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Sep

tagged: tasting, Wine

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The Lost Wines of Destiny

Whilst clearing out the shed the other day, I unearthed some long lost treasures – boxes and boxes of homemade wine that a packaged up when we moved house last year and promptly forgot about. What a delight to pull out bottle after dusty bottle, some unmarkedand mysterious, other labelled

Aug

tagged: banana, blackberry, cranberry, mead, pine, runner bean, tea, Wine

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Mystery Wine Evening

Posted by Trenchfoot in Liqueurs, Wine

Last week we had our wine tasing evening to finally crack open some of the mystery wines that have been tucked away my shed for the last few years. The usual suspects turned up – Fendog, the Geek, Ginger Gibbon, Face-ache, Ding Dong, Pretty Boy and Bungle. A fine evening

Aug

tagged: alternatives, hops, substitutions, varieties

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Hop Varieties and Substitutions

Posted by Trenchfoot in Beer, Suppliers

Have you ever found a beer recipe that you really like the look of, but have found that you don’t have the correct variety of hops and can’t get hold of it? Or have you ever been making up a recipe and wondering what would be the right variety of

Aug

tagged: Make your own Brewing Equipment

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Summer Brewing Projects 2: Sparge Arm

Posted by Fendog in Make your own Brewing Equipment

While silent I may have been over the past couple of months, inactive I have not. More about Basil and the Senator’s wedding, and my alleged poisoning of the guests, another time. A sparge arm, or something to help with sparging has been on my mind for a long time.

Aug

tagged: aroma, Beer, dominant scent, nose, residual scent, secondary scent, smell, tasting

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The Art of Beer Tasting: nose

Posted by Trenchfoot in Beer, Beer Tasting

Smell is critical to tasting anything. Since the senses of taste and olfaction are linked, smelling the beer gives the palate a sense of what to expect. If you don’t believe it, try holding you nose as you eat something, and you will find your appreciation of the taste is

Aug

tagged: Beer, brew pan, brewing equipment, chiller, counter flow chiller, hop strainer, immersion chiller

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The Return of the Fendog

Posted by Trenchfoot in Beer, Make your own Brewing Equipment

It was a delight to see Fendog alive and well today and all fears of mass-poisonings have be alleviated. I’d like to think he came all the way back to hear me preach at church this morning but no, he’s taken a midharvest break to pop over to Oxford to

Aug

tagged: appearance, Beer, tasting

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The Art of Beer Tasting: appearance

Posted by Trenchfoot in Beer, Beer Tasting

The first consideration when evaluatign a beer is the appearance. Three things are usually taken into consideration: head retention colour clarity The correctly poured beer should start off with a 2-4cm head. This should not dissipate too quickly, and should leave a coating of “Belgian lace” on the glass as

Jul

tagged: Beer, fendog, wedding

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What’s happened to Fendog?

Posted by Trenchfoot in Beer

Still no word from Fendog about how the wedding brews went. Its not like him to stay silent. He hasn’t returned my texts and I fear the worst! I can see the headlines now…

Jul

tagged: Beer, glass, head, pouring, serving, tasting, temperature

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The Art of Beer Tasting: serving your beer

Posted by Trenchfoot in Beer, Beer Tasting

When tasting beer, its imporant you serve it correctly to all the proper appreciation of the look, smell and taste of the beer. The first rule is simple : NEVER taste beer directly from the bottle or can it came in. Whilst this will seem ridiculously obvious to any true

Jul

tagged: Beer, brewing, fendog, full mash, wedding

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Fendog and the Wedding Brews

Posted by Trenchfoot in Beer

Well, this weekend is the B&Q wedding! The big day has finally come round and I must say, Fendog is probably more nervous than the bride or groom! He’s taken this all very seriously. Since being asked to provide beer for the sibloids’ weddings, Fendog as been brewing like a