The Summer’s End brew is now in the bottle. I first took a sample at the start of the week and it seemed to be at about 1.014. By the end of the week, it had dropped to around 1.012 … Continue reading
13 September 2025
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31 August 2025
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Summer’s End
With the average daily temperature probably unlikely to climb back to the heights we saw earlier this year, I decided it was time to get another homebrew going. I’ve decided to repeat the Burton Bridge XL Bitter recipe I used … Continue reading
6 March 2025
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Mild Bee Bottled
My Mild Bee brew is now bottled. When I tested it yesterday, it had already reached 1.007 so I went ahead and bottled, using my recent “easy” method. It was a slightly smaller batch but I still got 12 500ml … Continue reading
28 February 2025
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Mild Bee
Mild Bee is my latest homebrew, based on Graham Wheeler’s recipe for Boddingtons Mild. The brewery has a long association with Manchester and, as was impressed on me on a visit there a couple of years ago, the city has … Continue reading
26 February 2025
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Brown Dog Stout – First Tasting
When I do my bottling, using my current technique, I am still typically left with a bottle that doesn’t quite get filled up and which gets a certain amount of sediment in the bottom. I try to make sure that … Continue reading
16 February 2025
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Brown Dog Bottled
This afternoon, I’ve bottled 14 glorious bottles of Brown Dog Stout, 7l in all. As for the past couple of batches, I’ve used the method of transferring it via a sterilised jug back into my (resterilised) plastic jerry can. That … Continue reading
7 February 2025
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Brown Dog Stout Fermenting
Yesterday’s brew, Brown Dog Stout, is now in the fermenter and making friends with the activated yeast. I took a gravity measurement and it looks like I nailed the target of 1.050. For the small batch, stove top brewing I … Continue reading
6 February 2025
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Brown Dog Brewed
This afternoon it struck me that, if I got a move on, I could get my first homebrew of the year underway before I had to go out in the early evening. I’ve been reducing both my mash and boil … Continue reading
28 January 2025
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Somewhat Closer
I see that my favourite homebrew supplier has moved somewhat closer. No longer is Crossmyloof Brew based at Crossmyloof in Glasgow, Scotland but near Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, England instead. I think the former owner has retired and someone else has … Continue reading
22 January 2025
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Dud Bottle
I had a dud bottle of my Fawkes Bitter today – no little pop when the cap came off and no carbonation when I poured it out so I wasn’t surprised when it tasted off. The next bottle was fine … Continue reading