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Beer Festival Setup

This is the setup for the Venue in Cleveleys. The job came to us quite late – one weeks’ notice – but fortunately we got it done. It was a bit of a scramble in the end but the event went really well and everyone involved was pleased.

This is quite a big one for us with 24 cask taps and a full ‘remote’ setup for four keg taps but it all worked and looked like a work of art by the time we finished. Obviously, I was totally obliged to spend a couple of (very pleasant) evenings on site in a tech support/beer taster role! Fortunately, the setup worked flawlessly once we coaxed it into life so tech support wasn’t needed – which was a very good thing because beer tasting took over quite quickly…

A brilliant event. A bit of a stretch for our little business to be honest but it went very well and we look forward to more of them.

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Beer Pipe / Beer Line / Beer Gas Pipe

We have beer pipe listed in a couple of spots on the webshop – Here and Here – but they don’t really cover the complete picture so…

Most beer pipe is 3/8 and we have miles of it. Some pipe is 5/16 so often out of the back of taps or fonts you may find 5/16 beer pipe. Also, the fittings on some coolers are 5/16 as well so the size itself is not unusual but it catches plenty of people out because it isn’t always obvious from first glance that it’s a slightly quirky size. It’s relatively normal stuff in the industry though and we always have a supply.

The ‘microbore’ beer pipe that we see, the really small bore stuff, is 3/16 and is very common. We rarely use it in more than two metre sections but it is a critical item which, again, we have loads of in stock always.

Beer gas pipe is always 3/8 and is colour coded. We don’t always have all the colours but we always have some beer gas pipe available.

The other size that’s of interest on the beer dispense side is 1/2 (half inch). This is the common size for beer engines or hand pumps. Again, it’s something we keep a good supply of. We’ve never quite figured out why we might use braided or non braided so tend not to worry too much about that aspect; we will use and supply whatever we have in stock.

We keep python as well, often offcuts from jobs but we usually have some around if that’s what you’re looking for.

If you can’t see what you need on the webshop it doesn’t mean that we don’ have it neccessarily; always worth dropping us a message.

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Beer Gas – Update

We really want to help brewers and home bar users but beer gas has become a particular headache and we are finding ourselves less and less able to help.

We had a supply agreement with Hobbybrew which at least gave us access to gas, but at a price that made me feel like I was ripping customers off unfortunately. I wasn’t, our margins on the gas were pretty thin, but asking for £107 for a cylinder of gas just didn’t seem right. Our minimum purchase for a supply was over £2000 as well so a lot of money to be tied up in a slow moving product; a slow moving product that returned thin margins.

We’ve dropped the product sadly, but will of course honour any cylinder deposits that are owed.

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London Porter Recipe

London Porter Recipe For Home Brewers

This is the recipe for our London Porter. We don’t mind publishing these, there’s no ‘secret sauce’ to these recipes and part of the pleasure in brewing beer is sharing – so we are sharing all our recipes. If you brew the beer let us know, and if you want to buy a recipe kit it’s here: London Porter Recipe Kit

All of our recipe kits are designed to use a starting volume of 23lt, which should yield 18lt into the keg or bottles, and a brewhouse efficiency of 70%. This is the complete recipe, it can be scaled to suit any batch size.

Porter is an intriguing beer style and we were very pleased to design a kit from a customer request; and we found ourselves so intrigued by the style that we brewed it in the shed and immediately installed it as a firm favourite. It’s like a stout without the rasping bitterness that makes stout such a ‘marmite’ style – people seem to love it or hate it and there’s not much middle ground. Porter, or at least our version of it, is a lot softer with a real mellow bitterness and lots of deep chocolate notes; a cracking beer.

Note that the dry hop addition is very optional with this one – we don’t add it when we brew but it’s included in the kit; up to you!

London Porter Recipe

Original Gravity 1.045   Final Gravity 1.011  ABV 4.5%  IBU 26.1 SRM  32

Fermentables:

2.5kg Maris Otter – Classic English pale ale malt

250gm Caramalt – For golden colour and sweetness

350gm Torrefied Wheat – To promote head retention

350gm Malted Naked Oats – For a fuller ‘mouthfeel’

250gm Crystal Malt – Colour and sweetness

350gm Chocolate Malt – Colour, sweetness and depth

Hops:

Fuggles – Classic English hop

Yeast:

Safale S04

Mash Guidelines:

The kit is designed to use 22.5 litres of water (kettle volume) which should give 18-19 litres into the fermenter.

Mash temp 66°C for 60 min

Boil 60 min

Hop Schedule:

15gm Fuggle at first wort or as boil starts

25gm Fuggle at 10 minutes before flameout

25gm Fuggle at 5 minutes before flameout

25gm Fuggle at flameout

25gm Fuggle dry hop – at 3 days into fermentationOptional!

Yeast Pitch:

15-20°C Ideally 18°C and fermented to final gravity – expect 5-7 days.

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Citra IPA Recipe

citra beer on a bar

Citra IPA Recipe for Home Brewers

This is the recipe for our Citra IPA. We don’t mind publishing these, there’s no ‘secret sauce’ to these recipes and part of the pleasure in brewing beer is sharing – so we are sharing all our recipes. If you brew the beer let us know, and if you want to buy a recipe kit it’s here: Citra IPA Recipe Kit

All of our recipe kits are designed to use a starting volume of 23lt, which should yield 18lt into the keg or bottles, and a brewhouse efficiency of 70%. This is the complete recipe, it can be scaled to suit any batch size.

I guess Citra is on everbodies favourite list when it comes to hops and we are no different; it’s a wonderful hop to work with and produces brilliant beers.

