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Tweet Since launching BeerSmithRecipes.com a few months ago I’ve been hard at work developing the mobile versions of BeerSmith.  The first of these will be “BeerSmith Lite” which is a I’m going to preview this week.  I will be submitting it to both the Apple store and Android store in the coming days, and hopefully [...]

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Tweet This week my guest is Michael Fairbrother from Moonlight Meadery.  Michael is a national an international award winning mead maker who made the transition from making mead at home to professional only two years ago.  Michael is going to share his tips on making great mead at home. Download the MP3 File – Right [...]

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Tweet This week my guest is Mike Mraz, an award winning homebrewer who joins us to talk about brewing sour beer styles.  Mike will tell you how to brew those distinctive sour beers like Belgian Flanders, Lambics or Sours at home. Download the MP3 File – Right Click and “Save As” to download this mp3 [...]

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Tweet This week my guest is Jason Perrault, a fourth generation hop grower from Perrault Farms.  Jason joins us to talk about how to grow hops at home, and along the way we also talk about how to store and use fresh hops to enhance your homebrew. Download the MP3 File – Right Click and [...]

Ten BeerSmith 2 Brewing Software Tips

by Brad Smith on October 20, 2011 · 4 comments

Tweet Many people have written the past few months asking that I put together a collection of tips for BeerSmith 2.  I launched BeerSmith 2 in June and it has been very popular with both new and existing brewers.  So this week I present a set of 10 tips for making the most of BeerSmith [...]

Yeast Starters for Home Brewing Beer – Part 1

by Brad Smith on December 14, 2010 · 9 comments

Tweet Most brewers understand that yeast starters are important for making your beer.  If you pitch the proper quantity of yeast, your beer will ferment fully and give you a clean finish. Some time back, I wrote an article on how to create a basic yeast starter, but that only touched briefly on the important [...]

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Tweet This week I talk with  John Palmer, author of “How to Brew” which is the top selling Home Brewing book on Amazon.  John is also co-host of Brew Strong on the Brewing Network and a popular speaker on home brewing.  John shares with us how he got started brewing, how he wrote “How to [...]

The Home Brewing with BeerSmith Book is Out

by Brad Smith on November 1, 2010 · 0 comments

Tweet Just a quick (and final) note since I have a lot of you who follow the blog via RSS/Email – I released the “Home Brewing with BeerSmith” book last Wednesday!  The book is a compilation of over 70 articles from the BeerSmith blog.  Thanks to the community, it has been well received so far.  [...]

Home Brewing with BeerSmith Book – Its Released!

by Brad Smith on October 23, 2010 · 3 comments

Tweet I’ll keep this post short as I’ve already talked quite a bit about my new book that was just released.  Its a collection of about 75 of the best articles on home brewing techniques and beer styles from the BeerSmith home brewing blog that will be available in paperback format and on the Kindle [...]

Home Brewing with BeerSmith – My New Book

by Brad Smith on September 30, 2010 · 6 comments

Tweet I’ve had a lot of people ask me if there was any way to get a printed collection of the articles from the BeerSmith blog.  Soon, the answer will be yes.  I’m in the process of editing my first home brewing book titled “Home Brewing with BeerSmith” for publication in late October. I’m really [...]