Category: Brewing

Pale Ale Partial Mash

It’s that time again and I’ve done another partial mash brew to have ready for Christmas. The recipe is below. I should say that I’ve used the terms “mash” and “sparge” pretty loosely here! Mash 2KG Maris Otter low colour (2.5 EBC) for 90 mins – went for 64°C this time Sparge (75°C) Start the 90 minute boil with 30g East Kent Goldings […]

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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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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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