March 2010

Krausening Home Brewed Beer

by Brad Smith on March 22, 2010 · 7 comments

Krausening is a traditional German method for carbonating beers without using sugars or other adjuncts. Instead actively fermenting malt wort is added to the fermented beer to provide the malted sugars needed for carbonation. The “Reinheitsgebot”, or German purity law, originated in Bavaria in 1516. It specifies that beer may only be made from the three basic ingredients: malt, hops, and water.

An Interview with Brewing Author Randy Mosher

by Brad Smith on March 10, 2010 · 2 comments

This week we feature an interview with Randy Mosher, author of the books “Brewer’s Companion”, “Tasting Beer”, and my personal favorite “Radical Brewing“.  Randy is an accomplished long time brewer (27+ years) who was in on some of the early days of the homebrewing resurgence in the 1980′s and 1990′s.  Randy is also an accomplished [...]

New BeerSmith Apparel and Gear

by Brad Smith on March 3, 2010 · 0 comments

Buy BeerSmith Gear

Get BeerSmith brewing apparel and gear featuring the new BeerSmith logo!  Several years ago, a handful of you were fortunate enough to get our first run of BeerSmith shirts, and I’m happy to say we’ve now put together a store with various shirt styles, and even a few extras. With the new gear, you can [...]