The new year is a time to learn new skills and start new adventures. We think learning to brew is an essential skill and it's so satisfying to enjoy your hard work. Before you get started, we wanted to offer you some useful advice from our team of homebrewing experts. Waste less time and energy with these starter tips that the books don't tell you about. With over 20 years of experience in the brewing industry, we've picked up a lot of tricks for making the brewing process easier.

The only way to ensure you're getting the best tasting beer from your kegerator every pour is making sure your system is clean. Luckily, cleaning your kegerator isn't difficult and it can take as little as 15 minutes to complete but there are several different methods you can use to get the job done. Here is the ultimate guide to cleaning kits and how to keep your kegerator clean.

We all want to get the most of our keg, enjoying every drop of beer from our kegerator but you may be wondering how long is this keg going to last. This can be very complicated because it varies depending on the style of beer, your dispense system, and the temperature that you store your keg at.

If you enjoy a glass of wine for every meal, you're going to love the idea of fortified wine! The ultimate night cap, fortified wine has been enjoyed for centuries by people as a dessert. This final course of a meal has a long and interesting history and we're here to demystify this underrated wine. After you learn more about these delicious wines, you'll want to stock your wine refrigerator with every variety available.

It's time to look forward to a better year and look into the hottest kegerators for 2021! We're here to give you the latest news on the best kegerators in 2021 and we think you're going to be excited for what the new year has to offer. Get ready to upgrade your home bar and beverage game because these kegerators are so good, you'll want on in every room!

Dispense joy and happiness to your loved ones (or yourself, we won't tell) this holiday with these amazing beer and wine gifts that just happen to be the best deals of the season. Whether you're looking for a gift for your homebrewer husband or wine-loving wife, we've curated the ultimate gift guide to make your holiday shopping easier.

Sleek, modern, and opulent - Stainless Steel appliances are taking over kitchens and homes all over the world. Stainless steel is easy to maintain, easy to clean, and offers a modern look to a home. It matches virtually any decor style, which is why the popularity of stainless steel wine refrigerators is no surprise. We've gathered the best stainless steel wine refrigerators of the year!

The magical art of brewing beer has been around for over 5,000 years! Since then, we've only made the taste and technique better, making it easier for you to achieve the delicious taste at home. Before you start preparing for brewing, read our article about Extract vs. All-Grain Brewing to learn more about brewing techniques.

A growing wine collection means you'll need a place to store all of it but if your collection is constantly growing, what is an efficient way to store it all? Wine racks are a versatile and often affordable means to store a growing wine collection. There are so many different styles and configurations to suit your collection and your space. We wanted to offer you a simple guide for choosing your perfect wine rack.

The best-known secret among the wine industry's finest, are wine cooling units. Similar in appearance to a traditional air conditioning unit, these cooling units are actually engineered to maintain and preserve the quality of your wine. You may be already asking yourself, "Why would one need a device like this?" and "How is it better than a wine refrigerator?" and we promise we'll answer all of your burning questions.

It's that wonderful time of year again, we call it beer season but you might know it as, Oktoberfest. We could just taste the beer on our lips but if you're like us and you aren't heading out of the house, you can easily celebrate this German festival at home. Oktoberfest isn't canceled this year, it's just found a new and convenient location, your home!

An essential part of dispensing beer from your kegerator involves your carbon dioxide (CO2) Tank. To get the perfect pour, your CO2 tank needs to be properly installed and optimized to deliver you the best taste. If it's your first time owning a kegerator, you may have many questions about how to set up your CO2 and a number of other questions on how a CO2 tank works. As the beverage experts, we have some tips on how you can be sipping away your troubles.

More goes into that perfect glass of wine than just choosing your favorite label and corresponding glass. To get the best flavor out of your bottles, it's necessary to store them correctly at their optimal temperatures. It is not just personal preference that comes into play, there is science that goes behind the internal body temperature and our pallets.

Coffee just keeps getting more expensive and while cold brew coffee is trendy and more widely available in coffee shops and grocery stores, it costs even more than hot coffee! It's time to put away the wallet, roll up your sleeves, and create your own tasty cold brew and cold brew drinks. We have five of our favorite recipes (one for each weekday) that will have you excited to wake up and take on the day.

With so many different ways to get your coffee fix, from blended coffee with ice and endless options of flavored syrups to coffee drinks with a splash of this and a splash of that. You're probably thinking, when did coffee get so complicated, and what happened to good old black coffee? We feel you and we're here to help you understand this coffee trend that seems to be taking over every coffee shop and local grocery store. Don't worry, black coffee isn't gone. It's just gone through a transformation and got a little makeover since you've last seen it.