Backyard Brewers

Last weekend I noticed that for whatever reason one of my kegs decided it didn’t want to hold any pressure. I spent a couple of days readjusting the lid and re-pressurizing it but had no luck. Since I didn’t have any other kegs available I decided to bottle the rest of the beer. [...]

I spent a good amount of time the last couple of days reading up on the strategies homebrewers can take to estimate the International Bittering Units (IBU) of their beer.  If you’re not already familiar with what IBUs are, or how to calculate them, the internet is full of interesting articles on the subject.  I’d [...]