Bottle conditioned aint all cloudy

Having seen quite a few “bottle conditioned” beers lately I’d like to reassure you all that ours are not cloudy and that each bottle does not have an inch of sediment in the bottom. There’s a bit – yes – but it’s quite compact and doesn’t get disturbed that easily. We use a rather long winded . . . → Read More: Bottle conditioned aint all cloudy

HLT heater is now wood fired!

Finally – our new hot liquor heating system has been commissioned and fired up. All the water used for mashing and sparging is now heated via our 30 KW log burner. We use 2500 litres of water at 75 + degrees C each time we brew. That’s a lot of energy required to keep that that . . . → Read More: HLT heater is now wood fired!

New clips

We’ve revamped our range of pump clips. The new clips are square format and should show up a bit better on the bar. Clips are available for sale at £2 each – I’ve given up giving them to collectors since a bunch appeared on ebay for sale! If you’d like to buy them at £2 please . . . → Read More: New clips

In the House

We didn’t get to visit the House of Commons last week when our beer was on sale. We were busy as whatsit making beer and the pre-budget report put me right off politicians and the government. (Should that be with a capital ‘G’ ?) The PBR made headlines with the reduction in VAT but the snakes . . . → Read More: In the House