In this phase, the yeast are doing all the work of turning your wort into beer. The yeast consume sugars in the wort, creating alcohol and CO2 in the process. The bubbling in the airlock is caused by ...

With the wort in the fermentor, it's time to aerate, or add oxygen, which is essential to healthy fermentation. Aeration allows the yeast to ferment the sugar, turning it into alcohol and carbon ...

There are some practices employed by commercial brewers that aren't necessarily practical for homebrewers. There are also traditional methods that were employed for various reasons that no longer make ...

Beer is an alcoholic beverage made from barley, water, hops, and yeast. Brewing is a complex process where the ingredients are combined and fermented to become alcoholic. Even small changes in the ...

THE BEER GUY: What did your first brewing system consist of? BLATZ: I only did extract brews the first three to four batches I made before switching to an all-grain system. My first all grain system ...

Many of our readers started brewing at home this past weekend and their beers are now fermenting. We’ll have another post coming later this week explaining what is happening during fermentation. In ...

Fermentation is arguably the most important step in the brewing process. This is when your sugary wort turns into a bubbly, boozy beer. How? While the wort is sitting in a specially designed fermenter ...

International Beer Day is celebrated on the first Friday of August every year. The celebrations for this day have three purposes - gather with your friends, enjoy the beer, and raise a toast to those ...

The longer it takes to brew a batch of beer, the greater the chances of microorganisms getting in and ruining the whole thing. In order to speed up and simplify the process, scientists have developed ...

Premature yeast flocculation (PYF) is a persistent issue in beer brewing, where yeast settles too early during fermentation, leading to incomplete fermentation, reduced yield, and compromised flavor.