Author: Joe

Coffee Table Project

I was given a piece of ash which originated as part of a bar in a pub and decided to make a coffee table…. So here’s what the plan looks like. The top was pretty much ready to use. My girlfriend’s office used to be a pub and was recently converted so the carpenter cut the top for us which is what started […]

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Building a Bottle Drying Rack

I thought I’d try and build a bottle rack instead of paying £30 for one. Times must be hard when you can’t afford a bottle drying rack for your home brewed ale 😉 Instead of taking photos I also thought I’d use  my SLR to make a film. All done on a Canon 500D with the 60mm Macro lens @ 720p… To be […]

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Growing Challenger Hops

So the hops have been growing since the end of February which I think was a bit late to plant them but they have done really well all things considered. Had a few problems with them being attacked by slugs and bugs along the way but I’ve ended up with a good crop.  Pics on this entry aren’t too good by the way. […]

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Booze Festival

On June 4th the Mann family decided to hold a booze fest! Between us we came up with 20 gallons of ale, bottles and bottles of wine and cider plus a few other bits here and there. We arranged for a finger buffet and had about 40 people round to have a few drinks! Preparations under way… As much seating as we could […]

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Pit Bike Build

So i’ve started building a pit bike this year mainly from parts kindly donated by mates. So far this is how it’s looking: First thing that needed doing was to replace the crank in the engine which is a 140cc single. They get put through their paces and this engine was in a friend’s bike. He’s replaced the engine since anyway. You can […]

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Pale Ale

I’ve been drinking my latest ale. This time I’ve devised my own recipe using extra pale barley malt extract, wheat extract and 3 varieties of hops; East Kent Goldings, Ahtanum and Hallertauer Hersbrucker. I decided to boil as much water as I can which is about 10 litres with the stock pot we have. The final volume of beer is 23 litres which […]

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