Recent content by hesstondriver

As usual, a bit late to the party, but last weekend’s efforts: Boston butt , 8 hours with hickory and maple

looks like im the first to add breeding and showing pedigree cattle to the list then

Getting to the end of a barrel of Geordie larger , it’s been pleasant enough but tonight I noticed a change in taste . Looking round for some lime cordial to chuck in it resorted to some black currant. This very quickly brought flashbacks to my Agricultural College days of snakebite and black or...

have a read here :athumb.. https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/hesstons-christmas-brew.78225/ go easy on the star anis and cloves though . im on the last few bottles from 2018 and they are just loosing their cough mixture taste !

just remember to eat all the dry stuff first

I’ve just opened the bag from my £50 yeast shopping trip..... the white tube of Wilco wine yeast , turned out to be pectolase aheadbuttaheadbuttaheadbutt

last autumn/ late summer i was ploughing and spotted some in a hedgerow. so jumped out the tractor and picked a bag full. dried them out in the sun for a day or two. i bought a jar of H&B LME and lobed the two in together. i dont know what variety of hops they are, or indeed if they were at...

as i picked my basket up , the tanoy said "this store is closing in 5 minuets" it was like a vintage episode of Dale Wintons Supermarket Sweep for home brew supplies

i did exactly the same last week, all i wanted was some yeast for a small batch of elderberry wine ..... £50 later aheadbuttaheadbutt

Great thanks, I’m used to beer and cider so naturally cautious of the higher end . I’ll warm it up a bit . Thank you

Do I dare warm it up to say 23-24 I wonder?

It is the old style, I’m tempted to take a gravity reading but also can’t see the point if it’s still going strong!

i started a MYO red wine kit on the 15th September, the instructions imply fermentation takes 7 days , something i take with pinch of salt, however two and a half weeks later its still going like a train, air lock bubbles every 10 seconds ! its sitting at 21 degrees , having never done a...

i was going to answer the OPs question in a certain way but i think im really answering : what was your most memorable pint or what would be your perfect pint ? mine would have to be Exmoor Gold with TT Landlord a close second

so what is 'High Tea' then ?