Know Your Yeast
We spend plenty of time thinking about grain bills, hop schedules, water chemistry, and equipment, but yeast is the ingredient that actually turns wort into beer. Treat it well and it will produce alcohol, carbonation, aroma, flavor, and the proper finishing character for your recipe. Treat it poorly and even the best wort can become […]
New Brewers Guide to Equipment
New to Brewing – A Guide to Equipment | Homebrewers Mercantile New to Brewing: A Guide to Equipment By Homebrewers Mercantile Brew Team | Published March 2, 2026 Starting homebrewing is a lot easier when you understand what each piece of equipment does – and which items you can skip until you know you love […]
Getting To Know Your Hops
A Homebrewer’s Guide To Flavor, Aroma, And Experimentation When I brewed my first batch of beer, hops were just a line item on the recipe sheet: “1 oz Cascade, 60 min.” I knew they were important, but I did not really understand how or why. Fast forward a few years and now I spend an […]
