WINE
Mead Taste-off
Summer is here and knowing that it will will only last a few days at most, I invited a bunch of friends over for a barbeque. Summer just isn’t summer without spending at least one evening defiantly trying to cook sausages in the…
EXPLORE
June 2009
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BEER
The Art of Beer Tasting: the basics
Today, I am going to start a new series of posts on how to taste beer. Hopefullly, this will build into a step-by-step guide on the art of beer tasting which will be useful to both the casual drinker and the expert brewer. The aim is…
GROWING HOPS
Growing Hops
Came across a useful looking hop growing website just now – hoping to get a few plants going on the farm next spring to follow in Trenchfootsteps.
BEER
Kegging and Bottling the Wedding Brews...
This weekend I finally got around to bottling and kegging some of my brews. On Saturday I bottled I think the second full-mash that I’d made, which I think was a clone of Old Speckled, which I was considering for Basil and the Senator,…
BEER
Back-to-Back Brewing
1040 Return. Check mash temp. It’s 66, rather than 67 I hoped for. I ponder and figure it’s best just to leave it.