Sandimas

Last year was interesting and probably the worst year so far for me: the Styrian Goldings & Challenger had a nice early growth spurt but...

Something to watch out for after this warm winter is spring dormancy, where they germinate but when they reach the surface realise that...

No sign of my Cascade yet which is a bit worrying, although they do grow at different rates : my Challenger is about 2ft high but the...

I'm not far from you, sad to hear that Pops is calling it a day, he started me off home brewing 13 years ago: my first brew was his...

I prefer to bottle my stouts, in fact I'll be doing one this weekend if it's finished fermenting.

Was going to suggest Cacao Nibs (available from Tesco etc), which I've just added to my stout, but see you've gone with cocoa.....let us...

My cousin's first car was a Viva he customised, got some bits off a Viva GT in the scrapyard (inc bonnet with scoops), fitted sidepipes...

Same here. I had the coupe just like this one, loved that car but it disintegrated into a pile of rust very quickly. This was my 2nd...

Tin Miners is great, Spring Beer is a bit meh to my taste. Great book, I've made many of the recipes, London Bitter and Irish Red are...

That mirrors our 2023 summer here in the UK, both my hops and chillies were poor. In fact, I've been growing chillis for almost 20 years...

Monkfish Bhuna. Best fish in the sea IMO.

Really hard to pin down. I've been brewing 13 years and still get the odd one. When were they brewed? I tend to get more gushers with...

I did the same a couple of Christmases back as was short of time so brewed a good kit-Smugglers it was good but not as good as my normal...

Well, here it is after 10 weeks in the bottle: nicely clear and a good head. Taste-wise, it's OK, the sweetness has gone and it's a nice...

Yeah all good ,, half dozen new shoots up