 and have been hooked ever since.
My beer has won numerous awards, including one at the National level. 