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How to Bottle Wine, Cider & Mead Properly
How to Bottle Wine, Cider & Mead Properly
Bottling is the final step in homebrewing and one of the easiest places to ruin an otherwise good batch. Rushing the process, poor sanitising, or bottling too early can lead... Read more...
Racking Wine
How to Rack Wine, Cider & Mead Properly
Racking is one of the most important  and often misunderstood steps in homebrewing. Done correctly, it improves clarity, flavour, and stability. Done poorly, it can introduce oxygen or disturb sediment, undoing... Read more...
Hydrometer
How to Use a Hydrometer for Home Brewing
A hydrometer is one of the simplest and most useful tools in home brewing, yet it’s often misunderstood. Whether you’re making wine, beer, cider, or mead, a hydrometer tells you how... Read more...
Yeast Nutrient 100g
What Does Yeast Nutrient Do?
Yeast nutrient is one of those brewing ingredients that often gets overlooked. If you’ve ever had a fermentation slow to a crawl, stop early, or produce unpleasant sulphur smells, lack... Read more...
Glass Demijohn with cork bung
Glass vs Plastic Demijohns: What’s Better for Home Brewing?
When you’re choosing fermentation equipment, one of the most common questions Irish homebrewers ask is whether to go with a glass or plastic demijohn. On the surface, they both do the... Read more...
Glass Demijohn
Where to Buy Demijohns in Ireland
If you’re looking to buy a glass demijohn in Ireland, you’ll quickly discover that there are plenty of options, but not all suppliers are equal. Demijohns are essential for brewing... Read more...
WHC Labs Mead, Wine, Cider and Champagne yeast Lovely bubbly
Can you use Bread Yeast to make Mead?
The short answer is yes but in reality; it’s not going to make anything nice and yeast for making mead is cheap. If you’re going through all the effort to... Read more...
WHC Labs Saturated Ale Yeast
How to Pitch Beer Yeast Properly (Beginner’s Guide)
If you’re new to homebrewing, pitching beer yeast can sound more technical than it really is. It’s one of the simplest steps in brewing and one of the most important to... Read more...
WHC Labs Lovely Bubbly Wine yeast
Where to buy Homebrew Yeast in Ireland?
If you’re making beer, wine, cider, champagne or mead you need high quality homebrewing yeast. The question is, where do you buy it in Ireland? There’s no point in putting... Read more...
How, When, and Why to Sanitize Your Glass Hydrometer
How, When, and Why to Sanitize Your Glass Hydrometer
A glass hydrometer is one of the simplest tools in brewing and distilling—but it’s also one of the easiest to contaminate. Whether you’re taking original gravity on a batch of... Read more...
How to Clean and Sanitise (Sterilise) PET Plastic Demijohns
How to Clean and Sanitise (Sterilise) PET Plastic Demijohns
Sterilising and cleaning your PET demijohn between every brew is the single most important step for producing consistent, high-quality fermentations. The process is simple, but for beginners it can feel... Read more...
How to Properly Sanitise Bubblers and Small Homebrewing Bits
How to Properly Sanitise Bubblers and Small Homebrewing Bits
If you’ve ever brewed a great batch of beer, cider, or mead only for it to develop strange flavours later, there’s a good chance one of the small pieces of... Read more...