More Time to Enter & Opportunities to Win
Here’s Your Chance, Enter Up to 6 Brews by Feb. 12You have until Sunday, February 12, to register for the National Homebrew Competition! That’s more time to sample your best brews, refine your recipes, sample again (we suggest offering your pals a few sips for their generous feedback), and then enter the competition. 4 Reasons to Enter the World’s […]
Important Message for BeerSmith Users!!!
Important Upgrade Message for Legacy BeerSmith 2 UsersIn an effort to provide better data security, I will be phasing out direct access from within BeerSmith 2 to the BeerSmith Cloud on 1 March 2023. This will affect only BeerSmith 2 users as BeerSmith 3 already uses the latest security protocols. I have launched a two week […]
How to Properly Clean Your Brewing Hoses
Cleanliness is the most important aspect of brewing beer, even above the ingredients or your high-priced equipment. Buckets and fermentors are usually pretty straightforward to clean. The fact that you can get your hand in them, means that you can safely clean out all the brewing residue before stashing it away for next time. However, there is […]
HURRY: Registration Open 1/24 – 1/31!!!
It’s Time! Enter Your Best Beer, Mead, and Cider Registration for the National Homebrew Competition is open until January 31, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. MT. We encourage you to enter early, as the registration period may close sooner and move to a waitlist if the demand for competition entries is exceeded. Before Registering: Register Now Once you’ve entered […]
The Very Many Varieties of Beer Infographic
Soak Your Whole Body in Brew at a Beer Spa
It’s always a nice little anecdote when people talk about getting in touch with their heritage through food: feeling grandma’s influence in a tamale recipe or having a sourdough starter passed down through generations. I can’t say I’ve ever been propelled through ancestral space and time by food or drink—maybe because my own grandma’s signature […]
So What Are Hops?
The four main ingredients in beer are malt, water, yeast, and hops. And though many people get excited about hoppy beers, many might not understand what exactly a hop is. Hops are the flowers, or cones, of a plant called Humulus lupulus. Hops help to keep beer fresher, longer; help beer retain its head of foam—a […]
Why Oxygen is Bad in Beer
Commercial brewers go to extreme lengths to reduce the amount of oxygen in their finished beers, and as a home brewer you should be concerned about oxygen as well. Oxygen can spoil the long term stability of your beer flavor and clarity and lead to a variety of off flavors. Oxygen in Fermentation versus Finished […]
National Homebrew Competition Registration opens January 24, 2023
Get Ready! Registration for the National Homebrew Competition (NHC)—the world’s largest amateur homebrew competition for celebrating the most outstanding beer, mead, and cider—opens Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. MT. The 2023 NHC Rules & Regulations are now available. Please review the style categories, First Round judging site preference selection, entry shipping instructions, and read What’s New from the Director. To allow […]
Monthly Meeting 01-14-2023
Attendees Memberships Agenda