Having been a co-conspirator in a previous month with our Beer & Nuts Ice Cream, this month I decided to make my very own entry for Kavey’s Bloggers Scream For Ice Cream. April’s theme is Sorbets, Granitas, Shaved Ice Desserts, Slushies and Spoom! Obviously it had to be something beer-related, because as I’ve said before… Read more »
For this home brew, I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to make. A spring ale, light, sweet, not too bitter and with some nice gentle hop aroma. The grain recipe wrote itself; mostly pale malt with just a little crystal malt (the only other non-black malt I had in the cupboard!)… Read more »
Around the time I took the plunge to switch from kit brewing to all grain brewing, I bought some new toys. One of those was a refractometer, which is a device used to measure how much sugar is in your beer – essential if you’re going to know how strong it is, and also a… Read more »
Although my first attempt at a ‘proper’ all-grain home brewed beer wasn’t perfect, I was inspired and encouraged by how well it came out. The extra work – mashing and the longer boil – really hadn’t made things any harder, just more long winded. My next beer had to be something dark and festive, as… Read more »
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