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This week I will be taking a break from my normal blog postings in order to get ready for our first BIG SALE of the season. As many of you may or may not be aware of, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are fast approaching for our friends south of the border. I want you to stay on this side of the border when doing your shopping. Save on the exchange, duty and remember if your order totals $100.00 or more, you will still receive *free shipping. We WILL NOT be having a Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale, instead...

Online Homebrewing Supplies in Canada. Should you buy your homebrewing equipment and ingredients online? This is a very common question, and there are more pros than cons to purchasing your brewing supplies online. Let's take a look at some of them. ***Pros: Selection, Availability and Price Walk into a homebrewing supply and equipment store and you will see a very limited stock of brew kettles due to space limitations. Take a look at the brew pots on Canuck Homebrew Supply, you will see that we do offer them in various sizes, with or without accessories. For those of you that may...

The Beaver Tales will be back in the new year with new brewing tips, tricks and ideas. Some of the topics we will be covering are: BIAB Bottle Conditioning Know your Grains Hops Partial Mash and yes, I even have a 3 part series ready to post titled So You Want to Go Pro (it's not as easy as it seems) From me - Barley Beaver and the great staff at Canuck Homebrew Supply we would like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Beer - oops I meant Year.  

What To Do With Your Spent Brewing Grains Ah, the rich smell of grain as it’s being crushed and mixed in with hot water for the mash. It’s definitely one of the many joys of homebrewing that makes the seemingly tedious method of all-grain brewing so pleasant. Whether you love it or find the method all too complex, there’s no denying the fact that working with grains is one of the defining factors of brewing beer, regardless of brew size, beer style, and other factors. There’s definitely something primordial about it, the very process of crushing and mashing the grains...

Liquid VS Dry Yeast: Pros and Cons Yeast – the magic ingredient that turns the mix of water, malt, and hops into our favourite beverage. Without yeast, there would be no beer, and any homebrewer knows how important it is to keep the yeast happy if you want to end up with something enjoyable. After all, yeast is a living organism that requires a certain set of conditions to work properly, and even professional brewers jokingly confess that the essence of their job is to create such conditions, acting more as a steward for the little guys. When it comes...