Beer & Brewing Podcasts
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MASHED ISSUE 8
Exciting times at the moment. And not just because the pubs are open again! After lots of successful testing we’re ready to launch our brand new brew kettle, The Brew Tank. Yeahhh! Read why Gareth took on the mission to design a more versatile, better quality and decently priced brewing vessel.
Using The Brew Tank has really upped Gareth’s brewing game. If you too make a great beer and are thinking of getting competitive with your brewing Sarah Pantry, BJCP certified beer judge and organiser of the Welsh National Homebrew Competition, answers your questions on competition brewing .
And as much as you prize your homebrew, you might be chomping at the bit to get to some beer festivals and sample some liquid inspiration.
Welsh Rarebit
Not ‘rarebit’, but ‘rabbit’. And probably not even Welsh. But still delicious and a worthy recipe to sacrifice a splash of your own ale or stout for. And the perfect pairing for a pint of homebrew.
By Yohanna Best
Sour Cherries – 23F Fruit Lambic
This is the brew that won Sarah the UK National Homebrew Competition in 2017. It scooped gold in its flight and then won overall gold after beating all the other beers in the best of show round. The judges scored it 46 / 50, ranking it a world class example of the style.
By Sarah Pantry
Pembrokeshire, Wales Bluestone Brewing Company
Homed on a working organic farm in the foothills of the Preseli Hills in North Pembrokeshire Bluestone Brewing Company have been brewing their award winning beers since 2013. Their name is inspired by the local stone from which the buildings are built.
By Yohanna Best
the brew tank
As Dark Farm prepare to launch their brand new customisable all-in-one brew kettle, Brew Tank, we catch up with the brains behind it all, Gareth Davies.
By Gareth Davies
THE PLAATO AIRLOCK
At first glance the box hints at its Nordic design, and gives little away, but it suggests quality as does the item on opening. It contains the PLAATO airlock, a 3m USB cable for powering it and a web link to get you registered and going.
By Graeme Stewart
Brewing a Winner
Sarah Pantry, BJCP certified beer judge and organiser of the Welsh National Homebrew Competition, shares her tips on how your brews can scoop the top prizes from homebrew competitions.
By Yohanna Best
Notes from the Hop Farm
It’s all about the hops this time of year and this season is no exception. With the move to Wales now fully committed we had to find a new home for our ever-growing hop family. Our end goal is to build a fully incorporated indoor hop yard/farm, where we can grow hops, run Dark Farm and, obviously, make loads of beer. So we ventured west to find land.
By Gareth Davies
A pint with... SARAH PANTRY
I I started homebrewing sometime back before 2010 doing kits, and did my first all-grain batch in 2012. I love beer but I was finding it very difficult to get hold of all these different styles I was hearing about. Around that time there wasn�t much of a craft beer scene where we lived and I wanted to try different styles that just weren’t available to me.
By Yohanna Best
Brewing in Wales
Much like in the rest of the UK, the tradition of brewing in Wales goes back a long way; though the brews of the time didn’t exactly resemble our modern beer. In the Middle Ages Bragawd (braggot) - a heady ale made from spices and honey - was often brewed in monasteries and considered quite the luxury. Fast forward a few centuries and Welsh brewing has evolved in line with other beer producing nations, adopting hops as a key ingredient.
By Yohanna Best
how to get GOOD HEAD
When you first get into homebrewing it can feel like a major win to produce a half-decent beer. Well, sometimes it can feel like an achievement to produce just a sub-par beer that you didn’t get spill on the floor during your brew up, and which didn’t explode during fermentation.
By Yohanna Best
