Equipment

Brewing gear, tools, and equipment reviews for home fermentations.

Intro to Making Mead

Intro to Making Mead

A complete beginner's guide to making mead at home, from equipment and ingredients through fermentation, back-sweetening, pasteurization, and bottling.

August 6, 2026 46 min
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The Tilt Hydrometer promises 24/7 gravity and temperature readings straight from your fermenter. I wanted to love it, and in some ways I do—but a few...

4 min
PLAATO Airlock Review
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PLAATO Airlock Review

The PLAATO Airlock promised smart fermentation tracking through a sleek bubbler. For a few months it worked. Then the company abandoned homebrewers,...

3 min