New Year, New Brew.

So 2015 had its ups & downs, both in and out of Home Brew, mostly highs thankfully. 
Since June last year I've brewed 4 batches (excluding the one thats currently on the go). 

Three of those kits were kit based (Wilko's Golden Ale, Young's Raspberry & Mango Cider & Better Brews IPA), the other was a Black IPA that was an experimental beer, which did teach me a few things but ultimately I didn't have all the equipment necessary to produce something that I was completely happy with. There was lots of sediment within the bottles and my Tap a Draft (TAD)Bottle System. So much that when I came to the TAD that I couldn't drink it as it was so overly bitter, something that when I told my Dad he almost wept with the thought of lost beer.  

What a TAD (Tap a Draft) Looks like

Christmas rolls in and I not only did I get a extract recipe pack, I also got a large pot (12l) and a hop strainer.  I'll review the strainer at another point once the extract brew (Way to Amarillo)  is done and bottled so I can see how much hop debris and sediment there is compared to my previous attempt without a proper way of straining. 

I am not looking too forward into what and when I will brew next, by all accounts & past customer reviews Way To Amarillo should keep me hop happy for awhile...

However I have wanted & meaningfully said that when I got the equipment I would do an Elderflower and Honey beer, the recipe is a close secret for now as its still work in progress however I'll leave you with the name for clues to its make up....'Golden Flower'' Yes highly original I know!

I'll be back soon, until then.....

Happy Brewing.