Alcoholic Elderflower Champagne Recipe
Following on from the non alcoholic elderflower champagne it would have been wrong of me not to do an alcoholic version of it to enjoy on hot summer evenings we’re having. The recipe I used for this is pretty much…
Alcohol Free Elderflower Champagne Recipe
There’s a lovely self set elderflower in my back garden which is covered in white flower heads and it would be a shame not to use them for some kind of brew. I’d already planned to make some alcoholic elderflower…
5 Tips for Fast Home Brew Bottling
Once your lovely new beer is fermented you’re faced with a choice, to bottle or to barrel. I won’t go in to the merits and drawbacks with each method but one of the reasons given for not bottling by a…
Brewday – Renovation Ale
Until now I’ve exclusively made beer based on a recipe, either from Graham Wheeler’s book or a recipe from the excellent database at the homebrewforum, most of these have turned out pretty well and I’ve learnt quite a lot by…
Your First Home Brew Beer Kit – Equipment
So you’ve decided you want to try your hand at brewing some beer, but not quite sure what equipment you need to make your first home brew. You can actually make beer from a kit with very little in the…
Hop Back Summer Lightning
The calendar seemed to suggest we should be heading into summer so I decided to have a go at a clone of Hopback brewery’s excellent Summer Lightning. This is a fresh hoppy beer with plenty of aroma that is perfect…
