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Part 2 The Beer Ingredients In the previous part of this series we’ve pretty much settled on the idea that brewing your own beer at home is quite simple and you don’t need sophisticated equipment to do that. And that is generally true, until you start digging deeper into the actual process and the methods employed, as each of the ingredients may require additional treatment and steps in the production workflow that will make the entire brewday longer and more sophisticated. So let’s look at what goes to the brewing kettle and how this affects your brewing practices and brewing...

Hey, shoppers of Canuck Homebrew Supply, missed me? Well, I sure did miss you, and I definitely should apologize for the long period of silence on my end. We’ve been pretty busy at the shop and warehouse these past months, and hadn’t enough time for writing as we usually do. But now things are slowly getting back on track and I can address some of the commonly asked questions, the most frequent of which is “where should I start with homebrewing?” that comes in one form or another. Part 1 Brewing Basics The most peculiar thing about this question is...

You’ve probably heard the saying “Brewer makes the wort, yeast makes the beer”, and it’s actually very hard to find a more accurate statement that describes the role yeast plays in beer production. Of course, the work of the brewer is substantial and without them there would be no beer as we know it today. However, it’s really hard to overestimate the importance of brewer’s yeast in the process of beer making, since it’s the very agent that converts the maltose in the wort into alcohol we all appreciate beer for. And any professional brewer knows really well that without...

Hello Everyone. Due to the tremendous response to our 'May the forth be with you sale', I am taking this week off from writing to help with getting the orders out. The sale ends May 11th at midnight, so remember to get your orders in before the clock strikes 12! For any of you that have not been on our facebook page today there is an interesting article that I have a linked to called "Watch the Hands not the Cards - The Magic of Megabrew", which explains more on why the big breweries are doing their best to buy...

Why Support Your Local Craft Brewery? Many craft breweries in Canada started out as Mom and Pop operations, and today quite a few have remained that way. These small breweries have gone through many growing pains to get to the point where they were finally able to produce and sell a craft beer for all to enjoy. Many of them started out the same way you and I have, wanting to create our own beer to enjoy. Sometimes we get over ambitious and things get out of hand, more equipment, brewing more often, compliments on our homebrew and the next...