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A kit beer and a full grain beer. Dark Skies porter was a kit beer and was to test the stainless steel fermenter. The full grain beer is a pilsner using pilsner malt and saaz hops. Both now finished fermenting and maturing in the fridges. A couple of weeks and we should be good toContinue reading “Czech mate and Dark Skies”

Dare I mention the Christmas word yet? Well, beer needs approximately one month to condition (in my experience of homebrew) to be at it’s best so I need to get planning what I plan to drink and share with my family and guests over Christmas. I purchased a kit beer a few weeks ago thatContinue reading “Christmas beer….”

So as Summer approaches (haha it will at some point!) and my birthday approaching I thought I’d get two brews in quick succession brewed before the B and B reopens. The nettle beer uses fresh nettle heads from the garden – I’ve name it “Pain in the grass” the bitter is named “Irreversible” taking theContinue reading “Nettle beer and a bitter”

So lockdown(II) is happening – good excuse to brew another beer. My last brew was a stout so this time an easy drinking low alcohol bitter – a Bass bitter clone. A very simple recipe with few ingredients and hopefully lots of taste! (Was not that happy with the stout – some flavours a bitContinue reading “Remembrance”

I like dark beers and after picking some blackberries locally I decided to split a 30L batch into two. Two thirds will be stout (Guinness clone recipe) and the other third I’ll add the blackberries to in the fermenter. My last fruit beer wasn’t a success so I’ve added the fruit in a muslin bagContinue reading “Blakeney Stout”

Summer is coming. I enjoy occasional fruity beers at that time of year so I thought about brewing one. I’ve watched a few you tube clips and decided to give brewing a fruity ale a go. Again the tester in me decided to make a Wilko IPA and split the fermented beer in half andContinue reading “Fruitful”

Brewed for Christmas, this clone of Summer Lightning (Hopback Brewery), I made weighing in at 5.2% was clear and pale and not bad tasting given the first time I have brewed for a few years! I kegged some in a King Keg and the remainder in a plastic poly thingy! The seal seemed to haveContinue reading “Revolver”

In my spare time I enjoy brewing my own beer. I’ve constructed a brewery in my summer house at the bottom of the garden and already done a brew ready for Christmas. This blog will report on brews and brewery construction as well as tastings. If you are interested in looking at the set upContinue reading “Home brew blog”