If I’m honest, I found the prospect of my first ‘proper’ homebrew rather daunting. I was convinced I’d screw it up somehow, so I decided to buy an all grain kit from Barley Bottom. This is a great idea for the nervous first timer – they have already worked out the recipe, measured out the… Read more »

In a very limited sense, I have dabbled  in homebrew for a long time; my first experience was at university. I bought one of those homebrew bags from Boots, which was basically a 20 litre sack prefilled with – well, I don’t know what, some sort of kit goo I suppose. You just added boiling… Read more »