Just like how no two humans are ever completely the same, no two strains of yeast have the exact same properties. This makes choosing a yeast strain a delicate process, and one that you want to invest a decent amount of time into. In general, you’ll want to understand the two main types of yeast used for beer brewing, ale yeast and lager yeast. We’ll go over these major kinds of yeast to give you a better idea of how they work.

Given the amount of time it takes to brew a beer to completion, it can be exceedingly frustrating when it doesn’t taste anything like what you were hoping for. The good news is that brewing beer is a process that's been around for a very long time, which means we’ve learned how to deal with a lot of these flavor issues. Use these tips for correcting off-flavors in your beer brewing when you can’t seem to get it right.

When you're first getting brewing equipment, it's not so great to try and start using it right away. As with any mass-produced product, there may still be residue on the equipment from the manufacturing process. Unique layers, dirt, gunk, or oil may still be on the outside of the stainless steel equipment; we want to clean the equipment before we start brewing.

Cooling jacket stainless steel fermenterOne of the most trusted methods of ensuring ideal temperatures is to use cooling jackets for stainless steel conical fermenter vessels.1. How does the fermentation vessel cooling coating work?