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I picked up 1.5kg of parsnips in christmas week from our local Asda for the grand total of 21p - yep 21 pence - and having never done a parsnip wine before, thought it might be worth a shot. Immediately put them in the freezer and forgot about it all. Then last night i remembered why there was...

As per my usual yearly routine, time to defrost all the blackberries and elderberries I've collected and get 9l of wine on the go! All went swimmingly to start with and followed my usual process. 2kg blackberry 1kg elderberry 2kg sugar dissolved in 8l boiling water 1 cup strong tea Place...

Evening all, this months competition is IPA / American pale ales styles. Judging will take place 3rd to the 4th june depending on how many entries there are, beers should arrive before end of May so they have time to settle before tasting. As 'IPA' and 'american pale ale' is such a broad...

What a cracking return to form! Wonderful album full of classic Metallica riffs and well worth a listen if a bit of metal is your cup of tea.

Today the heater in my small aquarium housing my betta fish, Drax, stopped working. Only noticed when I went to feed him and saw the temp had dropped to 20c Eeeeek, new one ordered for next day delivery, but what to do overnight? I know, old heat belt!!! Will leave it on low, which I think is...

Wife has decided that she doesnt like the raspberry and lemon fruit tea that she got last weekend, so have decided to do an experiment and make a fruit tea 'wine' with it. Whilst I am at it, might as well bung on a turbo cider - as she also picked up a Raspberry cordial and doesnt like that...

I normally only use glass bottles, with a half dozen coopers brown pet bottles thrown in for manually checking carbonation. But after 3 years I have noticed they are getting very battered and not giving a consistent seal. So decided its time to replace them! Whilst browsing the world according...

I fancy having a go at a trappist beer in the near future, after having a bottle of rochefort 8 last night. I kept the dregs of the bottle, so couple of questions from the more adventurous brewers on here. If the sediment in the bottle the actual brewing yeast, or a bottling yeast? If the...

Its been a while since I did a tea wine or tea cider, and I have to admit the last 2 that i did were extremely pleasant in an 'easy drinking' sort of way. So decided to grab a few supplies whilst out getting my traditional Friday fish and chips! 20x cranberry and raspberry tea bags - courtesy...

Its that time of year again - and its been a bumper crop for blackberries around our way. But the damned birds have decimated my elderberry crop unfortunately. However with limited time available to me for picking, I have been filling a doggy pooh bag each time I take the mutts out and bunging...

I fancy doing an experiment with a stout. I have enough grains left for a single 16l brew made up of MO and munich dark and a whole bunch of chocolate malt and black patent. I've done a few before, variously adding lots of oats or doing it 'straight up' and so far I've been pretty happy. But I...

I bought 3kg of some Munich dark malt from geterbrewed for a dubbel I wanted to brew, but only used 1kg for the recipe. This now leaves me with 2kg I don't know what to do with! I hare having ingredients lying about, so want to use it up. It was this stuff...

I don't know what's up with me lately, but I just have had ENOUGH. I work from home 90% of the time, so it's not lockdown - itis, I have a good job, I enjoy (too much) home brew, I game online, all in all I haven't really had much change in my personal circumstances with covid. But I am just...

To cut a long story short, I've been asked by my head honcho if I'll do a brew for a virtual Christmas get together in mid December for the team. Another service manager is donating wine he brewed last year and another used to be a chef and is sending out some cakes and pastries. It's all going...

I've never done a saison before, in fact I've only ever tried commercial saisons a couple of times and I'm not hugely convinced... But that's not stopping me having a go at one. Before I put grain to water, can those in the know advise me if this will 'work' and make a sort of saison type ale...

I've been no chill brewing for a while now and I've had pretty consistent results by factoring in the natural cool down overnight to my hop schedule. But...big but...I've always felt that I'm missing some of the hop flavour of late additions and getting more bitterness due to no chill than I was...

My usual yearly ritual of collecting blackberries and elderberries has been quite successful this year. 2kg of blackberries and 1kg elderberries, all brought to the boil with 2.5kg sugar and left to cool overnight. Mash it a bit and them strain in to 3 demijohns with a cup of strong tea and...

Inspired by this link - https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2019/06/kelloggs-launces-beer-made-from-rejected-rice-krispies/ Has anyone else tried something completely off the wall? I am due to try @MyQul brut using 30% rice crispies, but this article has me thinking about something even more...

I treated myself to a nice bottle of cantillon gueuze lambic today, and I had forgotten what an incredible beer it is. Fortunately I didn't just empty the bottle in to my pint pot and I have a little bit left in the bottom with some dregs/slurry. So I am struck with an urge to do a gallon in a...

I've been adjusting my recent brews and messing about with adding in my late hop additions. Instead of putting them in at "flameout" - essentially 100c - and leaving them for 15 mins, I'm doing a whirlpool once the wort has cooled to 80c. All pretty normal stuff. Whilst this has reduced the...