By David Hope-Ross I’ve had this fermentation chamber for a few years now and made some improvements over time, and I’m pretty happy with it as it sits now. I started with a mini fridge I got off of craigslist for 40 bucks. The frame is made from 2×3 and 2×4 lumber I had laying […]
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Brew Haven DIY Series: Hopback
EducationDIY Hopback By Mike Granoth As any hophead brewer knows, we are always looking to add more hoppy goodness into our beers. My idea is to add a hopback to my brewing system. A hopback is basically a vessel, filled with whole leaf hops, that is placed inline between your kettle and your fermenter. It […]
Brew Haven DIY
Education NewsStarting today, Brew Haven will be starting a new post topic labeled “Brew Haven DIY” which is scheduled to post once a month on the 15th of each month. You will find information for creating and modifying equipment and processes. If you’d like to contribute head over to This Forum Post and let us know what you’d […]
Stout/Porter Competition
EventsThe March monthly meeting will include a Stout/Porter competition. This includes any beer that may fall in these category’s or a sub category. Ex. Milk stout, brown porter..etc. If you’d like to participate all you’ll need to do is bring at least 32oz of your beer. Format: The format of this competition will be relatively […]
Learn How to Brew Day with Brew Haven
EventsBrew Haven is excited to announce that we will be holding a National Learn to Homebrew Day demonstration at Two Roads brewing in Statford, CT on Saturday, November 5th at 12pm. This is sure to be a great day filled with great knowledge and you guessed it… SAMPLES. Come on down to see what brewing […]
Brew Haven @ HomeBrew Con!
Events NewsAndy, Ben, and Josh will be heading down to Baltimore, MD to represent Brew Haven at the American Homebrewers Association’s Homebrew National Convention June 9-11. This is the largest homebrew event every year. Clubs from all over attend along with vendors, authors and well known beer gurus. The AHA Hombrew Con (National Homebrewers Conference) is […]
New Meeting Format
NewsBrew Haven leadership sat down this weekend to hash out club business. Based upon input from the club and the success of the format of the stout competition, we’re going to change up the meeting format a bit. Rather than pass the monthly styles around the room, we’ll move to a format where people will […]
How To: Create a yeast bank for commercial or wild yeast
EducationCreating a yeast bank is an excellent way to save money and assure that you have happy yeast on hand before brew day. Most of us usually overbuild starters or wash yeast after fermentation. These methods are great but only deal with a single, often large culture of yeast. Banking your yeast allows you to […]
Featured Beers!
NewsHave you ever wanted to know the recipe for that amazing beer you tasted last meeting? Well… Put down your beer. Notice anything new at the top of the page? Go ahead… Click it! Introducing “Featured Beers” Featured Beers is the newest addition to brewhaven.org which will feature 1 recipe each month, decided by us […]
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