Jay's Brewing Blog

This post is really more of a benefit for those that are all-grain brewers.  If you are interested in learning how to all-grain brew, we do have a series on how to get into all-grain brewing.  It’s a pretty good one also, gives you step by step instructions.  If you have not gotten into all-grain […]

One of the things about mead is that you can really do what ever you want.  It sometimes becomes confusing for newbies in the mead world to figure out what recipes to do.  Well I can assure you this is a great mead recipe.  This is a ginger mead, so get ready for a bit […]

SMaSH Brewing is a great way to learn about different ingredients and how they work, also you can come up with some great beers using this as a tool.  The question that you might be asking right now is, “What is SMaSH brewing?”.  You see this term tossed around a lot and if you are […]

As of late I’m on this Sangria kick.  There is as house warming party this weekend and guess what I’m bringing… beer and sangria.  I’m a big dude (6’4 210 lbs with a shaved head), it may seem unsuspecting that I dig some sangria, but I can’t get enough of it as of late.  It’s […]

Sack meads are pretty sweet to begin with.  Since this one has the tea it in, it gives it a bit of a different flavor as well.  To me this has a very, “Eastern”, feel to it.  Something different to try if  you are looking for a recipe for mead. Ingredients  3.5 lbs Clover Honey […]

At Jay’s Brewing we made a Russian Imperial Stout with Joe from Proper Hops.  Here is the first  part in case you missed it. The second video was just made and can be seen below.  Make sure to like the video and show some love!  Also here is their facebook page. We’re doing a testing together […]

Sometimes when you homebrew you might find out that your bottles are over carbonated.  This can be troubling for those that are opening there bottles in front of friends and family only to get a beer exploding on them.  There are some ways to fix this though.  But before finding the solution you kinda have to […]

I’m hoping that everyone had a great new years.  2013 is going to be a great year for this blog.  One thing that we are going to do over at Jay’s Brewing is have lots of great post for 2013.  This year I would really like to have more blog series, people seemed to enjoy […]