Editor’s note: It is important that any beer enthusiast be able to properly identify different styles of beer as they are encountered in the wild. And more so, it is important for any novice brewer’s continued growth and success that he or she can distinguish between even closely related varieties as they endeavor to create [...]
Author Archives: Dan
Why Brew?
It is a question that is as old as the hills. Rare is the brewer who is not, at some point or another, approached by someone outside our grand fraternity of beer craftsmen who has not experienced the joy of tasting a delicious brew he or she has made themselves, and been asked, simply: Why? [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Comments closed
Equipment Corner: Hydrometers
Here at Brew Camp, part of our mission is to help educate home brewers about the techniques and equipment used in the art of brewing. One such piece of equipment is the hydrometer which, quite simply put, measures the density of a liquid. And why, you ask, would you care much about the density of [...]
Posted in Equipment Comments closed
Red Meat and Dark Beer
If you like brewing and you like drinking delicious beer (and we’ll just go ahead and assume that) you know that nothing you can buy comes close to what you can make yourself with the right recipe. You, like us, might also agree that this applies to food, too. From time to time, we thought [...]
Posted in Beer and Food Comments closed
Know Your Ingredients : Hops!
Here at Brewcamp, we’re not just about selling you everything you need to make great beer. We’re also very much about drinking large amounts of great beer. And beyond that, too, we’re also about educating you, the brewer. As important as it is to know the steps in the process (say them with us, now: [...]
Posted in Ingredients Comments closed