Mike's Blog

Category: Craft Beer Brewing

  • Building a Keggerator/Keezer – Part 1 – Temperature Control

    For a while now I’ve wanted to convert a chest freezer into what is basically a fridge for kegs – a ‘Keggerator’, or ‘Keezer’. Having the nice flat, sturdy bottom makes the chest freezer ideal for beer kegs, but they can’t be left as a freezer since frozen beer is no good. To get around…

  • Father’s Day brew – Big Kenny

    This is my 6th brew so far this year, and normally I don’t bother with pics or a blog as time is usually against me, but since it was Father’s Day, and I was given time and space to get on with it by the Mrs (who is usually badgering me to ditch the brewing…

  • Brew Day

    A brew day video Spot the typos in some of the comments…..

  • Christmas Porter

    Hoping to create a gently spiced porter style beer for Christmas. Grains – Pale malt, crystal, wheat, and a good dose of roast barley. Loads of challenger hops for bittering, and some styrian goldings for aroma Malts are still pretty cold despite bringing them in from the garage 3 hours ago… so upping the mashing…