Jay's Brewing Blog

Its a good thing to know the hop profiles that you put in your beer as well as the hop substitutes for that particular beer that you are making.  So many times there are these weird out of the blue hop shortages that happen. The worst was just a few years back which homebrew shops […]

It’s time to make the pumpkin ale brew taste like a pumpkin pie. If your totally lost on what you need to do to get up to this point or what I’m talking about, it may be a good idea to refresh yourself and reread the blog that this corresponds to this one. As a […]

Many home brewers know of, or have heard of base malts.  You’ve probably seen them in recipes but may not really know the major differences about them.  There are quite a few different base malts: 2-Row, 6-Row, Pilsen Malt, Pale Malt, Wheat Malt, Maris Otter,  just to name the ones that come to the top of my […]

Hard apple cider is easy to make.  Also as far as it goes, hard apple cider can be  pretty cheap to make if you are going to be making a smaller batch. I just recently made a batch with a recipe that is from my great grandmothers recipe book. I have dubbed this recipe the, […]

Pumpkins are now at stores, which means one thing, its Pumpkin Ale Time!  I love my pumpkin ales.  You can litterally do what ever you wish with a Pumpkin Ale.  This recipe is one that I enjoy making, it really taste like a pumpkin pie in your mouth. At the end of the recipe I […]

You would think that the choice is simple when choosing a carboy.  You have glass carboys and you have plastic carboys. But is it really that simple? An ongoing debate has been in the brewing world about plastic or glass carboys ever since carboys have been around on which one is the best option for you when […]

A common question I here a lot from home brewers is, “Do I need to secondary ferment?”.  The answer to this question is a bit complicated and really is a case by case, so as of now I will say, “It depends”. Before we dive in too deep, I should first clarify for those that […]

I love to brew beer and I brew a lot. I try to brew about 2-3 times a week, I know I’m an outskirt to any statistic when it comes down it to it.  Before you have a knee jerk reaction, most of the brewing that I do is usually a 2.5 gallon batches.  The […]

Just want to welcome you to Jay’s Brewing Blog.  Content will be added soon! Cheers, Derek