Sunday, 9 February 2025

Understanding Acetaldehyde: The Green Apple Off-Flavor in Beer

Acetaldehyde is one of the most common off-flavors encountered in beer, often described as having a green apple or freshly cut pumpkin aroma and taste. In this article we will delve into the causes, prevention, and remedies for acetaldehyde, as well as how to identify it in your own brews.

Wednesday, 5 February 2025

The Ultimate Guide to Grain Crush Size for BrewZilla Brewing

In order to ensure complete control over your recipe, efficiency and brewing system, you really need to be crushing your own malted grains. After several years of brewing on our 35L BrewZilla 3.1.1 using pre-milled grains from our local home brew shop, we decided to invest in a grain mill and begin crushing our own grains for each recipe and brew day. This lead us to the question as to what the ideal crush size is to use on a BrewZilla system?

Tuesday, 4 February 2025

Juice Boost 2.0 - Hazy IPA - Tasting Results/Review

Our second iteration of the Juice Boost Hazy IPA (previously NEIPA) with a slightly tweaked grain bill and hop schedule compared to the original. It's a decent hazy in our opinion, but there's still some things we'll look at tweaking for version 3...

Sunday, 2 February 2025

Redemption - West Coast IPA - BrewZilla Brew Day

Read on to see all the details about our latest brew day on our 35L BrewZilla 3.1.1 where we brought our Redemption West Coast IPA recipe to life.