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The Knowledge Base -
Conditioning and Storing
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Written by Barry Masterson
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Sunday, 24 August 2008 |
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 While bottling beer is a relatively simple process, there are some aspects that can be a source of confusion when faced with bottling your first brew. This article describes one proven technique: the use of a bottling bucket and a simple calculation that lets you plan the amount of carbonation you want. Carbonation is probably the final thing that you have control over when making your own beers. You can decide, with a fair degree of accuracy, the level of carbonation you want, whether that is to suit a general style or your own preferences.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 24 August 2008 )
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Articles -
Travel
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Written by Ger Buckley
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Sunday, 17 August 2008 |
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 I recently went to Vienna and Bratislava spending a few days in each city. Flew from Cork to Bratislava and bussed directly to Vienna. Spent two full days there seeing the sights and sampling what Vienna had to offer, then took a ferry to Bratislava on the Danube (very pleasant 75 minute trip!) and spent few days in Bratislava before returning home. I took notes on beers I encountered on my travels so here they are for your perusal!
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 17 August 2008 )
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Articles -
General Articles
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Written by kev
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Sunday, 10 August 2008 |
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Having been
brewing basic kits for a while I had been thinking it was time to move on to
dry malt extract. So when Séan kindly offered a dry malt extract kit it seemed
like as good a time as ever to start, with a California Common Beer.
Compared to most kits we are used to here it provides incredibly in-depth instructions and lots of useful tips for the less experienced brewer (the last kit I did said something along the lines of: open tin, pour contents into bucket, add boiling water and 1kg sugar, leave for a week, bottle then drink). Obviously with a kit there is less control over the overall outcome but this one was definitely a great way of learning more and making the step from the basic kits to using DME in a gentle manner.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 10 August 2008 )
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Articles -
General Articles
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Written by a_friend_in_mead
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
 Could you name four draught stouts if you were not told what each was? People on the Irish Craft Brewer site were pretty confident.
Rossa: myself and a friend did the 3 main stouts before in a hotel bar in cork. easy enough to tell them apart
Sbillings: I would say I could do the stouts.
When the 30th July in O’Neill's on Suffolk Street, Dublin was set for the test people started to hedge their bets rapidly:
Sbillings: Would "gah!, it's all bloody nitro stout" hurt the statistical analysis?
TheBeerNut: Oh, it's a bad half-pint. [Insert stout here] doesn't normally taste like that. It's probably because they don't serve much, the lines you know.
All of a sudden all nitro stouts might as well be served through a dishcloth for all the taste they provided.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 August 2008 )
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