There’s a stage I think every homebrewer goes through, they brew a few pale ales and once they get the hang of it, a lightbulb goes on: they can...
Beer Brewing
Partial Mash Brewing
For many brewers, their adventures start with extract brewing - whether liquid or spray malt - and eventually want to branch out into something a...
How to Brew Low Alcohol Beer
If you go on Untappd and look at the top rated beers, you’ll see a trend: they all seem to be high ABV. In fact - as of writing - I had to scroll to...
7 Ideas for Christmas Home Brew Beers
It seems a bit early to be thinking about Christmas. We're only just putting away our Halloween costumes and cleaning our cider gear for storage,...
Top 6 All Grain Beer Kits
All grain brewing is cheaper, there’s more control over the product, and there’s something satisfying about using 100% raw ingredients to make a...
Kveik Stout Recipe
If you haven’t guessed by now, kveik is one of our favourite types of yeast. We love seeing the unique characteristics they bring to beer. Plus, the...
6 of the Best Home Brew Beer Kits 2023
I have compiled a list of the best home brew beer kits in 2023, I have based the research on personal preference, best sellers and favourites...
Open Fermentation – Everything You Need To Know
https://youtu.be/sexloMKPuO8 Virtually every book, instruction manual, YouTuber, brewer will tell you to never look inside a fermenting beer....
Fresh Hop Beer
As summer rolls into autumn, we see more rain and less sun, and people are packing away their BBQs whilst holidays become a distant memory. To most,...
Ultimate Guide to Yeast Starters for Homebrew
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: fermentation is the most important part of brewing, and good yeast health and pitch rate will result in a...
How to use Home Brew Dry Yeast
Dry yeast sachets are amazing. They’re easy to use, convenient, and they stay viable for a long time if stored correctly. Sure, there may not...
Grain to Glass in 4 days – Rosemary Ale
Sometimes it's really useful to have the ability to make a decent beer really fast. I'm talking grain to glass in a week fast. That might sound...
How to use Kveik Yeast
Kveik was brought to the wider brewing world’s attention by Lars Marius Garshol. At the time it was only available from the farms where it had been...
Stuck Sparge – Don’t Panic
During one of my recent brew days whilst using the Grainfather, I encountered a stuck sparge. Although a rare occasion if everything is done...
How to use Chemsan and Chemclean – The Workhorse of the Home Brewery
Cleaning and sanitisation are such important parts of brewing it’s almost impossible to brew without some sort of strict cleanliness regime. With it...
Guide to Lager Yeasts
I love lager. It’s probably my favourite type of beer. No, I don’t mean generic mass produced beer, 6 for £5 from Tesco lager, I’m talking about...
Cask Ale Conditioning at Home
Don’t try this at home! Or at least use some caution. I try to carbonate my home brew beer in a pressure barrel by transferring before fermentation has ended in an attempt for real ale conditioning. Will it work?
Session Summer Ale
With winter behind us, the days getting longer and bouts of warm weather are blessing us, more of us are wheeling out the BBQs and parasols, and nothing beats a warm summer’s day more than a refreshing beer.
Very few things in life beat sitting in a garden sessioning on lawnmower beers with some friends, especially if you can say “I made this beer”. Whether you keg or bottle, you can have an ample supply saving you from running to the shops mid session.
3 Beer Glasses to Perfect your IPA
Why does the glass matter? Whichever beer glass you choose helps to enhance aroma, flavour and visual representation. Much of the aroma is contained...
How to Keg – The Ultimate Guide
Ever wanted to cut out the pesky bottling day? Keg your beer! Bring the pub to your house! Learn everything you need to know in this video.
All Grain Brewing For Beginners
I’ve been a home brewer for over 8 years now and in this time I’ve run many homebrew classes, and what I always tell new students wanting to make...
How to Bottle Beer: A Complete Guide
How do you get your beer from the fermenter, nicely carbonated into a bottle you and your friends can enjoy? The brewing process isn’t over yet and we’ll be looking at a method called “bottle conditioning” to show how you can easily package your beers, then (most importantly) drink them carbonated.
Nettle Beer – Guide for Home Brewers
Nettles are the worst of all weeds. They spring up everywhere, are incredibly difficult to get rid of and they sting like hell. Why must plants...
A Guide to Dry Hopping
Hops have been used in brewing for 800 years, helping to balance flavours, and stop spoilage bacteria ruining the beer. The concept of a “hop heavy”...
Seven Homebrew Hacks
We may see brewing as a hobby we do every weekend, but sometimes it’s helpful to remember it’s older than civilisation itself, and for the majority...
Five Grainfather Hacks to Improve Your Brewday
The all-in-one Grainfather system took the homebrew world by storm due to its ease of use, compact size, and quality wort production. It’s an...
Hops Under the Microscope
Ever since the craft beer boom exploded into our bars and pubs, IPAs and its variations have taken over taps as beer drinkers demand more bold...
Rise of the Pseudo Lager: Grain to Glass in Rapid time
If you’re a homebrewer reading this, chances are at some point on a hot day you’ve cracked open a cold, crisp, clean lager, sat back in your chair...
Beginners guide to brewing beer
Guide to brewing home brew beer from a kit So, you are a beginner and are interested in brewing your own beer... We will talk you through some of...
Everything about Wort Chillers
When all grain home brewing, a wort chiller is an essential piece of equipment that can save time and improve the quality of your home brew beer. We...
Homebrewing: Expectations vs Reality
It’s no secret that beer is one of the most popular beverages in the world and the UK love grabbing a cold one after a hard day at work. But with an...
The Beginners Guide to All Grain Homebrewing in 4 Basic Steps
Homebrewing is a fun hobby, and you can save a lot of money on trips to the pub. The thing is, most people don’t know where to start. Here at...