Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Brewing”
If you’ve followed our story recently you may know that Black Hops founders Govs, Eddie and myself recently went off the beaten track on an overnight, ‘not so covert’ mission to brew a wild fermented ale. With the pending launch of our AWOL barrel aged beer brand and taproom, we wanted to tap into an ancient brewing technique known as …
Back in 2018 we wrote a blog post called Water Chemistry: The Science of Brewing an Epic Beer, where we talked about the importance of water in the brewing process. Despite being plain on the eye and palate, water is actually a complex chemical beast, consisting of salts, ions and minerals, that must be analysed and tweaked during the brewing …
When it comes to craft beer, the saying ‘drink fresh’ is a good adage to drink by. And this is especially the case when it comes to beers that contain a strong hops flavour profile, such as Pale Ale’s, Hazy’s & IPA’s. Previously on the blog we’ve published an article called ‘How To Make Sure You Are Drinking The Freshest …
As part of an ongoing series of posts on the Black Hops Blog, we’ve gone into the nitty-gritty of how we brew particular styles of beer. So far we’ve talked about how we brew: Hazy IPA’s Low Gluten Beers Sour Beers Now it’s time to get back to basics and talk about brewing so-called ‘classic’ beer styles, in particular Lagers. …
On Friday, 29 May the official judging took place for the first round of our Black Hops Reserves Brew At Home Comp. We received 75 entries for our Round 1 beer, Hornet IPA. Our judging panel had a lot of fun sampling the entries and awarding rankings, based on our true to brand guidelines. Congratulations to all our entrants, we …
Just like Sour beers, Hazy beers are all the rage right now in Aussie craft beer circles. We talked about Sours and how we brew them on the blog not so long ago. So now it’s time to delve into the juiced up, murky world of Hazy IPA’s. It’s also good timing after we recently added long time cult fan …
Latest info up on the Black Hops Reserves Page Here. With COVID-19 keeping us bunkered down at home, we’re putting the call out for willing conscripts to join the ranks of the Black Hops Brewing Reserves. Those that enlist will form part of an elite home brewing battalion, where you’ll be equipped with all the ingredients to make your own, …
It’s been a blazing summer in every sense of the word, with vast regions throughout the country impacted by the size and scope of the ferocious bushfires that have devastated so many Australians over the past few months. Like many other Aussie individuals, businesses and industries, the craft beer fraternity are rallying together to contribute much needed funds for those …
At the start of 2019 we committed to doing a limited release for bars and bottle shops in every month of the year. Previously we’d done quarterly releases and a few one-offs but we wanted to make them more consistent and have something unique to give drinkers for every month. We’ve just released our December limited so we’re pleased to …
Last week me, Eddie, Govs and brewer Toshi headed down to Melbourne on a Recon Mission to learn more about Barrel Aged beers. Next year we will be launching our own barrel aged brewing program, and we wanted to get some insights from the people who are doing it well now. In this post I’ll go through where we visited …
