Brewing & Winemaking – Page 6 – BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

January 7, 2018 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

Live Q&A (and what to do in 2018)

A continuation of last week’s live stream, more live Q&A, and what I’m thinking about doing for 2018. BNB Gear: https://teespring.com/beer-n-bbq-by-larry See something in one

December 31, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

First Live Stream and 2017 End of Year Message to My Subscribers

End of year update for 2017, wishing you all well in 2018, tasting my 2016 pinot grigio, and general chat with my subscribers. Links to

December 3, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

Choosing a Fermenter: Bucket, Carboy, Keg, or Conical

An overview and comparison of the pros and cons of the four main types of fermenters available to homebrewers and winemakers; plastic buckets, carboys (glass

November 27, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

Adjusting Homebrew Recipes Due to Extract Efficiency Differences

A quick tutorial on how to adopt (modify the grain bill) another person’s homebrew recipe when its extract efficiency is different from your own brew

November 27, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

Scaling Homebrew Recipes

A short tip on scaling your homebrew recipes and answer to a question I get regularly. Leverage my brewing recipe template to scale a recipe

November 16, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

CF10 Spike Conical Unitank Fermenter: A Hands-On Review

An overview and walk through of using the CF10 Spike Brewing conical fermenter to ferment a 10 gallon batch of beer that I made. Topics

October 31, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

The Pico Pro: A Hands On Review

My review, and walk through, of using the Pico Pro by PicoBrew to brew a beer with one of their prepackaged PicoPaks. The PicoPak I

October 26, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

My 10 Gallon Brewery: Overview & First Brew Day

In this culmination of my 5 to 10 gallon brewery upgrade project, I walk through the new brew system layout showing how the individual components

October 15, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

My Spike Brewing 20 Gallon Custom Kettle

The 4th component in my 5 to 10 gallon brewery upgrade project is my new 20 gallon 3-port stainless steel brew kettle from Spike Brewing.

October 12, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

How to Make an Immersion Chiller: A DIY Project

A tutorial on how to build an immersion wort chiller suitable to chill ten gallons of hot wort down to yeast pitching temperature. This is

October 5, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

Building a Hot Liquor Tank: A DIY Project

An easy step-by-step tutorial on converting a 10 gallon beverage cooler into a Hot Liquor Tank (HLT) for all grain brewing. This is another component

October 2, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

Building a Mash Tun: A DIY Project

As part of my 5 to 10 gallon brewery upgrade project, this step-by-step tutorial on making your own mashtun/lautertun from a picnic cooler will allow

September 25, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

Brothers Brown: English Brown Ale

My brother, Chad, and I made a batch of English brown ale, fermented it while naturally carbonating in the Fermentasaurus conical fermenter, and racked it

September 22, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

How to Make a Spunding Valve: A DIY Project

Learn how to make your own home brew spunding valve to assist with closed system pressure transfers from vessel to vessel (e.g. fermenter to keg)

September 21, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

The Fermentasaurus: A Hands-On Review

My opinion of the Fermentasaurus conical fermenter by Oxebar in context of brewing a beer; an English brown ale. Also featured is the pressure lid

September 16, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

Brewing Recipe Template v2.2 Update

Version 2.2 of my brewing recipe calculator template is out. Updates include an SRM color calculator, a forced carbonation keg pressure calculator, and a MUCH

September 5, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

The Unnecessary Secondary: Why I Don’t Use Secondary Fermenters

A common question I get is whether I perform secondary fermentation in secondary fermenters or not. There are several very good reasons why I do

August 31, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

Batch vs Fly (Continuous) Sparging: Why I Batch Sparge

I get a lot of questions on this topic, so I thought that I’d do a quick Q&A on why I batch sparge instead of

August 23, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

Brewing Recipe Template v2.1 Update

Overview of enhancements and fixes to my brewing recipe calculator spreadsheet since version 2.0. 1:03 – Instructions Tab Update 1:42 – Sparge Calculation Update 2:35

August 18, 2017 BEER-N-BBQ by Larry

Hefeweizen

Brewing, fermenting, kegging, & tasting of a hefeweizen, a Bavarian-style wheat beer, to quench my thirst on a hot Summer day. Made with Hallertau hops,