One of the terms or questions you often hear homebrewers talking about is gravity. What was the gravity? Or what’s the final gravity?
Just what is this gravity,, or more accurately “specific gravity” and why do we care about it.

One of the terms or questions you often hear homebrewers talking about is gravity. What was the gravity? Or what’s the final gravity?
Just what is this gravity,, or more accurately “specific gravity” and why do we care about it.

It just was St Patrick’s Day! Here is my very condensed history of the Irish Stout.
St Patricks day is one of the best “beer” holidays there is. What beer do we all think of as the St Pats staple? Guinness.

The Hallertau hop is our next quick hit ingredient profile. An old hop variety that is, or has been, widely used in many of the great beers of the world.
Hallertau is a (now) 4-5% AA German hop that has been around for at least a 100 or more years. One of the four true Noble hops (Hallertau, Spalt, Tettnang, Saaz) it, like the others, are named for its original region of growth.
