Priming Sugar
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Using Priming Sugar & Carbonating Your Beer

Priming with sugar is one of those subjects that gets overlooked. The way a beer is carbonated has an important role in the way the beer tastes and is perceived by the person drinking it. Priming a beer is something you’ll have to do for…
Hop Bitterness
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Hop Bitterness and Calculating IBU

Hops are a complex ingredient in homebrew, there is a lot of involved biochemistry surrounding their interaction in the beer making process but it is good to know a little about what is happening when you use them because when you want to develop…
Home Brew Label

Designing A Home Brew Label

Designing your own home brew labels can be a really great way to add value to your home brewed beers. A few years ago when I got married I gave everyone who attended the wedding a couple of different beers. The beers were a Citra Pale Ale and…
Kolsch Tasting

Kolsch Tasting & Taking Notes

  Around a month ago I shared the recipe for a Kolsch I brewed. As promised I will now share the tasting notes for the beer. As a home brewer I find sitting and writing these tasting notes really helpful. It is such a great exercise…

Home Brew Imperial Clone Recipes

Whilst I’m not particularly fond of the term “imperial” which seems to get attached to any beer that is of higher strength than the norm, I must say I like the challenge that faces the brewer in brewing one. Of course when you call…
Elderberry Liqueur

How To Make Elderberry Liqueur

Out of all the berries that you can forage in the UK, elderberries don’t seem to be high up on the list of peoples favourites. This liqueur recipe utilises these underused berries and creates a drink that is rich and complex and perfect for…
Cantillon Brewery

The Sour Beers of Cantillon Brewery

Foreword: A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to take a tour around Cantillon Brewery in Brussels. I wrote it up at the time and it seems a shame not to post it here now. I’m sure the brewery is the same now as it was a couple of…
Brewing Belgian Beer
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Beginners Guide To Home Brewing Belgian Beers

What I am hoping to do in this post is encapsulate everything about getting to know and getting started brewing Belgian beer in a concise form. There are so obviously this isn’t going to be as an expansive resource as one of those but I hope…
Beer Ingredients
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Understanding Beer Ingredients For Beginners

When you start out making beer it can be daunting with the amount of beer ingredients on offer to know what one, or any of them are going to do to your home brew. There are such a wide varieties of malts, hops and yeast alone that will all…
Coffee Liqueur

A Recipe To Make Coffee Liqueur

Today we have an Coffee Liqueur recipe by a guest author and friend of mine Lindsay. I actually received this coffee liqueur as a gift over christmas and I thought it tasted so good I asked for the recipe. Lindsay kindly wrote up the process…