Whether you are partial to making wine or beer, there are a variety of different recipes waiting for experimentation. But while the types of beer and wine making supplies are bountiful, there is one ingredient that crucial to the difference...
When you think about wine made in the United States, the Napa Valley region of California is often the first place that comes to mind. Thats not surprising when you realize that the county houses an enormous collective acreage of...
Any veteran home brewer will tell you theres no feeling like the one you get opening your first beer bottle from your rookie batch. Exactly 14 days after bottling my first beer (a pale ale), I stood in my kitchen...
Even for the biggest beer lover, brewing the same simple beer recipes like pale ale, amber, brown ale, and wheat beers can get tedious. Thats why there are many more complicated recipes to push your beer making skills to the...
Believe it or not, learning to brew your own beer is very similar to learning how to bake. A pastry chef in training doesnt start with a chocolate soufflé, so dont start out your experiments in home brewing with a...
Wine labels often catch your attention through colorful artwork or clever names that read like they're straight from a headline on the Onion. Those striking labels and punny names will stick with you long enough to mention in a future...
From the very moment I started boiling water to kick off my first batch of beer, I was nervous I had already messed it up. Thankfully this was not the case, and the water boiled as the laws of physics...
Weve all had this experience before when browsing a liquor store: Scanning the vast array of beer options, you land on one that has set itself apart with a catchy name. The beers name stuck in your mind long enough...
When I received my home beer making kit from Santa on Christmas Day this year, I reacted with the same jubilation as I did a decade earlier when I unwrapped a brand new Nintendo 64 (true story). Along with a...
