Our house is now officially at full storage capacity for beers. The fridge has a quarter of it full of beers all the time, and after bottling the Cranberry ale last week and bottling the higher gravity Black Ale (more below) this week, all the storage space is in full and the need for an extra fridge becomes vital - I hope to find one by next week, and then some more beer … [Read more...]
I got to chat with Listen Money Matters
Last week I had the privilege to be invited to have a small round table with James Spencer from Basic Brewing in the wonderful podcast (that I've been following for a long time now) Listen Money Matters (also known as LMM). LMM is hosted by an hilarious and non patronizing duo (Matt Giovanisci and Andrew Fiebert) that are all about making finances simpler for all of us. I … [Read more...]
The intimidating complication of home brewing
The intimidating complication of home brewing Since I haven't had much time to brew lately, and as I'm gearing up to a season of many brewing experiments, I've been reading a lot, and listening to many brewing related podcasts (2 good ones are Basic Brewing and Beersmith) and the main point I'm getting here is that this is a very complicated world, and that I'm very glad I … [Read more...]
My fake Black Ale tastings and some beer plans for the coming weeks
Tomorrow we are off to a 2 weeks holiday in various countries - 10 days in Israel to see friends and family, and then a weekend in Spain for friends' wedding, that pushed me to fridge my Black Ale sooner than I would like, so I took it as an excuse to try it. The final results are not surprising, but very pleasant. You can check the brewing day, but I made a mistake in … [Read more...]
Regular beer and a must read
Finally, after many attempts to read through John Palmer's book on the internet, I've decided to buy the book. £11.86 that was worth every penny, and I'm planning on reading it from cover to cover. I've mentioned that I've realised that I know very little about beer making, after reading some sites and blogs out there, so this book will tie it up perfectly, and I hope to know … [Read more...]