Do Hops Add Alcohol Content To Beer? (Why Hoppy Beers Have High ABV)
Hops do not add alcohol content to beer as they are simply used during the brewing process to add flavor and aroma to the finished beer. Hops used in brewing are the flowers, or cones, of the Humulus...
Do Hops Add Calories to Beer? (Plus Why IPAs Have More Calories)
Hops add an insignificant number of calories to beer through the extraction of hop oils during the brewing process where they are boiled or steeped in the beer to add flavor and aroma to the finished...
Homebrew Beer Coming Out of the Airlock (How To Deal With a Blowout!)
Homebrew beer can come out of airlocks during active fermentation because the explosive growth of yeast and excess carbon dioxide inside the wort can quickly expand to overfill the available...
Best Airlock for Fermenting and Brewing Beer (3-piece, S-shaped, More)
Any S-shaped airlock or 3-piece airlock works well for fermenting homebrew as long as it is properly sanitized, creates a tight seal with the fermenting vessel, and stays filled with sanitizing...
The best bench and wing-style cappers for homebrewers to use when bottling homebrew beer.
Homebrew Beer Twang (Off-flavors In Both Extract and All-Grain)
Most new homebrewers choose to do an extract recipe for their first few batches and many discover that their extract homebrew beer has a strange twang or off-flavor to the taste. Homebrew beer...
