For a practice as old as beer brewing, it might surprise some new brewers to learn that the idea of a wheat beer is a rather new concept. Compared to other styles of beer, wheat beers haven't been around all that long outside of the places they originated—Germany and Belgium. Only within approximately the last century did demand rise for this beer outside of those regions.

No beer can last forever, unfortunately. However, there are plenty of ways to ensure that a beer stays good enough to drink for a very long time after you bottle it. There are some key mistakes that can take a perfectly good beer and ruin all the work that went into it in the first place, so you need to be careful when it comes time to store it. We’ll give you a few rules for safe and sanitary beer storage to ensure that not a drop of beer ends up wasted.

Your fermenters and unitanks provide you with the means to create your beer at a consistent level of quality. Unfortunately, nothing lasts forever. Eventually, you’ll need to replace your unitanks with newer versions. While these pieces of equipment can last a long time, you shouldn’t hold onto them for too long once you notice something off. Be aware of these signs that you should replace your brewery unitanks if you want to avoid future issues.

One of the first things any aspiring brewer learns about is the importance of cleanliness and sanitation in the brewing process. If you ever want to successfully make more than one batch of beer using the same equipment, you can't get around the cleaning process. Given how important it is, there are plenty of products and methods you can use to ensure that brewing spaces and equipment are ready for anything.