I was toying with the idea of making a Christmas beer in the style of a mulled wine with orange peel and ginger and that sort of thing, so had a look around at few ideas and came up with a recipe. Then, chatting with my brother in law one …
For the last few weeks we've been attending NCT antenatal classes in preparation for our forthcoming arrival so we've been spending our Monday nights with other couples who are expecting babies in January. It made me start thinking about celebrations and champagne and why not a champagne ale as an …
I realised last night that I haven't been updating my progress on this blog much, so here we are...
I haven't really tested my beer on anyone else except my brother in law yet, and he's been very polite about it. As a whole they've worked pretty well, although the …
After a month of conditioning under the stairs I gave my winter ale a try and it seems to have worked very well. Chocolate is the main aroma with a hint of smoke and some roasted barley bitterness in the finish but it's smooth and with enough alcohol to warm …
As I have mentioned, this brew will be the last for a couple of months at least while I try and get the hang of this being a Dad business (36 weeks today so we're pretty much on target for mid January). When I come back to it the intention …
It's a day short of two months since my last post, and quite a few things have happened. My daughter Iris was born on the 21st January. She was in hospital for nine days with an infection, as was my wife, which was dull and tiring and worrying at the …
Someone asked this very question on Twitter a couple of weeks ago. I can't find it now, such is Twitter's search mechanism, but it was along the lines of 'Your Espresso Imperial Stout is all very well, but how's that pale ale coming along'.
EDIT: the splendid Boak and Bailey …
This baby business tends to slow things down, even if I'm just the support crew, but I've managed to get back to brewing and even on the way to making some enough room in the garage to fit a brewing system into.
I've managed to get two brews in the …
I like the hop Summit. It was one of the first I bought, and I was pleased with how it worked in a beer. It's got a grapefruit bitterness and grassy overtones. Some have warned that overuse can give a beer oniony or garlicy tones, but combined correctly it creates …
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