Thursday 28 July 2011

To Homebrew or not to Homebrew?

Recently I attempted to make myself a hombrew. I have wanted to do this for a while and it seemed like fun, and in fact it was, but the end result was not what I  had aimed for. I attempted to make a strong, single hopped, citra IPA. The beer that came out the other side was alright, definitely drinkable, but not what I wanted. This presented me with a challenge!

As a student homebrew has a lot of advantages. Firstly it is cheap, very cheap. Once you have all of the equipment you can make about 70 bottles for around £25. I can use the homebrew for general drinking with friends and it wont break the bank. This frees a lot of money up for me to buy more expensive, interesting beer that I would not usually be able to afford on my student budget. Win! But there is a drawback. If I am going to be drinking the homebrew on a regular basis it needs to be good. I need to want to drink it, henceforth my new challenge.

Through trial and error, advise from others and possibly good luck, I am going to try and make a quality homebrew. If anyone has any helpful advise I would much apreciate it!

Updates will be posted! Cheers!

Big Break

In the last few months student life caught up with me so I have not had the time to do any posts, but now I am a little more freed up and the blog can continue! Tasting notes on interesting beers and general comments will be coming up in the next few weeks!