Six Tips for Minimizing Beer Brewing Losses
SouthYeasters Homebrew Club
by Brad Smith and Friends
4y ago
This week I have 6 tips for minimizing your beer brewing losses when home brewing: Bag or Strain Your Hops – Hops matter is one of the largest contributors to trub losses in your brewing kettle, particularly given today’s highly hopped beer styles. Whether you are boiling, whirlpooling or dry hopping it is best to bag your hops or use some kind of hop strainer device (this is the one I use) to reduce the losses from hops. Use a Refractometer – While it does require some extra calculations to determine the gravity of fermenting wort with a refractometer, you need only a few drops to take a ..read more
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A note on South Africa’s drink-driving problem
SouthYeasters Homebrew Club
by Lucy Corne
4y ago
South Africa has an issue with drink-driving, and I am a part of the problem. I’m pretty sure you are too. Don’t get me wrong. I’m really careful when it comes to not driving after a night in the bar. I almost always Uber to any beer-related event and on the rare occasion that I do drive, I never have more than two half pints over the course of an entire evening. But wait – didn’t I just admit to being a part of the problem? And didn’t I just accuse you of the same? Indeed I did, and here’s why: although I’m very careful myself I don’t necessarily extend that care to friends or fellow drinker ..read more
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BeerSmith 3 Labor Day Sale – 20% off Through Monday
SouthYeasters Homebrew Club
by Brad Smith and Friends
4y ago
I’m pleased to announce the BeerSmith 3 Labor Day Sale is open now through Monday, 2 Sept, 2019 at midnight Eastern time. Get 20% of BeerSmith 3 desktop here. Whether you want the Gold, Platinum or Professional Subscription or the Basic (non subscroption) option, this is a great time to upgrade from BeerSmith 2 or get started as a new BeerSmith 3 customer. Get 20% off now if you order by Monday! Other News This week the BeerSmith Recipe Site surpassed 1 million total beer recipes making it the largest single repository of beer recipes in the world. I also will be announcing some new features ..read more
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Gluten Free Beer Brewing with Robert Keifer- BeerSmith Podcast #198
SouthYeasters Homebrew Club
by Brad Smith and Friends
4y ago
Robert Keifer joins us from Divine Sciences Brewing this week to discuss gluten free beer brewing recipe design. Subscribe on iTunes to Audio version or Video version or on Google Play Download the MP3 File– Right Click and Save As to download this mp3 file Topics in This Week’s Episode (57:20) This week I welcome Robert Keifer. Robert recently started a gluten free brewery called Divine Sciences Brewing and has also written on gluten free brewing for BYO magazine. We start with a discussion of some of the changes since Robert last appeared on the show including the start of his new brewer ..read more
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Win tickets to the Capegate Craft Beer Festival
SouthYeasters Homebrew Club
by Lucy Corne
4y ago
People of the Northern Suburbs – listen up! I know you sometimes feel a little left out in the whole craft beer thing, so here’s a post especially for you (which is not to say that it’s not for everyone else as well, of course). This weekend, August 30 and 31, the second annual Capegate Craft Beer Festival is taking place, would you believe, at the Capegate Shopping Centre in Brackenfell. Here are five reasons to attend: It’s not weather dependent Beer fests in winter are always a bit of a gamble but luckily if that 10% chance of rain turns into something a little more likely, it won’t affect ..read more
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Rating and Sharing Cloud Recipes in BeerSmith 3 Brewing Software
SouthYeasters Homebrew Club
by Brad Smith and Friends
5y ago
This video details how to rate and share recipes in BeerSmith 3 home brewing, mead, wine, and cider making software. It also features the new “unlisted” sharing options which make it easy to share with a friend even if you don’t want your recipe in the search results. You can find additional tutorials on the main tutorial page and download a free trial copy of BeerSmith from BeerSmith.com. Thanks for joining me on the BeerSmith Home Brewing Blog. Be sure to sign up for my newsletter or my podcast (also on itunes…and youtube…and streaming radio station) for more great tips on homebrewing. Th ..read more
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Six bullshit excuses you’re giving to not attend Beer Boot Camp (and why they’re bullshit)
SouthYeasters Homebrew Club
by Lucy Corne
5y ago
Ah, I do have a potty mouth. But the fact that you read the title of this article and still clicked on it suggests that you don’t mind, so let me expand… Next weekend (Aug 24 & 25) it is the fourth Beer Boot Camp, being held in Gauteng. I’ve come across a surprising number of people who are not attending so I thought I’d pick apart a few lame excuses and try and cajole you all into joining us! Organiser Julian Pienaar takes a mass selfie with John Palmer and half of the delegates at the 2015 Boot Camp 1. I can’t afford it OK here’s the thing – it is R1100 and that is not a huge amount o ..read more
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Mead with Michael Fairbrother and Berniece Van Der Berg – BeerSmith Podcast #197
SouthYeasters Homebrew Club
by Brad Smith and Friends
5y ago
Michael Fairbrother and Berniece Van Der Berg from Moonlight Meadery join me this week to discuss mead. Subscribe on iTunes to Audio version or Video version or on Google Play Download the MP3 File– Right Click and Save As to download this mp3 file Topics in This Week’s Episode (49:19) This week I welcome Michael Fairbrother and Berniece Van Der Berg from Moonlight Meadery.  Michael is founder and head mead maker at Moonlight Meadery, and Berniece is co-founder and Vice President of Marketing. We open with a brief discussion of some of the new things going on at Moonlight Meadery. Michael ..read more
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Beer review: Drifter x Tiny Keg Canned Grenade
SouthYeasters Homebrew Club
by Lucy Corne
5y ago
It is perhaps no secret to those that know me, or regularly follow my ramblings, that I am not the beer world’s biggest NEIPA fan. I tend to like my IPAs bitter and crisp and don’t generally find New England IPAs to be particularly thirst quenching. Also, in South Africa at least, I don’t find them to be very good. Well this one is good – definitely one of the best I’ve tried in SA. The aroma/flavour profile is pretty much what you’d expect from a juicy IPA – lots of mango, hints of citrus and an undertone of stewed peaches. It’s a little more bitter than many NEIPAs, which is probably why I ..read more
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Adjusting Sulfite Levels in Mead, Wine and Ciders
SouthYeasters Homebrew Club
by Brad Smith and Friends
5y ago
This week I look at how to adjust the free sulfite levels in your mead, wine or cider to achieve good shelf stability. Most commercial wines, meads and ciders have the words “contains sulfites” somewhere on the label. Sulfites, a name for Sulfer Dioxide (SO2), is a preservative that is widely used in winemaking and the food industry. It has antibacterial properties, reducing the risk of infection and refermentation. It also has antioxident properties which means it can help prevent oxidation of the beverage while in the bottle. It is typically added in the form of Potassium Metabisulfite whi ..read more
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