15th Sep 2021
Keezer Build
By Jordan We often get requests for assistance in building keezers, so I thought I'd put together a basic overview to give everyone a better understanding of how they're put together. Es…
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6th Jul 2021
Something’s Off - Off-Flavours in Beer
By Greig McGill Has anything been more talked about in brewing circles than off-flavours? There must be thousands of articles, videos, and brewing conference presentations about the subject. I’m sur…
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29th Mar 2021
Adjuncting for Fun and Profit
By Greig McGill Boy am I the wrong guy to write this article! At Brewaucracy, we try to avoid adjuncts unless they are necessary to the style. “Beer is for fun” is the zeitgeist, but we have a littl…
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18th Feb 2021
Variables and Variability
By Greig McGill While the title might sound like Jane Austen’s forgotten romance novel set against the backdrop of the steamy science community, I assure you this article is about brewing! Specifi…
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23rd Oct 2020
Yeast Unleashed
By Greig McGillMany of us as homebrewers can get locked into our ways. We can be slow to embrace new advances in technology, or new science which might shake up our conceptions of how we can or should…
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12th Aug 2020
Things the Grandchildren Should Know
By Greig McGillWith apologies to Mark Oliver Everett for the stolen title, this time I thought I’d be a little less technical and offer up a selection of things I wish I’d known or done differently wh…
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10th May 2020
Hop Handling 101
By Greig McGillHops are, for all intents and purposes, the mascot of the craft beer revolution. While there are plenty of beer aficionados who are not hop-heads, the loudest, proudest, and certainly m…
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10th Feb 2020
Peering Into the Crystal Ball
By Greig McGill Happy 2020 everyone! I hope you’re all brewing up a storm and planning delicious things for this year. It’s certainly been a crazy time in the brewery for me, but the team at Brews…
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5th Nov 2019
Brewing On Stewart Island
We asked Mike Douglass, a regular Brewshop customer, about his brewing and how different it is while living on Stewart Island.What type of brewing set up do you have, how often do you brew, and what s…
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4th Sep 2019
Fresh is Best?
By Greig McGillA long time ago, Stu McKinlay (of Yeastie Boys and SOBA founding member fame) and I had a good natured back-and-forth thing going on Twitter. #FreshIsBest (me) versus #FreshIsNotBest (S…
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9th May 2019
A Sparge By Any Other Name...
By Greig McGillFollowing on from the last post, sparging - rinsing of residual sugars from the mash bed using hot water - can be accomplished by various methods. The goal is the same. The brewer wants…
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7th Feb 2019
A Mash by Any Other Name…
By Greig McGillSurely, the mash is everyone’s favourite part of the brew day? I love the smell of hot grains, slowly unlocking their sweet potential as they steep in hot water. And that’s what the mas…
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