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Firstly I cleaned and sanitised one of my empty Cornys using Tubby Shaws excellent tutorial I then filled it with an AG SMASH that's been sitting in a secondary FV for the last week It's now sitting in the shed carbing up. :) I then decided that I'd make up one of the kits that I bought...

Six Bells I always used to pop in when I was anywhere near Bishops Castle and ended up preferring the Six Bells to the Three Tuns but I don't think I could get a £300,000 purchase past the missus even though she likes my beer :D

After I saw a bloke drinking out of a leather tankard at Shrewsbury Folk Festival last year I thought to myself "I wouldn't mind one of those..." I looked around for one and found the Hidebound site which looked very tempting. But as ever, just buying one seemed too easy and I kept thinking "I...

There's two things I really enjoy, good beer and wholesome food. I've had a few goes at AG now and I must admit I'm pleased with the results - although there's always room for improvement.... :) So not being able to fit in a brewday due to family commitments I thought I'd have a go at making...

So yet another of my Rock Gods has sadly gone. Deep Purple were a seminal part of my teenage years, I hate to think how many hours I spent listening to "In Rock" and "Burn". In fact I think I'll go and put "Speed King" on and raise a glass or two tonight. Jon may you Rock in Peace.

I'm looking for some advice. Last week one of the lads at work gave me this According to the date stamp on the bottom it was made in 1978 :roll: so it's 34 years old but it's never been used and is just like it was brand new. The lid on the top is 6" in diameter and has what looks like a...

So after some successful extract brews and dabbling with some Turbo Cider, I thought it was time to finally take a trip to the dark side. :D My stepson is getting married in a few months, and as he genuinely seems to have appreciated my brewing efforts to date I thought that I'd try and make...

Folks - I'm wondering whether I could split my up and coming brewday by mashing and sparging one evening then boiling, cooling and yeast pitching the next evening. I know i'd lose the benefit of having hot wort going into the boiler after the sparge, and the boiling process would therefore...

After lurking on these forums for ages trying to learn as much as I could I thought it was high time to stop just thinking about it and get brewing. My first brew was meant to be a Timothy Taylor Clone out of Graham Wheelers book, here's a few pics of how it went... The Wife thought I was...