I’m rather proud of the beer that appears in the rather crappy photo that accompanies this post. That’s because it’s the result of my first attempt at an extract home brew. At […]
The Dodger
Brewing better beer (I hope)
When I started homebrewing in January this year, I made a promise to my wife. I told her that I’d be sticking to brewing with kits and would stay well away from […]
The Beer Olympics – Day One
Country: Australia Beer: Indian Cricketer by the Staircase Brewery Welcome to Day One of the Beer Olympics, where I will endeavour to drink and review a beer from a different country for […]
The waiting game
Right now my fermenter is empty – as you might have guessed by this photo. And it’s empty on purpose. See, I figured out I’ve got about four crates of homebrew sitting […]
Homebrewing of the future?
Not entirely sure how I feel about this homebrewing innovation. One the one hand, I love a good gadget. And, as the video promises, it just takes seven days to make your […]
Amateur homebrewer mistake
A few months ago, I visited the Illawarra Brewing Company’s new brewing set-up at North Wollongong. While I was there, Ashur, one of the brewers, found I’d started homebrewing and handed me […]
Indian homebrew
This is my latest home brew in the fermenter and a day or two away from being bottled. I call it Indian Cricketer. Why? Because it’s an IPL. That’s an IPA made […]
Toucan time
This is the first glass poured from my latest home brew ( eagle-eyed beer geeks might recognise the bottle – it’s a reused bottle from the Renaissance brewery in New Zealand). The […]
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