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 ...