The Beer Borg archive
Category: Brewing
September 17, 2013
The Therapy of Home Brewing
There are lots of hobbies out there, with their own communities, and all of them serve the same purpose. The dictionary defines a hobby as an activity “engaged in for relaxation.” So building clocks, painting landscapes, gardening, etc., are things people like to do to relax. Personally, I don’t have the patience or dexterity for building clocks, anything I paint would disappoint me,
February 20, 2013
Review: Brewing with the Demon
You would think that a review such as this would be easy to write. I mean really, these are extract beer recipes, how complex can they be? There in lays the problem, there is no complexity! There really aren’t a lot of details to discuss and talk about! The brewing is simple and it has easy to follow instructions that make the whole process quick and easy, so I could pretty much end it right here and tell you to come back once the beer has conditioned and I’ve had my first taste. BUT, I think that I can ramble […]
February 17, 2013
And the Winner is…
Please help me congratulate K9Dude as the winner of the Brew Like A Demon Give Away! K9Dude will receive a BrewDemon Signature Brewing Kit complete with everything needed to brew a batch of One Evil Pilsner! There were several really good entries into the give away and it was not an easy decision to make, but the story that Steve shared and the community’s support of him really made his entry stand out from everyone else’s! I really hope this serves as the pick-me-up that you’re hoping for Steve and helps to get you back to brewing again! You can read […]
February 1, 2013
simple guide to brewing
Beer Nong Fermentation: Making “Rot” a good thing Beer, the fermenting frontier. These are the voyages of Beer Brewers, its 2+ gallon mission to explore strange new brews, to seek out new flavors and new combinations and to boldly go where many have gone before. Welcome to the BeerBorg Information Center, you will be assimilated. Resistance is quite Futile: We have Beer. Now a few words from THE NONG. Some simple guidelines and suggestions for making tasty Beer. 1. Sanitize everything you are going to use. The last thing you want is a “goobie” attack on your beer. 2. Prep your work area and preset […]
January 26, 2013
Brew Like a Demon Give Away!
Too Late! The Give Away is over! Congratulations to K9dude. Winner of the Brew Like A Demon Give Away! Read the full announcement here The BeerBorg is very excited to give you the opportunity to Brew Like A Demon! BrewDemon has given us one of their Signature Series Brewing Kits to give away to one of our BeerBorg Social Members. All you have to do to win is (1.) Become a member of the BeerBorg Social (if your not already) and (2.) go to the Brew Like A Demon forum page and let us know why you deserve to Brew Like A Demon! […]
January 11, 2013
How to build an electric heatstick
Have you thought about switching to 5 gallon full-boil batches and have concerns about your kitchen stove’s inability to boil large volumes of liquid? Well, I’ve got a solution for you – it’s called a HEATSTICK! It’s really easy to build, and costs under $50. It works together with your kitchen stove to easily boil 7-8 gallons of wort! Here’s a list of parts: 120V screw-in water heater element. I bought a 1500 watt element at Lowes – this requires 14 gauge wires, and can run on any 15A GFCI outlet. If you want a bit more power, Home Depot […]
January 10, 2013
Review: BrewDemon Conical Fermenter (3 gallon)
I was finally able to get one of these new 2 3 gallon conical fermenters that BrewDemon is producing. There has been a lot of speculation and anticipation from much of the home brew community, at least the ones that I frequent about this new fermenter. There seems to be a lot of questions and hopefully I will be able to answer most of them here! Does Size Really Matter? One of the first thing I noticed about this thing was it’s size! It really seemed to be quite a bit larger then the Mr. Beer LBK, and there is a […]
