Of all the holidays, Valentine's Day has to be the most polarizing; people seem to either love it or hate it.  It's easy to see why this is the case as [...]

Over the weekend the Holiday Ale keg was tapped.  It was perfectly carbonated and tasted great.  It truly reminded everyone who drank it of the holiday season.  Of those [...]

After a week in secondary fermentation, the Holiday Ale went into the keg for carbonation.  Using an auto siphon the beer was transferred to the keg where it was [...]

I always feel a little guilty complaining about the weather in California; fifty degrees hardly seems worthy of bitching about when other parts of the country are getting hammered [...]

The holiday season has come and gone, but that doesn't mean we can't relive the merriment through beer.  As mentioned in Holid-Ale Hapa's Brewing was inspired to create a beer for [...]

A basic beer uses only four ingredients: water, malted barley, hops, and yeast.  Brewers often add other ingredients like specialty grains, fruit, and spices to change the flavor, color, [...]

There is certainly no wrong way to drink beer.  Some people prefer to suck their swill straight from the keg while being held upsidedown, while others seek out rare [...]

One of the most common questions people ask about beer is "how much alcohol is there?"  Generally speaking, beer will have anywhere from 4-10 percent alcohol by volume (ABV) [...]

New tap handle came yesterday.  Two kegs, two beers, and two tap handles.

In Two Kegs are Better Than One I modified the kegerator to accommodate a five and three gallon keg.  To fit them both, the CO2 tank had to sit [...]