Pasteurization is a great solution for stopping yeast from being active. Sometimes the only solution to achieve this is to neutralize any living yeast cell by increasing the heat. Yeast strains can't...
Category: Bottling day
Bottling is the fun part for some and misery for others, but lots can be done to make this step as seamless as possible. The homebrew ferments in the primary fermenter and it's possible to bottle...
Bottle bombs are not fun, but if you experiment enough with homebrewing eventually it may happen to you. My goal here is to explain why the bottle bombs happen and how you can avoid them, as this...
Every homebrewer knows the struggle when the bottle day is nearing, yet there are no available clear bottles in the surroundings. Reusing old bottles is sometimes the only way to bottle the batch...
Beer bottle caps come in various colors and shapes and it's not unusual for homebrewers to pass hundreds of caps through their hands every month when they brew a lot. Something used in such...
There are brewing standards that apply to leaving a headspace in the bottle and they are there for a good reason. Yet, there are also some myths associated with this which could teach you a bad...