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Welcome to Free Beer Recipes

Published on 2022-03-09 15:41:00

Brewing beer in your home is an extremely rewarding past time. And these days, with the range of quality ingredients available online and from your local home brew supplier, it's easy to make excellent quality beers. With a little care and practice, > read more

Extract Recipes

Published on 2021-03-15 19:40:00

Extract beer recipes are easy to brew at home with a minimum of equipment. Extract beer recipes are essentially made up of:Liquid malt extractDry malt extract (spray malt) or sugarHopsYeastCrushed specialty grainsThey are easy to prepare, as long as > read more

All Grain recipes

Published on 2020-03-15 22:06:00

All grain recipes are a bit more complicated than extract brewing. They require additional equipment and time but they give you far greater control over the final product. The flip side of this is that you've also got more chance to mess it up.You sh > read more

Sanitising with Star San

Published on 2011-04-18 18:06:00

I've always used household bleach for my sanitising rituals. This was partly due to it being cheap, partly because it's also a good cleaner, and partly because the only alternatives I'd seen readily available here in NZ were Sodium metabisulphate and > read more

Duesseldorf Altbier

Published on 2011-04-18 17:36:00

Schloesser AltbierI've been quietly interested in brewing one of these for a while now. It's not a widely brewed beer style, but it sounds interesting. It's also one of the few German Ale styles (the majority of German beers are lagers).An Altbier is > read more

Bitterness ratio (BU:GU)

Published on 2011-04-17 18:36:00

I've been looking in to the relationship between hop bitterness and maltiness. The idea is to develop a good balance between these two when formulating a beer recipe.Of course, different beer styles have different bitterness ratios. An IPA for > read more

Light dry malt extract - where to get it

Published on 2011-04-12 19:56:00

As a partial masher, every full sized batch of beer I do needs some malt extract added. I've generally used light liquid malt extract in the past (e.g. Black Rock or Muntons), but in my opinion, the better option is light dry malt extract (spray malt > read more

Holiday Spiced Porter

Published on 2011-04-12 19:45:00

I've been keen to try a spiced beer for a while. Planning for it to be ready for a mid-winter Christmas. Note, this is a 10 litre all grain batch which I'll be able to do with my 12 litre brew pot.The process will be the same as for my partial mashes > read more

Making a yeast starter

Published on 2011-04-11 20:10:00

If you're using liquid yeast, or if you're going to re-use yeast you've washed from a previous brew, you'll need to know how to make a yeast starter. A yeast starter is the process of growing your yeast cell numbers and getting them ready to do an ef > read more

Yeast washing

Published on 2011-04-11 20:06:00

Yeast washing refers to the process of reusing the yeast from a just completed fermentation.Once you've finished taking the fermented beer off your yeast cake (either after bottling or transferring to a secondary vessel), you're left with a thick tru > read more

Parascalops Porter (Mole Porter)

Published on 2011-04-10 21:22:00

Source: Brew Your Own, December 2007I've been toying with the idea of making a chocolate and chili beer, inspired somewhat by the success of our chili plants over the summer.This one I found over at BYO.com looks like a nice starting point. I like th > read more

Coopers Pale Ale Two-can

Published on 2011-04-06 22:02:00

I thought I'd try this out to see if it produces a drinkable beer compared with the partial mash brews I've been doing lately.The idea is that it works out around $30 for two cans of Coopers Pale Ale syrup, compared with closer to $50 for the ingredi > read more

Boxing day IPA

Published on 2011-04-06 21:43:00

This one was meant to be a standard American Pale Ale, but I somehow got ridiculous efficiency and it ended up coming out a bit on the strong side. The good news is that it seems to have handled that high alcohol content with a very smooth taste.&nbs > read more

Digital temperature controller for home brewing - How to wire it up

Published on 2010-12-17 03:19:00

Temperature control is one of the most important factors in home brewing consistently good beer. The following is a guide on how to wire up an STC-1000 digital temperature controller so it can be used in conjunction with a fridge and a heat belt / he > read more

Hefeweizen

Published on 2010-11-30 14:24:00

This is a german-style wheat beer. I've used dry WB-06 wheat yeast, but I'd recommend using a liquid wheat yeast if you can get hold of it. Or try cultivating a genuine wheat yeast from a commercial bottle of hefeweizen.Recipe: HefeweizenBrewer: Matt > read more

Comparison chart for NZ online store prices

Published on 2010-10-26 17:59:00

Store Hauraki Homebrew Brewshop.co.nz Liberty Brewing Dunedin Malthouse Yeast Safbrew S-33 $5.10 $4.95 N/A N/A Safale S-04 $5.70 > read more

Comparison of prices for online home brew suppliers in NZ

Published on 2010-10-26 17:58:00

A little while ago I did a bit of a price comparison between the home brew suppliers I could find in new Zealand. Based on this I settled on Hauraki Homebrew as my supplier. This was based purely on price and range. I have popped in there in person a > read more

Schwarzbier #1

Published on 2010-10-20 20:44:00

Category: Dark LagerType: ExtractFermentables:Grains:(250g) Chocolate maltExtract:1.8kg Muntons Dark Liquid Extract750g Light Dry ExtractHops15g Sticklebract 12.2%AAU (60min)15g NZ Hallertau 7.2%AAU (30min)15g NZ Hallertau 7.2%AAU (5min)Yeast:SafLage > read more

R.B. Porter

Published on 2010-09-06 23:12:00

R.B. Porter Brown Porter Type: Partial Mash Date: 5/09/2010 Batch Size: 21.50 L Brewer: Matt Boil Size: 10.00 L Asst Brewer: Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment Taste Rating(out of 50): 3 > read more

Brew Day for a Partial mash on the stove top

Published on 2010-08-31 21:05:00

Here are the abbreviated steps for partial mash brewing on the stove top using two large pots. It's not much more involved than extract with steeped specialty grains.Freeze plenty of ice a few days beforehand. You'll need this for cooling the wort in > read more