Links Of Interest
Places to buy beer ingredients and equipment
Physical places to go:
Brew and Wine Hobby 12 Cedar Street in East Hartford
Luck and Levity in New Haven if you are down south. A very new place with less inventory that Brew and Wine
Web sites to visit:
Podcasts and discussion
Brewing network: The Sunday Session (fun casual discussions with brewers)
Brew Strong (Great discussions about many specific subjects about brewing [i.e. Finings, Aeration, Going Pro])
Jamil Show (Can you brew it. Experts attempt to clone some of your favorite beers)
Beer smith podcast (interviews with experts about many specific subjects [i.e. Diacetyl, Batch Sparging, Head Retention])
Beer style information
bjcp.org (Beer Judge Certification Program)
Cicerone.org (Learn about beer styles and become a sommelier for beer)
Software
Beer smith (Every calculation you can think of about brewing beer. Input ingredients and know OG, IBUs, Mash times, etc)
BrewPal (iPhone app for similar calculations as above, but a bit less extensive)