On the first day of Xmas…

… one of my favourite brewers gave to me an absolutely fantastic bottle of beer. That brewer being Epic and the beer being the new Epicurean Coffee & Fig Imperial Oatmeal Stout. I had been following this beer rather closely from the moment I heard about it. Coffee, figs and then coconut; all these...

The Sierra Endeavour

A flash of inspiration the week before bottling gave us a name for our first batch of all-grain home brew, a beer based on Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. We named it the ‘Sierra Endeva’, and it seemed very appropriate for our first foray into this brewing method. Approaching bottling day, we figured it would...

Dragon Chaser

I used to be a simple guy that would rate beer on a two star system, consisting of thumbs up or thumbs down, self explanatory really, but now I’m a little more complicated. Not overly so however. These days I tend to use a 5 star rating system where 1 star would be “No...

‘Crafty’ fill your own’s in Herne Bay

Just a quick shout out for one of my local bottlos that I only recently discovered; Herne Bay Cellars. I would like to be able to say I just happened across this little gem as I was trolling the streets of my neighbourhood, but the truth is I don’t make it up on to...