Jay's Brewing Blog

We got a taste of warm weather, and we all know what means – it’s Belgian time! With warm weather coming in, it really makes me itch for Belgian beers.  When Pinocchio said, Anything is possible if you just believe, I’m pretty sure he was referring to the world of Belgian brews. (Got to love the Disney […]

I wanted to put something up for this windy Wednesday that might bring a smile and found this. So you’ve made a few batches of beer and they have turned out pretty good.  How do you really know if you are a homebrewer yet?  Well I found this which may help: # votes You know […]

When it comes to kegging homebrew, the topic is a little up in the air.  Everyone has an opinion (like everything with homebrewing). Sometimes it can feel as if the blind are leading the blind and the information well,  sucks.  At the end of your quest for knowledge you still have no idea what you are doing, […]

To me brewing is fun and relaxing but one thing that is not, is when you start brewing and all of a sudden you forget something that is pretty important to the brew.  When brewing beer things can happen and it’s good to have an, “emergency kit”.  What I mean by an emergency kit is, having […]

For what ever reason I find videos and pictures of homebrewing gone wrong to be hysterical. I don’t know the percentage but, to make it seem dramatic we’ll say 99% of the time your home brew explodes is because what ever you are using (if it’s either a blow off tube or an air lock) gets […]

The one aspect of making your own beer and or wine that so unique to this hobby versus other ones is customization.  You can literally do what ever you would like to do when making your own beer and wine. A personal favorite for me with making beer and wine is having your own fictitious company and calling your recipes what ever […]

Since March is here and if you have a garden then you know, it’s gonna be planting season (another one of my many hobbies).  What’s cool about homebrewing is you can plant your own hops in your back yard.  With craft beer catching on, you might want to see if your local garden center has […]

I wanted to put this recipe out before you start seeing them.  I love country wines and this is as country as they come.  In my opinion nothing says homemade wine quite like Dandelion Wine.  This is a recipe that I have used in the past and it works out pretty well.  Dandelion Wine.  When […]

So to finish off this series we are going to create a few recipes to show what we have learned.  We have gone through a lot and now it’s time to test the knowledge and put into some practical use. First off let’s do an American Pale Ale (The Sweet Nectar Of Life) Starting off […]

Sorry for the long delay on writing on the blog, we just got internet over the weekend, still trying to get our phone # transferred over.  Things are moving a long though. Related Post Jay’s Brewing Video From Clifton We Have Moved New Pictures Meet Your Maker Mill