Writing a successful blog about beer is probably contingent on the following two things. a) Having something to say. I'm not sure I'...

Mild hasn't been generally available in pubs in my lifetime. Samuel Smith's do a dark one which I think is worth trying, and I have ...

To use up a load of old hops, and to keep my WLP002 ticking along, I thought I'd brew a beer with a bit of rye. I couldn't find...

I grow hop bines on my allotment. The Fuggles bine is extremely vigorous, the Goldings is pretty pathetic in comparison; It produces far few...

I almost always use dry yeast, but one of my perennial problems is getting enough yeast character in native beers. I have tried using sugars...

On my one of the few things that will overwinter on an allotment in the UK is broad (fava) beans. A variety called "Sutton" was gr...

A belgian pale ale. This one was split two ways, one with brett brux from orval, one with brett brux from brasserie de la senne's brux...