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Posted by Trenchfoot in Beer, Beer Recipes, Recipes on 31. Mar, 2013 | No Comments
Easter Brewday – Atonement IPA
It’s Easter Day and what better way to celebrate the freedom that Christ’s death and resurrection has won for us than by brewing a batch of beer! As is my habit for Sunday brewdays, I mashed in just before setting off for church and with the hymns from a rousing
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Posted by Trenchfoot in Beer, Theology on 18. Feb, 2011 | No Comments
Beer in the Letters of Martin Luther
Today in 1546, one of our heroes of the faith, the great Reformer Martin Luther died. Luther was a man of startling contrarieties – a brilliant mind whose contribution to Christian theology is inestimable, he was courageous, determined, yet violent tempered, belligerant, and a complete potty-mouth (his scatology is legendary,
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Posted by Trenchfoot in Beer, Beer Tasting on 30. Sep, 2010 | No Comments
The Art of Beer Tasting: the Meilgaard flavour wheel
Morten Meilgaard is an unsung hero of the brewing world. A brilliant chemical engineer and real ale enthusiast, he basically invented the language used to describe beer. Although human beings have been enjoying the taste of beer for centuries, it was not until Meilgaard developed his now famous Beer Flavour
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Posted by Trenchfoot in Beer, Bottling and Kegging on 12. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
Standing on the shoulders of giants: the Trappists
When it comes to Christian brewers, or any brewing for that matter, nobody does it better than the Trappists. These dudes know how to party. There are seven Trappist breweries, all brewing some of the best beer in the world, but the most acclaimed of them all (despite also having
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Apr
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Ginger: demijohning
Now… having been away in Germany, and leaving the ginger unattended, I was pleased to come home to find the Ginger on fire. Wopped my head inside the bucket for a good noseful, and it certainly put me in a happy place, and singed most of the hairs up my
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12
Apr
Parsnip Wine
Posted by Trenchfoot in Wine
To while away the evenings at New Word Alive, I also took a bottle of my untried parsnip wine. Whilst the less discerning went off to hear some naff christian band each night, the rest of us piled into our chalet to crack open the homebrew. Was quite surprised when I opened
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11
Apr
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Raspberry Schnapps
Posted by Trenchfoot in Liqueurs
Each year I get a glut of raspberries on my allotment – far too many to eat. At the end of last summer I was struggling to get down their to pick them often enough and by the time I did, most were past their best. It was a shame to
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7
Apr
Mint and Ginger…
No. Not together. That would be worse than dodgy. Wacked the mint in the demijohn today, and continue to be suspicious of it. However, did get the ginger on the go today, and this I am excited about. It’s going to be a fortified wine using brandy as the fortifier.
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1
Apr
Mint
I’ve been excited about doing a mint wine for some time now, although response to this has been mixed. Finally got started, but immediately felt this may be an error. Still, you’ve got to try these things, even if it does end up tasting like mouthwash as most suspect.
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23
Mar
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Olde Badger’s Crack Launch Party
Posted by Trenchfoot in Beer
After preaching at the evening service, we invited people back to celebrate Resurrection Sunday with a glass or two of Olde Badger’s Crack. It was a great hit! Unfortunately, we didn’t have enough glasses and people had to drink out of whatever was available – mugs, jugs, cafetieres, flower pots… mmm,
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20
Mar
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Badger Tasting
Posted by Trenchfoot in Beer
Today was the big day – the moment of truth – me, the Fendog, and Bow-wow nipped over to the lab at lunchtime for our first taste of Olde Badgers Crack! My thinking had been: it only took a couple of weeks and it costs about 20p a pint, so even if
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11
Mar
Mead: clearing and bottling…
Posted by Fendog in Bottling and Kegging, Wine
My mead has proven to be someone stubborn in its clearing, but having added finings on 3rd March, today I finally bottled it with the aid of a fine young filly. It tasted foul before it was cleared properly (Trenchfoot will testify to this), but the stuff I had when
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10
Mar
The Mead of Doom
Posted by Trenchfoot in Wine
I can’t believe Fendog beat me to setting up a mead must! Still, I feel much better about the situation after tasting it. It officially mings.
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29
Feb
First attempt at brewing beer
Posted by Trenchfoot in Beer, Recipes
We set up our first beer brew today following the Mentor’s instructions and using the ingredients he bought for us. He has been brewing for years but tends not experiement these days. This is his standard tecnique which is designed for speed, simplicity and ecomony which supposedly gives a pleasant lager
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