After a long brew day and weeks of eager anticipation, there are few things more devastating to a brewer than discovering an unwanted microbial infection or tasting burnt/smokey notes in your latest brew. However, one needs to be careful in direct-fired (gas or electric) systems to ensure that scorc

Owning a brewpub/microbrewery/tap room can be very fulfilling and very rewarding. But starting any business is not easy, and statistics indicate that four out of ten business startups fail by year five. With the market for new brewpubs going strong, the probability of success might be higher than ot

Most people probably know that the oxygen could easily cause wort aeration during beer brewing, that would make the wort with darker color, worse mouth feel and not good for the beer stability.So what would cause the wort aeration? There are generally three main reasons as below:(1). The mash flowin