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As the Corona virus drags on, the power of community grows stronger. We’ve certainly been kept sane by you, our awesome readers, and the Dark Farm Brew Crew, who have helped develop some great new brew kits.
For this issue, we’ve had also fun connecting with the pros of craft cider, yeast, wild brewing and small (table) beer. All of whom have been generous with the info, tips and fascinating background they’ve given us. We’re big fans of small brews: enjoying more beer with less hangover (and more capacity to get shit done around here) is definitely a draw. We were given a fascinating insight into the brews that Small
Beer Brew Co create, and their generosity extended to sharing a great two-for-one recipe. So, grab yourself a pint and soak up some refreshing homebrew inspiration. Cheers!
It’s easy to slip into routines: there’s a certain safety in knowing what you do and don’t like. We all have our go-to beers, for sure, but life can get a bit, you know, stale when you always go vanilla (or IPA). There’s just no thrill. And no learning.
What a year 2020 has become! Small businesses all over the UK have struggled to keep up with the ever changing rules and regulations as the pandemic sweeps the world.
I am a real believer in people having a go – just ‘do it and learn’. I’ve tried to construct this simple recipe in a way that will encourage anyone to give it a go, with the minimum of equipment.
This parti-gyle recipe makes two equal sized half-batches: a 3.1% ABV lager and a 1.5% ABV dark lager. It is loosely based on the very first parti-gyled development batches of our very own Small Beer Lager and Dark Lager. You may want to double your batch size depending on your mash tun and fermenter capacity, as well as your ability to hold your second wort while you’re boiling your first.
Small beer - or table beer as it’s also known - is becoming big. In popularity, not strength. That would defeat the purpose. Small beer is basically any beer that comes in at between 0.5% to 2.8% ABV. In my youth I would have rolled my eyes and turned my back on booze with less booze. These days, however, I can definitely see the benefit of staying at table level, rather than under it.
I love homebrewing. It’s the ultimate geek hobby: creative, technical, innovative, and at the end of it all you get pints and pints of lovely beer (usually). With the introduction of the all-in-one brew pans like Grainfather and BrewZilla, higher level homebrewing has become more accessible. With this newfound interest comes a whole range of exciting tech and equipment, and for people like me who love a good gadget - especially when it assists me with my beer - I’m all in!
Proudly standing at the ‘intersection of science, education and craft’ White Labs are pushing boundaries to set new standards within the art of fermentation.
Based in St Austell, Wasted Apple make handcrafted traditional Cornish cider and award winning apple juice. You get a sweet double whammy with Wasted Apple cider: the exceptionally good end product, including their fantastic ‘Heritage’ range made from Cornish varieties of cider apples; and then there’s the environmental benefit. Because Wasted Apple make their ciders and juice from apples that would have otherwise gone to waste.
