• Home
  • Hops
    • DIY Projects
    • Dry Hop
    • Grow Hops
    • Videos
  • Grain
    • DIY Projects
    • Dog Treats!
    • Toasted Oats
    • Weigh And Mill Grain
    • Videos
  • Yeast
    • DIY Projects
    • The Life Cycle of Yeast
    • Harvesting, Rinsing and Re-Pitching
    • Videos
  • Water
    • DIY Projects
    • Ward Labs Water Report
  • Process
    • Brewing Guides
  • Equipment
    • DIY Projects
    • Homebrewer's Guide to Plastics
    • Store Hops And Specialty Grains
    • Organize Keg Supplies
  • Polls
  • Lists
  • Charts
  • Creative
  • Favorite Things
  • Coming Soon
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • Hops
    • DIY Projects
    • Dry Hop
    • Grow Hops
    • Videos
  • Grain
    • DIY Projects
    • Dog Treats!
    • Toasted Oats
    • Weigh And Mill Grain
    • Videos
  • Yeast
    • DIY Projects
    • The Life Cycle of Yeast
    • Harvesting, Rinsing and Re-Pitching
    • Videos
  • Water
    • DIY Projects
    • Ward Labs Water Report
  • Process
    • Brewing Guides
  • Equipment
    • DIY Projects
    • Homebrewer's Guide to Plastics
    • Store Hops And Specialty Grains
    • Organize Keg Supplies
  • Polls
  • Lists
  • Charts
  • Creative
  • Favorite Things
  • Coming Soon
  • Contact Us
   BrewGeeks

Sniffing Airlocks since 2010

Beer Labels in Motion

7/25/2013

4 Comments

 
What do you get when you cross animated gifs with beer?  Awesomeness of course!

Trevor Carmick creates these beauties over at his site called Beer Labels in Motion.  Drop on by and check out his other favorite craft beers done up animation-style or follow him at Twitter @beerlabelmotion to see the latest.
Picture
4 Comments

BrewBit Model-T Temp Controller

7/23/2013

2 Comments

 
Temperature controllers are becoming all the rage with brewers these days and who can blame them?? If you want great brew, then you need to control the temp of fermentation very carefully.

This isn't the first temperature control module that we've covered but it's one of the nicest! 

It checks the box for all the must-haves including:

  • Temperature Profiles - automatically adjust temperatures over time
  • Dual outputs - control multiple devices with a single Model-T
  • Dual temperature probes - control one or both outputs independently
  • Supports wall or panel mounting
  • Requires no wiring
  • Open Source hardware and software
  • Wireless connectivity over your WiFi network
  • Control from anywhere with Internet connection
  • Oh, and a Kickass user interface!

Check out all of the details on kickstarter or BrewBit.com.
Picture
Picture
2 Comments

A Musical Beer Bottle Sings Better Than You

6/13/2013

1 Comment

 
Thomas Edison, one of the great inventors of our time, created a music player called the phonograph which played cylinders that were inscribed with music. Flat discs, better known as records, eventually took over and Edison was forced to give in and change his design.

Now, after all these years, a new form of etched media was created as a marketing collaboration by Beck's record label project. What does it play you ask? It's a song by the New Zealand indie rock band Ghost Wave called "Here She Comes."

Check out the full article courtesy of CNET here.
Picture
Picture
1 Comment

The Fermostat!

6/9/2013

1 Comment

 
Hello there BrewGeeks. Temperature control is one of the last great frontiers to achieving the best homebrew possible, usually because it's not easy to dial in the perfect temperature. Cost and specialized knowledge can factor into how this is accomplished. A common method is to buy a freezer and hook up a johnson style controller to help maintain temperature. This device allows the brewer to set and maintain a temp by turning the freezer on and off.  It works well, but does have a few shortcomings.

First, a single-stage unit is focused only on cooling and does not connect to a heat source to raise the temperature when necessary. This means when it's set to, say 55 degrees, the actual temperature in the freezer can fluctuate within a range of as much as 5-7 degrees depending on its compressor and other factors. There is also no way to automate a fermentation schedule which is important when brewing certain styles and is also a great way make sure your beers finish where you want them to. 

You've seen our fermentation chambers that accomplish these goals but I'll be the first to admit that most homebrewers will not go through the trouble I did. Enter Caleb's Fermostat!  With its intuitive interface and design, it takes the old style johnson controller to a whole new level!

If he can get the support he needs through kickstarter, it could easily be the next great gadget for the serious homebrewer!  Check out his funny video below and if you like what you see, head over to his kickstarter page to read more.

Cheers!

-TK
1 Comment

Behold The BrewBQ!

6/4/2013

1 Comment

 
Picture
Brewing is a creative past-time where a good recipe is downright awe-inspiring.  New homebrewers quickly realize that, although we stick to the basic rules, brewing techniques can vary and the equipment used can be just as motivational.

kaeptnerdnuss demonstrates this here with the clever repurposing of a stainless BBQ grill that he calls the BrewBQ!

Click the link below to check out the rest of his pictures.

[Read More]

1 Comment

Drink Pairing For Classic Arcade Games

5/29/2013

2 Comments

 
Picture
Over at
  • BON APPÉTIT's site, P
  • aul Kermizian, a child of the 80s (like pratically everyone in my circle of friends), chimes in on what classic 80's video games pair well with which beers.  Here are a few for you..  click the link at the bottom for the rest.

