Equipment & Tools

Harvesting yeast from a conical fermenter is one of the most reliable yeast management techniques available to homebrewers who have invested in conical fermentation vessels — the cone geometry makes clean yeast collection straightforward compared to

Philly Sour is one of the most practically significant yeast developments for homebrewers in recent years — a naturally occurring Lachancea thermotolerans strain that produces lactic acid during aerobic fermentation, enabling single-vessel sour beer

3D printing entered my brewing setup gradually — first as a source of replacement parts for discontinued equipment, then for custom fittings that didn’t exist commercially, and eventually for brewing-specific tools I designed myself.

Blockchain for beer authenticity is one of those ideas that sounds futuristic but has real-world pilots already running at major breweries.

Adding sensors to a fermentation chamber is the step between having a box that holds temperature and having a system that gives you visibility into what’s actually happening inside.

Smart kegerators have moved from a novelty to a genuinely useful product category over the past few years.

I’ve used most of the major brew tracking apps over the years and my conclusion is that the best app is the one you’ll actually use consistently — and that depends more on interface design and workflow fit than on …

The craft beer industry’s relationship with AI has moved from skepticism to active adoption faster than most industry observers expected.

Data science applied to fermentation sounds like something only commercial breweries with dedicated analytics teams would pursue, but the tools available to homebrewers — a spreadsheet, a wireless hydrometer, and some basic statistics — are sufficien

Recipe sharing changed how I develop beers. Before I started using platforms with public recipe databases, my recipe library was a collection of my own experiments and a handful of recipes from homebrewing books.