Yet another one of those kitchen sink type beers, where there are a few grams of this hop and a few of that, I decided…
Month: January 2019
I had been looking for some ingredients on Brew UK’s and came across some ‘mystery hops’ at £2.50 for 100g. The description said that the…
Being a back garden hop grower I have the option of making straight-off-the-bine beers. Having never done so before, always drying and storing harvested hops,…
Sometimes it’s just not practical to do a full brew in order to try out a particular hop, or judge one against another. I stumbled…
After making batch #1 with Simcoe and Amarillo, I decided to make a few changes to the recipe. It was just too hoppy and aromatic…
I had a plan to brew a double IPA, and I wanted to use a less attenuative yeast than US-05, so decided upon Wyeast 1332…
Ever since I tried a rum porter at a CAMRA festival in Birmingham a few years ago, I’ve wanted to recreate on, having never seen…
An opportunity for the homebrew club come up that would see us collaborate with a local brewery in Worcester, Sociable Beer Company. What was suggested…
Following on from trial batch #1, I decided to give the SmashOff competition brew another try. I was only a few weeks away from needing…
I heard about a competition on Facebook for SMaSH beers only – UK SmashOff – and decided I’d like to give it a go and…