The Library

[denimglen]

Thought it would be handy to have a list of links to info for new to advanced homebrewers. If anyone has anything they think is good, solid info for the list post it here and I'll add it.


General Brewing Information

HowToBrew.com
The Brewing Network (Podcast)
Basic Brewing Radio/Video (Podcast)
BrewPoll
Brew365
BJCP Style Guide
Advice for new homebrewers
Brewing Acronyms by Nick T (3rd post from bottom)

Fermenting Lagers

Free Articles from Zymurgy Magazine

The Brewery (Assorted homebrew information, some links broken)

Yeast

White Labs and Wyeast Strain Chart
Yeast Starter FAQ
Pitching Rates and Starters
Pitching Rate Calculator
Yeast Rinsing/Washing
Guide to Freezing Yeast
ProSciTech - Vials for Freezing Yeast
Yeast Growth and Culturing


Water

Simple Guide to Water Treatment
John Palmer's Residual Alkalinity Spreadsheet (Bottom of Page)

NTHA on Water Treatment

Petone and Upper Hutt Reports (Second post from bottom)


Grain

Malt Comparison Chart I
Malt Comparison Chart II
Malt and Adjunct Chart


Hops

BrewYourOwn Magazine's Hop Guide
Yakima Chief
Hop Union
Fresh Hops
Grow Hops Message Board
Tips for Brewing Imperial IPA


Adjuncts, Additives and Misc. Ingredients

Clearing/Fining beer with unflavoured gelatin


Recipes

Beer du Jour - Award Winning Recipes
Brew365 - Recipes
Homebrewtalk - Recommended Recipes
BrewYourOwn Magazine Recipes


All Grain Brewing

Mashing Calculators
Brew in a Bag (BIAB)

[Tilt]

A book I've found pretty useful as a new AG brewer is The Home Brewer's Answer Book by Ashton Lewis. Brief but reasonably detailed answers to a range of basic through to advanced questions, and easier to search and find than How to Brew and many of the others I've seen.

[Steve Baker]

Fermenting Lagers has a nice chart with different traditional fermentation schedules.

[Mike Neilson]

Was using this today and wondered if anyone else was? www.e-malt.com

[Andrew]

http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/zymurgy/free-downloads

Another addition to the library with some good PDF downloads...for free. The Scots would love it.

[MrC]

There's some good little mead articles in there too.

[DP]

May I recommend Beer Calculus as an addition to the brewing software section. It's an online tool, it's free and I used it for a while before switching to BeerSmith.

[Andrew]

Another interesting page I have found. Olive Oil instead of oxygenating. Not sure what this would do to head retention but I,m keen to give it a go.http://www.winning-homebrew.com/olive-oil.html

[Mike Neilson]

I think if you were to use that micro amount you would need micro equipment to see, read the diffrence. let us know how you got on.

[Andrew]

Another link to water additions but it gives some background on what each addition does and how it effects the brewing process as whole:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/26135518/Beer-Basics-Water-Treatment-in...

[denimglen]

Cheers, added a link to the original article but through google docs in case anyone doesn't have power point. I hate those stupid pdf/ppt reader websites giving no credit to the original author but whoring out other peoples work and making money off it.

The original article was from North Texas Homebrewers Association (http://www.nthba.org/)

[Karl Hayes]

Hi.

 

I've attached water reports for Lower Hutt and Petone water supplies and the Artesian aquifer on Buick St Petone. These are unavailable from the Lower Hutt CC website but are available on request by email.

 

Slainte

 

 

[Brett Mason]

Here are a couple water reports for anyone using the Dunedin supply and a quick pic I took of the analysis beside the Speights tap.

 

I've heard the Speights water gives better results and my experience agrees. I assume because it is from a well/spring. The plan was to use the water report to adjust the main supply to save a trip into town for each brew but I haven't been able to match up the numbers to what How to Brew expects :-(