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Meeting in London earlier this aft, treating myself to a southern style pint for a change while I’m down here.

Nice to see some familiar ones in the BrewDog advent calendar, but I might regret this in the morning after a couple of glasses of wine with a very late lunch.

The first stout I did was with wheat flour for extra body - I mixed it with cold water first. Just to note this was an extract brew so I added it to my hop mix.

On the left is the end of my lemon drop / Marris otter SMaSH, on the right is one I’ve been meaning to try for a while but never been brave enough to have a go. Happy Friday everyone!

Advent Calender arrived early. I fear it wont survive the weekend…

Standard fermentation takes 2 weeks at room temp. Most of it will be done in the first 5-7 days, but as most of us well tell you there is no rush. Good beer only gets better with time. if you’re still concerned about temps you can get a Bluetooth probe which sends data to your phone, tablet or...

First try of an Amber Ale with blood orange for Hallowe’en - and catching up on some Marvel.

Thankfully I’m not from ‘ull - I’m proper Yorkshire ‘Appen

After kicking off my first ever proper cider it’s feet up and pale ale time. Stating off with this little beauty:

Quick dash back home and grab the last couple of cold Neck oil cans I have in my fridge. Bizarrely I thought it tasted better on draft - certainly fruitier - when I was in the pub last Friday. Still good though. Need to do another clone of this soon.

Ossett Blonde in the last of Friday’s sun…

Tonight I’m joining the dark side… Finishing off my Belgian Saison with retro gaming.

So I’ve been playing around with boil times recently, because I primarily brew from extract I’m wondering if 60 minute hop boils are necessary. So this one is Maria Otter with Citra, Chinook and Ahtanum, equal amounts added to 25 minute, 15 minute, hop stand and dry hop. It’s good, I like it -...

Is there an award for worst pint? Asking for a friend.

I remember the days when pub pool players would do that - lose a couple of games to win the big one! Proper hustler form that one.

This Old Reptonian Drifter IPA sounds awesome!

Can’t think why that would be your focal point mate! BTW, they’re not undone - I’ve lost weight.

I’ve waited all week for this beauty! Pineapple beer, seriously my new favourite. Happy weekend everyone!

wait, what?

A couple of years ago I worked with some South African guys who, on learning that I’d started to homebrew, told me I had to try their local moonshine- and here it is. Pineapple beer. I’m absolutely over the moon with it! Let’s raise a glass to the weekend!