What you see above is the secret ingredient in my latest batch of homebrew. Okay, sure, it’s hardly “secret” given that I’ve included a picture of it. Which I guess just makes […]
Homebrew hopes
Band-aid beer
Sometimes I can struggle to describe a flavour in beer, especially when it’s a flavour that’s not usually associated with beer. But a few days ago I worked out what it was […]
A homebrew moment
My latest batch of homebrew may well be a watershed moment in my journey as a homebrewer. Yes, I know that opening sentence sounded a bit pretentious but it does make sense. […]
Homebrew economics
One of the things that appealed to me about homebrewing – and one of the things I tell others thinking about starting – is how cheap the beer is. That’s ‘‘cheap’’ as […]
Homebrew can be so fickle
Sometimes homebrew can be a most unco-operative creature. The beer I have in the fermenter under the stairs hasn’t been doing what it’s supposed to at all. See, it’s a double IPA […]
Homebrew freakout
Whenever brewday nears, I started freaking out a little bit. Well, to be honest, the freaking out starts before then – it starts when I begin to work out what beer I’m […]
BEER IS YOUR FRIEND 