A watermelon wine is a tricky balancing act. You need to balance the delicate flavour and enhance the aroma that would be lost if the wine is too dry. This watermelon wine recipe has had multiple iterations and will show you how to make the best watermelon wine without losing that subtle flavour. Balancing Flavour […]
Safale US-05 may be one of the most commonly used yeasts in the worlds, both in a commercial environment and a home brew one. Also known as “Chico” or California Ale the yeast is used extensively on the West coast of the US In my experience as a professional brewer, we used US-05 extensively in […]
The amount of wine yeast strains available to homebrewers is vast and getting bigger all the time. Choosing a wine yeast for your next wine now means looking through the offerings of 3 or 4 different yeast producers then reading the specifications and descriptions. To help you understand different yeast strains and varieties we have […]
When it comes to duplicating one of the most iconic beers in the world it is always going to be tough. Guinness has a simple recipe but is hard to replicate, especially when you are comparing to draught versions which are carbonated with a blend of nitrogen.
Safale S-04 by Fermentis is possibly the most popular dry English ale yeast on the market. It is the yeast I have most experience of using both as a homebrewer and as a commercial brewer. S-04 is a British yeast strain that is highly flocculent and fermentation times are pretty quick. This is what made […]