My intention was to take advantage of the freezing weather in Manchesterⁱ & make a lager, since I could keep it cool during fermentation & cold during maturation for several weeks. &nbs

What I have brewed isn't traditional mead according to the BJCP Style Guidelines, but more Melomel.   My last batch of me

The link above takes you to the webpages of The Guardian, where they review 10 British brewpubs (well at least one is a brewery tap, not a brewpub).   Amazingly for the British media they

Saturday morning saw us all fresh & ready to go on a full day's drinking around Cambridge.   After a big breakfast in the hotel we (Al, Andrew, Matt, Mark, Asun & me) walked towar

A new city for me to visit & tour the local pubs: Cambridge.   Bicycles & students everywhere & very busy in the centre with cars, luckily its not a big city at all & can

Sainsbury'sⁱ have got a new line of products on the supermarket shelves as we go into Autumn, with some of the best beer they've ever had (strangely, none of it is mentioned at all on their shopping

This October Manchesterⁱ is the place to be for the best in beer - The Manchester Food & Drink Festival (MFDF) is on from October 1st to

Which country brews the best beer?   Since October 2006 I have kept a diary of every bottle of beer I've drunk on a spreadsheet and scored them out of ten.   There are a total o

Belgium has many different beer styles in a similar way that the British do.