• Mild Tales – Amber Mild 2026

    Mild Tales: When I started homebrewing in 2020, I named each beer I made with a play on words of a film title, just for fun and to potentially build recipes to revisit. I never really stopped doing this, but it is something I’m going to include in my write ups.  I’ve called this recipe…

  • Brew Kit Updates 2026

    During the summer of 2025 we moved flat, which has afforded me much more space to brew. I am still brewing within the kitchen, but as this is considerably larger than before, I can now dedicate more space to brewing. With this increased space I have made a number of purchases to improve my brew…

  • London Cask Ale Guide

    Whilst I am aware some international beer enthusiasts do in fact visit the UK’s traditional and modern breweries, and are often in search of cask ale. This has always seemed at odds with the mass of tourists who cram into the capitol’s endless sprawl of bang-average pubs. Look around and, more often than not, this…

  • Issue #4

    Last month I wrote how I’d like to post on this site more frequently whilst also staying away from simply regurgitating tasting notes. As it is December, I figured a good way to put this into practice would be to try my hand at an end of year list. I’m comfortable with approaching films and…

  • Beer in Sardinia #1

    Earlier this year, I held a presentation on Beer in Sardinia as part of our June online meeting at LAB. In preparation for this, I put together a master doc which was subsequently distilled down for time. As there isn’t much information on this topic in English, I’ve decided to repurpose this material as a…

  • Issue #3

    When I started this website a year ago I wanted to explore the culture of mixed/wild fermentation beers in the UK, and try to profile the different producers and techniques being used. I then adopted the term British wild beer to cover this topic, which I still think is the best term we have available.…

  • Best Bitter 2025 – Part II: Recap

    I had been holding off writing this follow up post whilst waiting on the competition feedback for this beer. But as soon as this came, we then packed up our entire lives to move home, visited family in Italy, took a city break to Lisbon, and we now have our feet planted back again in…

  • Cream Ale 2025 – Part II: Brew Day & Recap

    Back at the start of January I kicked off 2025 with my first attempt at a cream ale. This was with the goal of having something to share in my homebrew club’s April meet-up which was focussed on the style. You can read my previous post of my recipe development here.  Targets: Volume: 10L PBG:…

  • Rye Farmhouse Session Ale – Recipe Development & Brew Day

    The homebrew club I’m in runs an annual competition focusing on a particular attribute. The range is wide, but the quality is outstanding. Last year was focused on sour beers, for which I entered a rather shoddy oak smoked saison using a mix of Philly sour and a saison yeast to produce low acidity. This…

  • Issue #2

    Roughly three months back, I launched my first post trying to frame the UK’s current culture of mixed, wild, and spontaneously fermented beer producers. I have long been meaning to continue this project with a follow-up post focusing on specific producers, but I’ve been a little side tracked with wanting to revisit some of my…