I’ve been to plenty of home brew shops all around the Country and I can say for sure that some are definitely better than others. I have walked into some thinking the place was about to shut down because there was so little on the shelves, others I have been offered advice and suggestions I might not of already thought about with regards to what I was brewing. How I

I’m not sure how I feel about this last beer I made. It’s a pale ale and as you can it’s cloudy. Not just slightly cloudy but really cloudy. Cloudy Beer I had an inkling it would turn out this way as I had run out of finings. I can’t remember the last time I didn’t use finings, either protafloc tablets or irish moss but I forgot to get some

In my previous post about adjusting your water I mentioned something called a “Salifert Test”. It may sound technical and something you don’t want to get yourself involved with but what it does is tell us the alkalinity of your water supply. This alkalinity can then be fed into the water treatment calculator which will then spit out the brewing salts you need to add to your brew and their

To the outsider brewing can be complex and hard to understand and no aspect of brewing more so than adjusting your water. This is why a lot of people steer clear of it altogether. I admit that I didn’t bother adjusting my water at all (with the exception of removing the chlorine) until a few years ago. Most people say that you can brew something reasonable without any adjustments at

I can’t really remember the last time I siphoned a beer and the reason why is I find it a pain in the arse, often involving lots of standing around whilst the beer siphons very slowly. I worked out an easier way to setup my fermenters that allows me to keep my hands free and drink some home brew instead of fiddling around with racking canes and tubes. Never Siphon

Is there such a thing as the perfect pale ale? Well yes of course there is, but what I think is perfect is subjective that is why I think a website where you rate different beers is slightly absurd. If there was only one beer I could drink it would have to be a Pale Ale. I have been playing with recipes to brew my perfect pale ale for a

photo credit: Jim B LRecently I have been brewing more. In this last week I’ve brewed enough to fill up all my fermenting vessels and I have a couple more batches lined up so as soon as they are free I can fill them up again. My home brewery is feeling more like an actual brewery by the day. You see the thing is I recently made a resolution to

About a month ago the nearest home brew shop to my house shut. This particular home brew shop was about 40 minutes drive away so it wasn’t exactly local but it was close enough to go to to get ingredients and supplies when I needed them that particular day. Now my nearest home brew shop is over 2 hours away pretty much in a different county. Support Your Home Brew

It seems like an age since I made my first home brew beer, I had absolutely no idea of what I was doing and remember having an article printed out that explained how to make beer from malt extract. At the time I didn’t know what these ingredients were but I wrote them all down and if I remember correctly they were; Malt Extract, Pellet Hops, Crystal Malt and Yeast.