Homebrewers Corner

The French 75 wasnโ€™t meant to sit quietly on a shelf ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿ‘‡

Top Shelf Gin fansโ€”your shed-made French 75 mig...

You donโ€™t need a bar tab or a fancy kit to mix a cocktail that knocks your socks off. With a hands-on gin blend and a few straight-up ingredients, the...

Top Shelf Gin fansโ€”your shed-made French 75 mig...

You donโ€™t need a bar tab or a fancy kit to mix a cocktail that knocks your socks off. With a hands-on gin blend and a few straight-up ingredients, the...

The smoothest beers start with one simple choice ๐Ÿ‘‡

Which Coopers malt extract to use, and what eac...

Malt extract sets the base flavour of a kit beer long before the hops get a say, so here is what the wheat one and the amber one and the...

Which Coopers malt extract to use, and what eac...

Malt extract sets the base flavour of a kit beer long before the hops get a say, so here is what the wheat one and the amber one and the...

The wrong yeast won't ruin your beer... it'll create a brew you never meant to make ๐Ÿ‘‡

Coopers fans, ever brewed wheat beer that taste...

Thought wheat beer just tasted like, wellโ€ฆ wheat? Think again. The yeast you choose โ€” whether itโ€™s bold and banana-y or clean and crisp โ€” sets the whole vibe of...

Coopers fans, ever brewed wheat beer that taste...

Thought wheat beer just tasted like, wellโ€ฆ wheat? Think again. The yeast you choose โ€” whether itโ€™s bold and banana-y or clean and crisp โ€” sets the whole vibe of...

If your beer tastes thin, the problem isnโ€™t your hops ๐Ÿ‘‡

Why your homebrew has no head and goes flat fast

A beer that pours with no head and dies in the glass is usually telling you about your washing up, not your recipe. Here is what to check, and in...

Why your homebrew has no head and goes flat fast

A beer that pours with no head and dies in the glass is usually telling you about your washing up, not your recipe. Here is what to check, and in...

Flat beer? It's not the kit. It's what you *don't* do ๐Ÿ‘‡

How long to condition a kit beer before you dri...

Most of the homebrew that gets called rough was only opened too early. Here is what changes in the bottle week by week, and how to tell when it is...

How long to condition a kit beer before you dri...

Most of the homebrew that gets called rough was only opened too early. Here is what changes in the bottle week by week, and how to tell when it is...

If you know how to handle a still, youโ€™re halfway to Kentucky ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‘‡

What bourbon made at home really tastes like

An essence gets you a long way toward a bourbon character, and it will not get you the whole way there. Worth knowing which bits it does and does not...

What bourbon made at home really tastes like

An essence gets you a long way toward a bourbon character, and it will not get you the whole way there. Worth knowing which bits it does and does not...