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Don’t Use Regular Soap on Beer Glasses – Beer Brewing Quick Tip

by Brad Smith on February 1, 2016 · 0 comments

This week I tell you why using conventional dish soaps on your beer glasses is bad for foam retention. Instead you should wash your beer glasses using a beer cleaning agent or other cleaning agent that does not contain fats (lipids). Also don’t wash your beer glasses with any dishes that might have fatty foods. […]

Yeast Washing: Reusing your Yeast

by Brad Smith on July 25, 2008 · 52 comments

Washing yeast to reuse it in another batch of beer is a great technique to have in your home brewing arsenal. Yeast washing is a simple process used to separate the live yeast from the underlying trub (hops and spent grains) left at the bottom of your fermenter when making beer.