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Choosing a Yeast for Cider

With September’s chilly nights comes the very understandable desire to enjoy the fruit of the fall season. That fruit is of course the apple! Eaten right off the tree, baked into a pie, pureed into applesauce, or pressed for cider, all of these are admirable uses for New England’s fruit. The one use that inspires[…]

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New Grain Bins at MHE

It has been just over a year since we reorganized to the “open shop concept”. The general space has been much improved, but it has always been troublesome that so many of the specialty grains had been removed from the main work area. Today, we’re proud to introduce you to our refurbished specialty grain area![…]

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Heard on the Radio – UK Pubs are Disappearing

From NPR’s Marketplace Morning Report: British pubs: popular but disappearing   This story caught our ear the other day. The classic English pub is losing out to other businesses vying for their valuable commercial space, grocery stores in particular. Even profitable pubs are disappearing. The problem is made worse by the tied-house distribution model in[…]

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Upcoming Events – A Night at the Brewseum

Saturday, 23 August 2014 from 4:30P to 7:30P join the Children’s Museum in Easton, MA for an evening fundraiser featuring tastings from local craft breweries, a homebrew competition, and a display on the art and science of brewing by your local Homebrew Emporium! We’ll be on hand demonstrating a mash and sparge techniques along with[…]

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the Original Gravity Concert Series kickoff review

When a pianist comes to you and says “Come listen to me play some of my compositions”, you say yes. When this pianist is a homebrewer it naturally follows that beer will be consumed. When that pianist is Keith Kirchoff, you end up with the Original Gravity Concert Series with the inaugural event held adjacent[…]