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14 Sep 2023
Clipper Round the World – Race 1
The past four days has been spent in Puerto Sherry following successful completion of the first Race from Portsmouth to Spain. Tomorrow we start Race 2, a much longer passage of over 5,200 miles to Punta del
19 Oct 2020
Bringing her home
Day 1 – Shardlow to Kegworth Distance: 7 milesLocks: 6 Having completed the loading of supplies we managed to get away from Shardlow at 2pm. The first leg was along the River Trent before turning South onto
9 Oct 2020
Messing about on the canal
The latest addition to the F&G Yacht Club is our first asset – a club committee boat for those times between our sailing tours. She is a Dawncraft 25 built in 1976, and looking quite good considering
12 Apr 2020
20 Dec 2019
The Kegerator
I made the move to Corney Kegs a back in 2015 (see Corney Kegs post) and had been happy with the convenience and portability of my brews. My Dad even made a wooden cradle for the keg to
22 Dec 2017
The Skip and Anchor
Has been a while since I posted anything here. Not a sign of any slow down in the brewing of beer, so much as in writing about it. Having moved house in August 2017 I had access
16 Dec 2017
Pride of Warwick
Whilst I generally like to try new things, if you find something you like it’s good to keep coming back to – even if to see how consistent you can be. This Best Bitter recipe from Gordon
28 Oct 2017
Oatmeal Stout
As the seasons are turning colder here in the UK, plus I really like stouts and porters, I’ve been brewing some of the different styles of stout to explore them a little more. Aware that the festive
16 May 2016
Frank as Apollo AG
Brewing a Premium Bitter today – called Frank as Apollo. This recipe was the winner of the 2012 Great British Home Brew competion. Grains: Predominantly Maris Otter with just over 10% Munich Malt and 5% Caramunch. Hops: Celia
17 Nov 2014
Dry hopping
With my most recent brew (ROC Fall) the recipe calls for dry hopping 30g of Citra – something I haven’t done before and that the recipe provides scant instructions on.
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