Citra IPA Recipe

Original Gravity 1.049   Final Gravity 1.009  ABV 5.2%  IBU 26.8 SRM  4.7

Fermentables:

3.5kg Maris Otter – Classic English pale ale malt

250gm Torrified Wheat – To promote head retention

250gm Malted Naked Oats – Mouthfeel / body

Hops:

Citra – Punchy aroma and flavouring hop

Yeast:

Safale US05

Mash Guidelines:

Mash temp 66°C for 60 min

Boil 60 min

Hop Schedule:

10gm Citra at first wort or as boil starts

10gm Citra at 5 minutes before flameout

10gm Citra at flameout

10gm Citra dry hop – at 3 and 5 days into fermentation

Yeast Pitch:

15-20°C Ideally 18°C and fermented to final gravity – expect 5-7 days.

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Cascade IPA Recipe

This is the recipe for our Cascade IPA. We don’t mind publishing these, there’s no ‘secret sauce’ to these recipes and part of the pleasure in brewing beer is sharing – so we are sharing all our recipes. If you brew the beer let us know, and if you want to buy a recipe kit it’s here: Cascade IPA Recipe Kit

All of our recipe kits are designed to use a starting volume of 23lt, which should yield 18lt into the keg or bottles, and a brewhouse efficiency of 70%. This is the complete recipe, it can be scaled to suit any batch size.

Cascade IPA Recipe

Original Gravity 1.049   Final Gravity 1.009  ABV 5.2%  IBU 27.6 SRM  4.7

Fermentables:

3.5kg Maris Otter – Classic English pale ale malt

250gm Torrified Wheat – To promote head retention

250gm Malted Naked Oats – Mouthfeel / body

Hops:

Cascade – Citrusy/floral/mellow

Yeast:

Safale US05

Mash Guidelines:

The kit is designed to use 22.5 litres of water (kettle volume) which should give 18-19 litres into the fermenter.

Mash temp 66°C for 60 min

Boil 60 min

Hop Schedule:

20gm Cascade at first wort or as boil starts

20gm Cascade at 5 minutes before flameout

20gm Cascade at flameout

20gm Cascade dry hop – at 3 and 5 days into fermentation

Yeast Pitch:

15-20°C Ideally 18°C and fermented to final gravity – expect 5-7 days

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American IPA Recipe

American IPA Recipe for Home Brewers

This is the recipe for our American IPA. We don’t mind publishing these, there’s no ‘secret sauce’ to these recipes and part of the pleasure in brewing beer is sharing – so we are sharing all our recipes. If you brew the beer let us know, and if you want to buy a recipe kit it’s here: American IPA Recipe Kit

All of our recipe kits are designed to use a starting volume of 23lt, which should yield 18lt into the keg or bottles, and a brewhouse efficiency of 70%. This is the complete recipe, it can be scaled to suit any batch size.

American IPA Recipe

Original Gravity 1.049   Final Gravity 1.009  ABV 5.2%  IBU 43  SRM  5.4

Fermentables:

3.5kg Maris Otter – Classic English base malt

250gm Torrefied Wheat – Head retention

250gm Malted Naked Oats – Mouthfeel and body

Hops:

Amarillo – Bittering & Flavour/Aroma

Citra/Chinook/Amarillo – Classic aroma hops

Yeast:

Safale US05

Mash Guidelines:

Mash temp 66°C for 60 min

Boil 60 min

Hop Schedule:

25gm Amarillo at first wort or as boil starts

25gm Amarillo at 5 minutes before flameout

25gm Amarillo at flameout

25gm Each Amarillo/Citra/Chinook 4 or 5 days into fermentation

Yeast Pitch:

15-20°C Ideally 18°C and fermented to final gravity – expect 5-7 days.

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Amarillo IPA Recipe

Amarillo IPA recipe for home brewers

This is the recipe for our Amarillo IPA. We don’t mind publishing these, there’s no ‘secret sauce’ to these recipes and part of the pleasure in brewing beer is sharing – so we are sharing all our recipes. If you brew the beer let us know, and if you want to buy a recipe kit it’s here: Amarillo IPA Recipe Kit

All of our recipe kits are designed to use a starting volume of 23lt, which should yield 18lt into the keg or bottles, and a brewhouse efficiency of 70%. This is the complete recipe, it can be scaled to suit any batch size.

Amarillo IPA Recipe

Original Gravity 1.049   Final Gravity 1.009  ABV 5.2%  IBU 18.5 SRM  4.7

Fermentables:

3.5kg Maris Otter – Classic English pale ale malt

250gm Torrified Wheat – To promote head retention

250gm Malted Naked Oats – Mouthfeel / body

Hops:

Amarillo – Sweet/citrusy/tropical notes

Yeast:

Safale US05

Mash Guidelines:

Mash temp 66°C for 60 min

Boil 60 min

Hop Schedule:

10gm Amarillo at first wort or as boil starts

10gm Amarillo at 5 minutes before flameout

10gm Amarillo at flameout

10gm Amarillo dry hop – at 3 and 5 days into fermentation

Yeast Pitch:

15-20°C Ideally 18°C and fermented to final gravity – expect 5-7 days

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Event Season

Event season 2022 is on the horizon now and it looks – at last! – like we may get a clear run at the whole socialising thing this year which will be very, very welcome for many of us.

We’ve polished our mobile and event bar offering over the last couple of years and can now supply bars for pretty much any size of event or party. We’ve supplied single product setups installed temporarily into people’s homes for housewarming parties, multiple product bars for outdoor events like Christmas markets, and multiple bars for beer festivals.

We can supply gazebos for outdoor events if you need them, we can supply beer and cider if you need it or supply your own; we don’t mind either way.

If you’re having an event and want a bar we can tailor a package to suit.