This cream ale homebrew recipe and introduction comes to us from Paul Illa, inspired by another Minnesotan homebrewer friend Brett Glenna. See our tasting notes on the beer in the video below. In the video you see Charlie P. enjoying some dog treats that Illa made from the cream ale spent grains; if you’re interested
NanoCon is an awesome conference for nanobrewers and homebrewers looking to upgrade into the nanobrew space. In this episode, we go behind the scenes to see what the conference is all about and to talk beer gadgets and equipment with vendors, and about the motivation to start a nanobrewery with attendees from the
We talk with Niko Tonks, head brewer at Fair State Brewing Cooperative in Minneapolis about his Black is Beautiful variant, which is a blend of the suggested imperial stout recipe blended with a previous batch of barrel-aged Pecan Pie Stout. Niko shares some process tips for brewing big imperial stouts. He also talks more in
