I discovered The New Complete Joy of Homebrewing at a local discount book store, and now that I own it, I would happily pay full price for a new copy if I should ever lose or destroy this copy. This is not a recipe book, although it does contain some recipes. This is a troubleshooting guide, as […]
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How to Make Coffee Without a Coffee Maker
I don’t drink a lot of coffee, so maybe I don’t fully appreciate this coffee brewing hack, but since I love DIY solutions to problems, I wanted to show an awesome hack James from survivalpunk.com thought of in order to brew coffee using nothing but a glass carafe, a filter, and a cut off […]
Kitchen Tip: Tea Brewing Tip
This is a quick Tea Brewing Tip for sweet tea – it works particularly well with hard water, but we are on city water, and it made a huge difference in the quality of my favorite drink. I really like sweet tea, but due to the bitterness of the tannins it contains, I hate unsweet tea. […]
Bung Sizes for Brewing
Today’s article on Bung sizes is more for me, than it is for you. I need a handy reference of what the numbers on the sides of the rubber stoppers mean in relation to size. The other day I needed a stopper for a non-standard (meaning scrounged) glass carboy. The jug was bigger than my […]