Beer Links
I hope you’ll find these beer links and resources as useful as I have.
About Beer
The following links have to do with beer in general:
Beer Advocate – A great resource for beer reviews. There is some good information about beer in general, but the beer reviews are where these guys shine.
BJCP Style Guidelines – Learn to review beer like the pros.
CraftBeer.com – All you ever needed to know about craft beer, from where to buy it, to which glass to drink it in, to which foods pair with which beers.
Fantasy Brewmasters – A really cool project that aims to brew ale like the dwarves.
Home Brewing
The following links have to do with brewing your own beer:
How To Brew – The home brewer’s bible, by John Palmer. Read it, learn it, love it.
Northern Brewer – A great online home brew store. They also have a store for making wine, if you’re into that sort of thing.
More Beer – Another quality online home brew store.
BrewWiki.com – A wiki for home brewers. Tons of great info here.
qBrew – A great free tool for designing recipes. A must have for any home brewer! And did I mention it’s free?
Brew-Monkey.com – Home brewing how-to, recipes, resources, etc.
TastyBrew.com – A home brew resource collection with everything from recipes to brewing calculators.
Hop Characteristics – A great chart that explains hop characteristics based on boiling times.
Bottle Your Brand – Perfect for when you want to give your home brew that custom label touch.
Mr Beer
The following links are for those of you who like the 2.14 gallon batch:
Mr Beer – The Mr Beer online store. Their ingredients might not be the highest quality, but you can certainly make good beers from what you’ll find here.
Mr Beer Forums – One of the best places online to learn how to make the most out of brewing with your Mr Beer keg.
Mr. Beer Fans – Another great forum for learning how to expand your Mr Beer horizons.
The Screwy Brewer – This guy shows how you don’t need a 5 gallon carboy to brew like a pro.
For Massholes
The following links are for local MA beer lovers:
Beer Wine Hobby – A great home brew supply shop in Woburn, MA.
Craft Beer Cellar – A craft beer lover’s heaven in Belmont, MA.
Massachusetts Brewers Guild – The home of commercial craft breweries in Massachusetts.
