Keeping accurate notes is essential to homebrewing. It's important to know what you did, how you did it, etc.

I use Beersmith to forumulate my recipes, but I don't use it as my system-of-record as to what was brewed. For that I prefer a bound notebook that I ...

One of the best things I have done for my home brewery is purchase a grain mill. Prior to purchasing the mill, I would get my grains milled at my local homebrew shop, but this would result in brewhouse efficiencies that were all over the map. After getting the mill ...

You have a lot of options when it comes to labeling bottled homebrewed beers.

• Write on the cap with a permanent marker
  • PROS: cheap; easy
  • CONS: if your handwriting is anything like mine, it might be hard to read. If you are entering beers in competitions, you will have to ...

Beta Test Brewing Company was chosen as the name of my home brewery after being recommended by a friend. I'm a software enginner/systems administrator/Linux geek by trade and wanted to find a name that reflected that aspect of my life in some manner. The name is also ...

Welcome to the beta test brewing company blog. Beta Test Brewing Company is Jason Hancock's home brewery based in San Dimas, CA.