Author Archives: Dave
X-Ray
This west coast DIPA was inspired by Beavertown’s Gamma-Ray. There was always going to be a large amount hops in this beer. All of which soak up good wort, reduce efficiency and are a pain to separate. To help reduce Continue reading X-Ray
Spectrum
One of the issues with large dry hop additions is the significant beer absorption resulting in less yield and the difficulty in filtering out the hops. Spectrum from Baart Hass is a product to help with both of these problems.It Continue reading Spectrum
5 Year Anniversary
Date Afternoon of 13 August 2022. Tap List Keg NEIPA – 8.1% West Coast IPA – 5.4% Munich Helles – 5.8% Cask Best Bitter – 4.3% Imperial Stout (cask aged) – 10.1% Bottle Best Bitter – 5.9% Cider Continue reading 5 Year Anniversary
Keg v Cask
I recently bought a couple of 10 litre mini-kegs and started to think about split-batch experiments. I’ve long had a hankering to make cask beer which I’ve never done before. So I bought a hand pump (pump365) and started to Continue reading Keg v Cask
Hazy Dave
The star of this show was @VerdantBrew IPA yeast. It fermented vigorously and quickly. Not to mention the fantastic fruit flavours. After 3 or 4 days it was done! The 30g of bittering hops were a little too much. But Continue reading Hazy Dave
Cider 2020
It was a good year for my garden apples this year. Both quantity and quality was better than last year. So maybe this years cider would be vintage. I used a different yeast this year, Young’s cider yeast instead of Continue reading Cider 2020
Crafty Pale: All-in-one brew.
This brew was an experiment to ferment and serve from a Corny keg. This really came about through necessity because I just didn’t have any fermentation vessels left. There are of course pro & cons of doing so. Problems include Continue reading Crafty Pale: All-in-one brew.
Ten Ton Truck
This was an attempted clone of Brewdog’s Ten Ton Truck. It was planned to be 10% stout but my efficiency is not the same as Brewdog’s and it only came out at 7.5% However, because of this lack in efficiency, Continue reading Ten Ton Truck
Double Brew
This was my first attempt at a back to back brew. The idea was to plumb the output of the chiller from the drain into the mash tun. This recycles the hot water and saves heating water. With a small Continue reading Double Brew