Brew Day Report – Blonde Ale – 25th May 2009
This was my first brew for a while and it was nice to get the gear out again. This recipe is in the vein of what American’s call a “lawnmower” beer, i.e.; something nice and refreshing to quench your thirst after mowing the lawn on a hot, Summer day. I’m after a nice toasty maltiness [...]
Progress Update #1
I thought it might be interesting to write some periodic progress reports to see how this “grow your own” malarkey is going!
As this is the first one, it’s going to be particularly vague as I’ve not really been taking notes, but given that we’re just leaving the leanest part of the year, there’s not a [...]
Home Made Chicken Liver Pate
One of my staple meals while I was at University was pate sandwiches. I used to buy a couple of pots of chicken livers from Safeway and make a batch of pate which would last me a week.
The ingredients would vary occasionally depending on what I had around (a slug of Guinness, a dash of [...]
My brewing history
I’ve been a home brewer for about four years now. The first couple of batches used malt extract but I very quickly stepped up to brewing all grain beers, and it has become a pretty all consuming hobby. After a recent clear out pretty much every book I own is about beer, most of the [...]
Chicken-proofing the garden…. Suggestions, anyone?
I desperately want the chickens to be free range, and although I have fenced areas off the garden it has very definitely been done with the intention of keeping the chickens OUT of certain areas, rather than confining them.
However, the three rather large and heavy timber planters (below) I created last Summer (pre-chickens) lie outside [...]
The best scrambled eggs (I think so anyway)
I’ve seen many recipes for scrambled eggs – some rich with cream and butter, some much simpler – egg, and not much else. Personally, I think the best recipe requires technique rather than ingredients, but at the end of the day it’s totally about the quality of the egg.
My eggs come from the hens in my [...]