Hop Devil

Just brewed one of our favourite beers - Hop Devil , made Cascade, Citra, Ahhtanum, Mosaic, Amerillo and Chinnok. Been brewed quit a few times and always with 6 hop varieties from the West Coast, never the same twice ! Can't wait to see how this version tastes.

Leicester Beer Festival

Went to Leicester Beer Festival this week.New venue - Haymarket Theatre which was very impressive. Tasted some great breweries beers including Clouded Minds, Manchester, Southwark , Heavy Industry Twisted Barrel and Shiny. Really good selection and a chance to appear on stage !

February 18

Brewed a new beer using Mandarina Bavaria but this time it's red and 4.3%. Should be plenty of 🍊 orange. To be called Red Coyote.

Tried a new beer yesterday -Neapolitan milk stout by Sagatuck brewery USA. Lovely and full of strawberries and chocolate with hints of vanilla. Food for thought !

New Year

The After Dark Americano Stout went down extremely well. December's brew was released end of January and February and called Andromeda Galaxy. Latest brew ready towards the end of February is They promised us Jetpacks,. It's likely to be. 4.0% .Made with hops from Oregon and Slovenia.

December brew

Last brew of 2017 - decided to go for a blonde beer with Galaxy and Ahhtanum hops . Should feature fruity flavours.

November brews

Recently brewed with quite a new hop - Mandarin (a)  Bavaria from Germany. It's a cross between Cascade and a German hop and seems to provide pleasant citrus mainly orange (no surprises). Brewed at 3.9% and blonde to show off the hop character.

Next project is an Americano Stout around 5.0%. Recipe will include 6 varieties of malt including pale and dark chocolate and caraffa Special B. Extra coffee will be provided with organic Machu Pichu coffee beans. Hops will include Cascade and Waimea.

Autumn ales

Latest beers are Helix a 3.9% blonde beer made with Cascade, Citra and Ahtanhum hops , and Fineshade a deep red ale made with 4 different malts together with Mosaic and Galaxy Hops. Recently acquired some Mandarin Bavaria hops which smell lovely so looking forward to using these soon.