A couple of weeks ago, while on holiday in East Anglia, I took a tour of the Adnams brewery in Southwold. It was a fairly expensive tour at £30 a head, but it was excellent and the beer samples at the end were generous. In the tap room was a piece of equipment that made … Continue reading Inspired by Adnams – my new homebrewing system
Brewing
American Barleywine Partigyle
With a week to go until half term, the family are all pretty tired so we’ve decided to have a quiet weekend at home. Being utterly unable to just do nothing for a while though I have decided to have a big brewday and spend my time brewing a partigyle beer. When you brew beer, … Continue reading American Barleywine Partigyle
Lockdown Brewing
We spend as much time as we possibly can outdoors. Our boys are still small enough to follow whatever we suggest without too much complaint, so most weekends we're out walking at some point and spend as much of the summer as we can in our tent. Throw in a bit of cycling, cricket, boxercise … Continue reading Lockdown Brewing
Beer of the Bronze Age
My version of the Nordic grog One of the aspects of Dartmoor that I have always found utterly fascinating, from my earliest visits, is the wealth of ancient history that can be found all over the moor. On almost every hillside there is something to remind us of people who lived thousands of years ago: … Continue reading Beer of the Bronze Age