Illustrating the pint
Craft Beer illustrator Luke Knight talks to Yohanna Best about creating eye-catching designs to match great brews.
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MASHED ISSUE 16
We’ve been enjoying chatting to fellow homebrewers at our new local homebrew club. As well as beer, there’s a lot of cider, wine and mead that’s being made around here. And what better on a summer’s day than a cool, refreshing glass of cider (see our interview with Welsh Mountain Cider) or a crisp, sparkling wine (pg 30)? Well, beer can be equally as good, of course! If you’re looking for a beer that’s dry and wine-like then how about an extra brut brew (here)?
And if grapes are your thing, try the grape saison recipe. To complement these dry fruity brews, we’ve selected a couple of amazing hops for The Hop Club this issue.
It’s been fun looking at your bottle labels too (here). If you’ve got something you’d like to show off then send it our way. Recipes, homebrew packaging, thoughts, tips and tricks - they’re all welcome (send them to Yohanna at: yo@mashedmagazine.com).
In that vein we’ve got a great interview with a MASHED! reader (here) and a tasty reader’s recipe. We hope this leaves you inspired - though probably a little thirsty. But you know how to fix that. Brew on, my friend!
Cheers Gareth & Yohanna
Corking Good Beer
When I started brewing, it was always my dream to produce a classy brew in a Champagne bottle. I believe it was almost 5 years ago when I purchased the bottles for this, and last weekend, when clearing out yet another storage container, I found them. Fortuitous or destiny or simply the beer gods talking!
By Gareth Davies
AI and Homebrewing
There has been a lot of talk about AI recently. I’m no stranger to sci-fi, we all know what’s going to happen: AI will take over the world and we’ll need to send someone back in time to stop it. We all forget the main reason for AI taking over the world is because we are destroying it. So perhaps if we spent more time looking after the place we live and survive on, we wouldn’t have any worries.
By Gareth Davies
Extra Brut Brewing
How do you label your homebrew? Maybe you don’t - nothing like a bit of Russian roulette when filling your glass! (Though it’s a bit disappointing when you pour from an unmarked, seemingly full mini keg only to discover it’s just sterilising solution.) Perhaps you keep things low key and write the name on masking tape and stick that on your bottle.
By Gareth Davies
BREWING Notes
It has been a period of going back to basics. As we all catch up with the world’s rapid and ever changing environments both in nature and politics. I’ve learnt, instead of frantically trying to keep up, it is sometimes best to sit back, evaluate and wait. In other words: a good time to do a lot of brewing.
By Gareth Davies
Welsh Mountain Cider
Elevated in the Cambrian Mountains in Mid Wales, Welsh Mountain Cider produce naturally fermented, vintage and cellar-aged dry ciders, from tawny, tannic oak aged bittersweets to delicious and wine-like light dessert vintages. Welsh Mountain Cider (WMC) also run an impressive museum orchard and tree nursery with hundreds of different varieties of apple and pear trees. All on just six acres of land.
By Yohanna Best
The Pints of penzance
MASHED! reader David Clough chats to Yohanna Best about his homebrewing.
By Yohanna Best
THE BREW TANK - Q&A
I usually brew 20L, what are the dimensions and batch size of the Brew Tank? Which size would be best, 40L or 60L?
By Gareth Davies
Rhubarb Wine
It seems wine is a common theme in this issue so I thought I would tell you about my annual production of sparkling rhubarb wine. I can’t stress enough how tasty this is. If you like a crisp dry white wine, you’ll love this.
By Gareth Davies
Create your own beer labels
How do you label your homebrew? Maybe you don’t - nothing like a bit of Russian roulette when filling your glass! (Though it’s a bit disappointing when you pour from an unmarked, seemingly full mini keg only to discover it’s just sterilising solution.) Perhaps you keep things low key and write the name on masking tape and stick that on your bottle.
By Yohanna Best
