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California Stout
For the 2nd meeting of the Hertford Beer and Brewers group (HBAB) it was decided we should all have a go at brewing a dark beer (since it was still winter). I’d brewed a porter last year, which I’m yet…
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Essential Homebrew Equipment – Refractometer
A refractometer is one of the pieces of brewing equipment I bought on a whim but it turned out to be a great purchase. Checking the gravity of your wort while you’re brewing is a fairly important factor in producing…
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Green Hop Cascade SMaSH
Earlier this year I bought a couple of hop rhizomes from Willingham Nurseries with the hope that I’d one day be able to make a beer or 2 with hops I’d grown myself. I bought a cascade and a goldings and put…
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Ticket to Zurich – Brew Day
My Dad turned 65 earlier this year and to help mark the occasion I brewed a couple of beers for the party and kept a few bottles for him. The first I brewed was a clone of Fullers HSB from Graham…
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Making a Hop Tea
For my American Pale Ale recipe rather than dry hopping I thought I’d give making a hop tea a try to add that extra hop boost I was looking for. A hop tea is an infusion of hops and water,…
American Pale Ale
For my 20th AG brew I thought I’d do something little special and do a highly hopped American Pale Ale. I’d had 500g of Cascade in the freezer I wanted to use some of but wanted to pair another US…
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Floody Hell! – Brew Day
Stocks after Xmas were pretty low so in early February I finally managed to get the first brew of the new year on. I got up nice and early thanks to my new alarm clock; a month old daughter, was…
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Abe’s Ale – Brew Day
Seems I’ve been pretty lapse about posting for the last few months, though I’ve not brewed a while lot since October really. This was the last of my ‘stocking up for Xmas’ brews. it was based on Graham Wheeler’s recipe…
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Dizzy Izzy – Brew Day
With Christmas fast approaching it was time for another brew to get the stocks up ready for the festive season. Nothing particularly fancy about this beer, just a good, solid and hopefully tasty easy drinking session type beer. I wanted…
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Pacific Gem New Zealand Ale – Goldy Looking Gem
The majority of my brews have used fairly standard English hops such as East Kent Goldings, Challenger and Fuggles with a few ventures into the use of Cascade. With this in mind I thought it was time to venture to…