November 2012

Is my beer fermenting?

Hints and Tips /

Is my beer fermenting? How do I know when or if my beer is fermenting? Sometimes it is extremely difficult to determine if your brew has been fermenting or has even started fermenting at all. After pitching your yeast, fermentation will typically take about 6 to 18 hours to start depending on the age of […]

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How to Store Hops

Hints and Tips, Hops /

How to store Hops The Hop Aging Process There are three ways that hops degrade oxidisation temperature and light. The hop oils in hop flowers and pellets both aromatic and bittering will break down but heat accelerates the process greatly Old or stale hops have cheesy or skunky flavour that will spoil your beer. Hop

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