    Tapper with Sly Fox Helles Golden Lager or Victory All Malt Lager
    In 1983's Tapper you control a mustachioed bartender who must serve wave after wave of increasingly surly patrons; cowboys, jocks, punk rockers, and, eventually, aliens. The game was originally, and somewhat controversially, branded with the Budweiser logo, but, says Kermizian, "we've always had the fantasy of hiring someone to reprogram the ROMs on our Tapper machines to have a craft brewery logo." As for a pairing, "There are a few nice Helles beers--light golden lagers made by American breweries that would go well." From Phoenixville, PA, Kermizian likes Sly Fox Helles Golden Lager, which Kermizian says "is really easy drinking--you could just see the aliens in Tapper pounding them." 

    Golden Axe with B. Nektar or Redstone Mead
    Whether you decide to be Ax Battler, a Conan the Barbarian lookalike, axe-swinging dwarf Gilius Thunderhead, or Amazon Tyris Flare in this Medieval side-scrolling adventure game from 1989, Kermizian thinks you'd get into the spirit best by pairing gameplay with a mead. "We really love the meads from Redstone in Colorado and from B. Nektar Meadery in Michigan. You can drink it out of a glass, though originally it might have been from a goblet, or more likely from the bladder of a goat." 

    Marble Madness with Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
    Marble Madness was one of the more unusual successes of the arcade era. In this game from 1984, the player uses a trackball to guide a marble through and over Miami Vice-hued mazes set on a black background. The object is simple, but gameplay is surprisingly challenging. Kermizian paired it with a similarly deceptive brew. "There are beers like Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron, where people come in on a Friday night, and they think, 'Ahh, Dogfish Head--I want one of those.' But this one is 14 percent ABV, and it's pretty challenging. You've got to know what you're doing if you're going to drink a few of those. [Like] Marble Madness, it seems like this harmless, easy game, you're just trying to maneuver these marbles around a playing field, but it's pretty easy to find yourself going over the edge."

    [Read More]

    2 Comments

    TJPfeister's Mash Rake

    5/10/2013

    2 Comments

     
    Picture
    Are you sitting around wondering what your next DIY project will be?  Look no further!  Here's a relatively quick-n-dirty demonstration by TJPfeister on how to construct a mash rake.  

    There's a link to his original article at the end of the full post and also be sure to stop by his club site Green Bay Rackers to see what else they have going on!

    You will need:
    • Two 3/4" x 36" pieces of poplar square stock (retails for ~$2.50 at local hardware stores)
    • One 3/8" x 36" poplar dowel (retails for ~$1.00 at local hardware stores)
    • A drill and bits
    • Some sort of clamping device
    • A saw
    • A hammer
    • Some finishing nails
    • Diagonal cutters or something similar
    • A small punch
    • A means of measuring

    Items that aren't required, but make life a little easier:
    • A drill press
    • A finishing nail gun
    • A mitre box
    • An assistant
    [Read More]

    2 Comments

    How Fast Can You Open 24 Beers?

    5/6/2013

    0 Comments

     
    Hey BrewGeeks fans! Sorry for the delay in blog posts. Although I don't have much time these days to find interesting things to post, I hope our fellow brewers find the rest of the information around the site useful. If you haven't looked around yet, check the sections to the left to get started. We will continue to add content down the road.

    If you are interested in being an editor for BrewGeeks and want to contribute by finding and posting articles, shoot us an email and we can talk about setting you up.

    In the meantime, please enjoy this engineering feat of awesomeness.
    0 Comments

    Taste ingredients before brewing with them.

    4/2/2013

    6 Comments

     
    Picture
    There are several ways to try ingredients before your brew day. Common techniques are tasting wort, chewing on grain SMASH beers or making a test batch. None of these approaches are ideal since making a batch that doesn't turn out as expected sucks and tasting wort isn't the same as a finished beer. In this tutorial, I will show you how to isolate different ingredients, in small batches, all at once. We will focus on five grains today, but there's no limit to the number of batches you can brew on a given day. But there's more! You can use this technique to test hops, different yeasts strains or to design a beer recipe! 

    [Read More]

    -Scoundrel

    6 Comments

    Cartoon Humor

    3/28/2013

    0 Comments

     
    Thanks Jerry, for making us smile by sending over this great cartoon! You can check out more of his work by visiting JerryKing.com
    Picture
    0 Comments
    <<Previous
    Forward>>

      Thanks for visiting BrewGeeks!

      This site is dedicated to sharing information about homebrewing and beer. We hope you find something here that helps your brew day go a little more smoothly.

      If you like our site, please help spread the word. We really appreciate it!

      Cheers!


      Popular Articles

      Make Starters
      Grow Hops
      Dry Hop
      Track Your Beer
      Clean & Sanitize
      Carbonator Cap 

      Have Feedback or Suggestions?
      Contact Us

      Archives

      January 2022
      November 2015
      September 2015
      August 2015
      July 2015
      June 2015
      October 2013
      July 2013
      June 2013
      May 2013
      April 2013
      March 2013
      February 2013
      January 2013
      December 2012
      November 2012
      October 2012
      September 2012
      August 2012
      July 2012
      June 2012
      May 2012
      April 2012
      March 2012
      February 2012

      Categories

      All



      [ Powered by Yeast ]
    Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.