I've mentioned in the past several times that I would like to go into all grain brewing, as I've been using malt extracts (syrup) so far. I truly believe that all grain is the holy grail of beer making (or maybe holy grain??), allowing the most control, and all you need is o look and some of the more advanced recipes out there to understand that - but I don't think I can do … [Read more...]
Where is all the beer making?
As you probably noticed, throughout the time of this blog's life, I have yet to actually make beer! Very frustrating when you actually want to make beer....The last couple of months been my wife's last months of maternity leave, and the whole family been through many changes. Time, space and finance been all in low availability. I know this is not a good reason, but the problem … [Read more...]
Blog and beer goals
For a while I wasn't sure how to treat my beer making hobby, and was happy to try and make things as they come, but I realised that with my limited space and time, I need to choose what to do, so here it is:I want to focus on making the best beer I can using extract only (all grain takes way too much time and space), and experiment mainly with hops. I always loved hops and I … [Read more...]
First post with the last beer in the batch
Time to start writing, and to explain why another beer blog. It's a pretty simple story - I live in a normal 2 bed flat in London, love beer (which makes me average here), and will drink any beer when I can. I prefer craft beers, and can appreciate a really good beer, but I'm not a beer connoisseur, I'll drink the cheap lager sometimes just for the fun of it. All my life … [Read more...]