24 November 2023
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I think my Ruby Return beer was probably ready to bottle a few days ago but I only found time to sort it out today. I got 14 bottles (approximately 7l), which is a decent return and the calculated final … Continue reading
9 November 2023
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Yesterday afternoon, I made use of some of the new brewing supplies I’d ordered in last week and set to work on my first batch for the new season. One of Jane’s favourites out of the various recipes I’ve tried … Continue reading
31 October 2023
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It struck me today that I’m falling behind on the homebrewing. I’ve done cider and I’ve tried wine for the first time (still in the demijohns but probably getting ready to bottle) but I need to get some more grains … Continue reading
22 October 2023
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Down at my mum’s last week, we had a dish which was billed as piri-piri chicken. It was a little underwhelming and I think the blame for that lies squarely with the recipe (I was cooking so I hope it … Continue reading
11 October 2023
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When measuring things, it is important to pick a suitable level of precision. For example, when I drove to Bangor (Wales) last week, it was enough to know it was about 160 miles from home. The car estimated I had … Continue reading
1 October 2023
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We got another donation of grapes on Friday evening so a chunk of yesterday was taken up with processing them. You can’t leave fresh fruit too long or it goes bad, so time was of the essence. I’ve produced another … Continue reading
26 September 2023
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Over the last few months, my consumption of oven-ready pizzas has gone up. It’s not really much of a guilty secret. Pizza is a relatively complete meal in itself, they aren’t too pricey and it is very easy to prepare. … Continue reading
25 September 2023
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I’d count myself as quite a brewing veteran. I’ve done a lot of beer, mainly starting with the grain, and a fair number of batches of cider but I’ve never attempted wine. I’m not so interested in kits and I’ve … Continue reading
18 September 2023
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Calling that last batch of homebrewing “Cider 1+2” is functional but not very fancy. Therefore, from henceforth, I shall refer to it as Cidre Unplusdeux. I’m pretty sure that isn’t very good French but it is a much more intriguing … Continue reading
17 September 2023
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Both my demijohns of cider finished fermenting this week, so I decided to combine them at the bottling stage. Both had dropped to a specific gravity of about 0.993 from about 1.050, which suggests an ABV of around 7.6% and … Continue reading