Thursday 20 October 2011
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I enjoyed a curry down at Aziz on the Cowley Road tonight with a bunch of blokes from my church tonight. To accompany my meal I had a pint of Bangla beer, which I had not tried before. As a … Continue reading
Wednesday 12 October 2011
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They say that you can’t have your cake and eat it but, when you brew beer from grain, you get a pile of spent grain. Most of the starch has been converted into sugars by enzymes that are active during … Continue reading
Tuesday 27 September 2011
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I decided to sneak an early bottle of my latest homebrew last night, the brown ale I brewed up recently from crushed grains and hops. I need to be patient with the rest of the batch but I think I … Continue reading
Monday 19 September 2011
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I got my brown ale bottled up today, after it had spent about 3 days sitting with a gravity of about 1.012 at 19.5°C. Having dropped from about 1.044, that gives an approximate ABV of about 4%. I added enough … Continue reading
Tuesday 13 September 2011
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I suspect there might be several posts about beer over the next few days as I watch and wait to see how my current homebrew turns out. I got it cooled, added a bit of sugar to push up the … Continue reading
Sunday 11 September 2011
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It is after midnight so why am I still up? It is because I have been struggling to find time to get on with my latest homebrew project which, if all goes to plan, should come out as a decent … Continue reading
Saturday 16 July 2011
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I got my first taste of my mild brew yesterday; very pleasing. It was dark and tasty, neither too fizzy nor too bitter. Out of interest, I took a gravity reading, which came out as 1.014 at 20.5ºC, which is … Continue reading