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Home(brewing) for the Holidays

November 11, 2020 by fifthseason Leave a Comment

-Dan Toot- Let’s talk about Hygge. Translated from Danish it roughly means: a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being. Folks, I think we’ll need quite a bit of Hygge as we enter this fast-approaching, still-weird Holiday season. Hard to believe we’re already talking about it, but for a homebrewer, thinking about the process of making a beer, it’s practically here! So I’m here to help the homebrewer plan their gift-giving options … [Read more...] about Home(brewing) for the Holidays

Filed Under: Homebrew Tagged With: brewing, brewing beer, holiday, homebrew, Porter, stout

My First Wine From A Kit

August 25, 2020 by fifthseason Leave a Comment

-Mike Weeks- I recently decided to venture into the world of winemaking because, like many of you, I enjoy pairing a nice glass of wine with dinner and had heard from folks that the kits we carry can make some really nice wine. A customer shared with me that she and her husband once made wine from one of our kits and when her wine connoisseur brother visited, they conducted a test and he named the kit wine as the most expensive and best one in the lineup! I have to say, I was surprised at how … [Read more...] about My First Wine From A Kit

Filed Under: Homebrew Tagged With: brewing, home brew, homebrew, wine, winemaking

Sanitation in Brewing and Why It’s Important

July 28, 2020 by fifthseason 2 Comments

-Ryan Blankenship- When I attended beer school, the first lesson we were taught is sanitation is the key to happiness. The reason for this is microorganisms, bacteria, and fungi can start to grow in any little nook or cranny they can stuff themselves into.  These bacteria will cause an infection in your brew and create an off-flavored brew or a completely undrinkable product. The first thing I do before I make any type of beer, is fill my kettle up to the top with water and add the … [Read more...] about Sanitation in Brewing and Why It’s Important

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Blonde Stout

May 19, 2020 by fifthseason 1 Comment

-Ryan Blankenship- Over the past few years, I’ve been seeing more and more Blonde Stouts being brewed, and I finally got the chance to brew one myself.  If you are not familiar with this style, it is an ale with the color of an IPA that has the characteristics of a Stout.  The first time I tried one was at one of our Homebrew for Hunger events about four years ago.  My brain and taste buds were on totally different pages that day.  Traditionally, stouts have an opaque black color to them with … [Read more...] about Blonde Stout

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Calculating Your Potential ABV

February 4, 2020 by fifthseason Leave a Comment

-Ryan Blankenship- As a home brewer at Fifth Season Gardening, I get fairly frequent requests about how to properly calculate the ABV (Alcohol By Volume) of beer/ wine. In this blog, I’ll walk through the measurements and calculations necessary to determine ABV of your brew. First let’s take a look at what these numbers mean on a standard hydrometer (an instrument used to measure the density of liquids). One side of the hydrometer shows Specific Gravity, which is the ratio of the density … [Read more...] about Calculating Your Potential ABV

Filed Under: Homebrew Tagged With: abv, beer, brewing, brewing beer, home brew, homebrew, wine, winemaking

Grain Crush

October 22, 2019 by fifthseason Leave a Comment

-Peter McMindes- It’s not the size of the crush; it’s how you use it. The crush of the grist results in different size particles that give the brewer the range between the speed of sugar extraction and the ability to extract overall.  A small or fine crush will allow sugars to be converted faster by enzymes but can create a stuck mash or unwanted husk tannin extraction. A coarse crush will allow for a better flow of wort and lauter but will not be converted as quickly. While the degree of … [Read more...] about Grain Crush

Filed Under: Homebrew Tagged With: brewing, brewing beer, crush, grain, grist, home brew, homebrew, mash, rice hull, rice hulls, wort

Pumpkin Spice Kombucha

October 15, 2019 by fifthseason Leave a Comment

-Gabrial House- With fall in full effect, this week on the blog I wanted to share one of my favorite kombucha recipes. This time of year I am a sucker for crisp cool days, cozy sweaters, and everything pumpkin spice. It only makes sense for us to enjoy all the wonderful benefits of kombucha with the delicious taste of pumpkin spice. To make this recipe, we’ll start off by fermenting a batch of kombucha from green tea. Then we will be adding the Pumpkin Spice flavor during our second … [Read more...] about Pumpkin Spice Kombucha

Filed Under: Homebrew Tagged With: brewing, fall, homebrew, kombucha, kombucha recipe, pumpkin, pumpkin spice, SCOBY

DIY Hard Seltzer: A Trend Worth Trying

July 10, 2019 by fifthseason 30 Comments

-Kristin Weeks- Summer is the busiest season of the year nationwide for beer sales, and over the past several months, the adult beverage industry has witnessed a major rise in popularity of a new kind of boozy beverage, hard seltzer. This light, low-cal, low-carb alternative to beer is attractive to consumers preferring more health-conscious drinking habits and an active lifestyle. Hard seltzer offers that with its sessionability (low ABV, 5% typically) and convenient packaging. Both national … [Read more...] about DIY Hard Seltzer: A Trend Worth Trying

Filed Under: Homebrew, Urban D.I.Y. Tagged With: brewing, hard seltzer, homebrew, seltzer, summer

Brewing in the Summer

June 4, 2019 by fifthseason Leave a Comment

-Ryan Blankenship- Summertime is usually a slow time for the traditional home brewer. Mainly because it gets so hot outside, most of us don’t want to spend 6-8 hours over a boiling hot kettle. It can also become difficult to regulate your fermentation temperatures. If you’re a diehard brewer like we are, however, you might be deciding on what beers do best during the summer. A few of my favorite summer style beers include: Belgian pale ales, Kolsch, and Saisons. Today I want to give a little … [Read more...] about Brewing in the Summer

Filed Under: Homebrew Tagged With: belgian beer, brewing, brewing beer, home brew, homebrew, kettle sour, kolsch, saison, sour beer, summer

Kveik: A Hot New Yeast Trend in Homebrewing

April 30, 2019 by fifthseason Leave a Comment

-Peter McMindes- Norway has been using kveik for centuries, passing it down through generations of brewing families, providing unique characteristics to farmhouse ales. Kveik (pronounced “kwike”), means “yeast” in Norwegian, and the strain has remained relatively unchanged in areas that engage in traditional farmhouse brewing. The name kveik refers to the yeast itself, not the style of beer, and it is extremely genetically diverse while exhibiting characteristics not typical in other brewing … [Read more...] about Kveik: A Hot New Yeast Trend in Homebrewing

Filed Under: Homebrew Tagged With: barleywine, brewing, brewing beer, homebrew, IPA, kveik, New England IPA, yeast

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