I bottled most of my Birthday Porter into 1 & 2 litre PET bottles, but kept 7 litres back to experiment with.

A substantial porter that will be ready to drink for my wife's (it ends in a "0") birthday. She wanted it chocolatey.

My favourite style of beer is American Pale Aleⁱ & no suprises then that I've brewed a few (they're all on this website);

American Pale Ale
Simcoe Liberty Bitter
Simcoe Cascadeⁱ Bitter

Three bottles of my Belgian Bruin Ale had frozen raspberries added at a rate of around 100g per 2 litre

I don't think I've ever brewed the same beer twice in recent years - this is about as close as I get though - there's always a new hop I find & have to try out or a tweak to the last recipe to expe

Three men try to rob a pub approaching closing time in my local area of Timperley, Greater Manchesterⁱ. Regulars & staff have a go & send the robbers packing. One leaves a shoe behind.

I've almost run out of beer in the house & we are on an economy drive so beer must be brewed. Then someone gets engaged so the decision on style of beer is made for me: A Belgian Bruin beer.

Being one of these modern insufferable souls who are "time poor" I have bought my first homebrew kit in over a decade as I don't know when I'm going to find 5 consequetive hours to brew properly in th

On this page I will attempt to walk through an American Pale Aleⁱ recipe for someone used to brewing, but going all grain for the first time.