Home Grown Hops

Well, I decided I would attempt to grow my own hops which should be interesting to use in some of my future ales. The variety I’ve gone for is Challenger. Mainly becuase they are fairly versatile. They’re based on Goldings but they have more resistance to disease so I’ve read. I ordered a hop rhizome off the internet (like pretty much everything else […]

Way to Amarillo IPA

A few weeks ago I made another brew. The kit I’ve got makes up to 40 pints, there’s loads of recipes you can follow or kits you can buy. I’ve basically got all my stuff from brewuk.com. The instructions from the site go like this: “Sanitise all equipment and rise before using. Bring 6 litres of water to the boil and Dissolve the 1kg of […]