Jay's Brewing Blog

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 […]

Scottish ales are one of my favorite styles to make.  This one is a bigger Scottish ale, it has a smoky flavor, and almost a whiskey ending to it. It taste better as time goes on.  Since it’s a bigger beer, if you make it now you can have this towards the end of the […]

This year over at Jay’s Brewing blog we wrote quite a few different blog post.  Before the Mayan Calender comes to an end I want to put together the essential blog post for the year that I enjoyed writing and thought were pretty good.  So this is a reflection of 10 different blog post that I thought […]

When Christmas comes around I always  like books as gifts.  I enjoy to read – normally I’ll have 2 or 3 books going on at once.  One of the best ways to learn about the hobby of homebrewing is to do it yes, but reading about different philosophies and ideas is a great way to expand your […]

Every Thursday since the T.V show Moonshiners has come back on, I have received predictable questions either in person, over the phone, e-mail, or on the blog all containing to the subject of moonshine.  So much so that I have dubbed Thursday, Moonshine Thursday.  This post is really here so I can refer these questions to a set […]