I have named this beer in honour of a friend from Seaham, County Durham who has just bought himself a homebrew setup & brewed his first beer - an all grain APA - last week.

I had a helping hand brewing this beer from Al, who will shortly be venturing into the world of brewing himself.

After taking a gravity reading of 1022 & calculating the alcohol level at 3.7% for Short Stack, I've realised that i

After my over-the-top IPAⁱ that was ExperimentAle, I wanted a much more down-to-earth beer but not a boring one

I haven't home brewed in a while & the ingredients were just lying around. I invited some friends over & I brewed on the patio whilst we drank the remainder of previous homebrews.

Originally the idea was to taste the difference between Cascadeⁱ & Liberty hops by brewing two identical beers, bar the hops in question.

Originally the idea was to taste the difference between Cascadeⁱ & Liberty hops by brewing two identical beers, bar the hops in question.   Having said that, I've reduced the amount of

I have a theory that my beer clears better when crystal malt have been used.   I have some new Simcoe hops which I want to try, but they are a strongly bittering hop (12.9% alpha acid).&n