This month (August 2021), Darren Oakley gave us a talk on his experiences of running his own commercial brewery out of his garage. This includes notes on what was needed to get going and a retrospective on how it went.…
This month (July 2021), Fraser Withers gave us an awesome overview of how he goes about brewing his award winning hoppy beers. If you want to brew a hoppy beer anywhere near as good as Frasers, this is a must…
This month (June, 2021), Steve Smith gave us an introduction to pressurised fermentation. It was a great talk and kicked off over AN HOUR of questions and conversations afterwards so it’s definitely worth a watch! Here’s the video and slides…
This month (May, 2021) Serge Savin gave us a deep dive into step mashing. This is an excellent overview of how varying the temperature of your mash can have an impact on the finished beer.
This month (April, 2021) we were joined by Andrew Paterson (@lallemandy1 on Twitter) from Lallemand to talk to us about co-fermentation – how to use two yeasts together effectivley your brewing. And here’s the talk on yeast nutrition that’s mentioned…
In this short video, Rob Gallagher (@Cuichulain) gives us an overview of how he fills bottles from a keg using a beer gun.
For our March (2021) meeting, Rob and Rakey from The Malt Miller joined us to answer some of our members questions and tell us more about the history of The Malt Miller.
An overview and detailed discussion about yeast starters lead by Lee Immins. This was recorded during the Feburary, 2021 LAB meeting.
A goal of many an aspiring home brewer – to make your hobby into your job! So what’s it really like to work for a commercial brewery? This presentation was given by Paul Spearman at the January, 2021 LAB meeting.
Here’s the slides and video from this month’s (December 2020) LAB meeting – an introduction to, and discussion around the PicoBrew home brewing system lead by Ian Cosier.
