Free batch review
Twenty minutes on your setup, your last batch and what it tasted like.
Online · Adults 21+ · Extract and all-grain
Clean beer,
Clean beer,
every batch.
Most bad home brew isn't a recipe problem. It's a sanitation lapse, or a fermentation that ran ten degrees warm in a closet in July — and both leave flavors you can learn to recognize.
- 8–12weeks per program
- 48 hfor a log review
- 10 maxin a live session
- $0batch review
The programs
Four programs, from first kit to your own recipes
Brewing is mostly process control. Get sanitation and temperature right and the recipes start behaving.
Your first batches
Sanitation done properly, a straightforward extract batch, gravity readings and packaging without bottle bombs.
See the programFermentation control
Yeast selection, pitch rates and holding a steady temperature — the difference between clean and estery.
See the programRecipe design
Building a recipe from style guidelines, balancing malt and hops, and adjusting water for the beer you want.
See the programOff-flavors & faults
Recognizing the common faults by taste and tracing each back to a specific step in your process.
See the program
How it works
Log the batch, taste it honestly
Temperatures, gravities and timings written down turn a disappointing beer into a solvable problem.
Brew with a log
Every temperature, every reading, every deviation.
Taste and describe
Two weeks in and again at four, in writing.
Written feedback
Within 48 hours: the likely cause and the one process change to make.
Plans
Pick your level of support
Month to month, cancel anytime. The 20-minute batch review is free.
Group sessions
A weekly session on process, recipes and members' batches.
$29/ month
- One 60-minute live session each week
- Groups of 10 brewers maximum
- One member's batch diagnosed weekly
- Brew log and recipe templates
- Replays for 30 days
Coaching essentials
A coach on your process, your fermentation and your recipes.
$75/ month
- Personal 8 to 12 week program
- Logs reviewed within 48 hours
- One 30-min session every two weeks
- Recipes built around your equipment
- Access to all group sessions
One-on-one
For moving to all-grain, chasing a specific style, or a persistent fault.
$149/ month
- One 45-min session each week
- Replies within 24 hours
- Brew day walked through live
- Water and recipe adjusted with you
- Access to all group sessions
Prices in USD. Cancel anytime, no contract.
How we work
Adults only, and no distilling
This is for people 21 and over. Skillhouse sells no beer, ingredients or equipment and takes no commission, so nothing here is steering you toward a shopping list.
Two firm limits. Home brewing for personal use is legal within federal and state limits, and selling what you brew without a license is not — know your state's rules. And we never cover distilling: doing it at home without federal permits is a felony, and no amount of enthusiasm changes that.
Frequently asked
The questions we get most
Extract or all-grain?
Extract makes excellent beer and removes a whole set of variables. Move to all-grain when you want more control, not because someone implied it's more serious.
My beer tastes like green apple.
Usually acetaldehyde — often beer packaged too early or fermentation that finished cold. Send your log and we'll trace it.
How do I control temperature cheaply?
A plastic tub, water, a towel and frozen bottles hold a remarkably steady temperature. We'll set it up with you before you buy anything.
Can I sell my beer?
No, not without licensing. Home brewing is for personal use, and we won't help anyone work around that.
Do you cover distilling?
Never. Distilling at home without federal permits is illegal, and it's outside what we coach entirely.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. No contract, no minimum term. Access stays open until the end of the month you already paid for.
Last batch disappointing?
Twenty minutes on your log and what it tasted like. Free, and 21+.