Hi Y'all, Last post on this blog. I had taken my brewing hobby as far as i could within the realms of hobby and as such found myself repeating and thus lost the passion that drove me. The bre...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2017/03/moving-on-from-brewing.html
Hi all, It has been almost a Year since my last post on the wonderful world of beer brewing. We have been extremely busy at home and work but the brewing has continued through-out! Just had...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2015/11/catherines-christmas-cracker.html
Hi all, I am departing for the fair Kingdom of Saudi in the morning so thought i should post my thoughts on 5pm Saviour while it is still freshly bottled and all new. Bottling was a we...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2014/12/5-pm-saviour-verdict.html
Hi all, I have decided to try out a high mash temp average hop (for me) pale ale at low abv as the holy grail for me would be a full on IPA taste experience but at low abv so it can be a...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2014/10/5-pm-saviour-hopthang-mk-ii.html
What a surprise Satan's Circus has turned out to be. It has a huge sweet malt backbone, also a lightly catty nose involved with the sweetness of the malt. The cat disappeared quickly as the ca...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2014/09/satans-circus-trial.html
Hi, I recently returned from a bucket list event in Japan. It was a twelve day Father & Son backpacking adventure. I simply have no words to communicate the sheer excellence of our trip. If y...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2014/06/satans-circus-stone-runination-tribute.html
Hi all, As the title says, I had a great brewday yesterday. Brought a couple of new ideas to the brewday and went wild with hops, more about that later. First thing was a kilo and a ha...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2013/12/illustrious-ipa-great-brewday.html
Hi all, I am currently working onboard a ship in the South China Sea, we have just departed from Hong Kong no beer & no brewery but i can plan! I have been revisiting the wonderful book 'Fo...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2013/12/illustrious-ipa-planning.html
Hi all, Well i've had a bit of a result with this IPA! I have been trying to lower the ABV of my beers to a more suitable level (44 you see). The hoped for goal has been to keep the flavou...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2013/09/rebate-belgian-ipa-follow-up.html
Hi all, Its been a while since i posted anything new on the blog. Been working in China and busy at home. On the China front i do enjoy Tsing Tao beer, first time i have seen a commercial...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2013/07/rebate-belgian-ipa.html
Hi all, Thanks for all the views you guys have been making, a couple of hundred over the past day or so! Did you all try your own version of Cafetiere Beer? I hope so! One of the viewers ...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2013/03/cafetiere-beer-ii.html
Hi all, Newly returned from Azerbaijan, really starting to get into that place. Nice people, really nice people. On my return to home a brand new brewing book was waiting for me Absolutely ...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2013/03/cafitere-beer.html
Hi all, Happy New year to you all and all the best to your families. I have just returned from Azerbaijhan, a mere 5 days ago. One of my priorities on return was the bottling of Hop Synergy 4...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2013/01/hop-synergy-44-tasting-amplification.html
Hi All, Very last post of 2012! While thinking about how i wished HopSynergy 4.0 to develop i had intended to leave the beer until the end of January to bottle. Subsequently the rate o...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2012/12/hop-squeezing.html
Hi all, I recently returned from Azerbaijan, whilst there i tried the light and red beer from the simply named 'The Brewery' http://www.hg2baku.com/bars/pub/---the-brewery-pub---b...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2012/12/hopsynergy-40.html
Hi all, Today i bottled my dark solera. It is my first attempt at a solera. For those not in the know, a solera is a combination of various ages of beer combined in ratio and then left for a...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2012/10/dark-sin-solera-xmas-beer.html
Hi all, I have a bad habit of brewing beer and then not posting any info on it. Sorry about that but its all pretty good and no real dogs! The QB4 has settled and carbonated nicely. Its n...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2012/10/quad-b-mk5-quad-bmk4-initial-impressions.html
Hi all, A few years ago i purchased three hops, a year later a fourth was added. To date i have had no crop worthy of mention & one of the plants died! I thhought we were too far North to gr...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2012/10/neglected-hops.html
Hi All, I had a very nice morning bottling the remaining 14 gallons of Quad B4. Fired up the Ipod on the garage speaker system and off we went with an 80's audio soundtrack. The smells co...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2012/08/quad-b-4-bottling-time.html
Hi All, A couple of weeks back i had a few nights out in Hull. Its a great city with a lot of very nice people and very nice pubs. One in particular to put on a 'to do' list is The Welli...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2012/08/big-bad-belgian-beer-mk-iii-or-quad-b-3.html
Hi All, I have recently returned from an offshore trip and had time to bottle 4 gallons of cider i made around 6 weeks ago. The basic ingredients for this batch are 4 gallon apple juice, t...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2012/08/cider-2012-part-two.html
Hi all, My family & I have just returned from a two week break at our Apartment in SW Turkey. At this time of Year the Monday market is full of trays of cherries. I would like to buy them all ...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2012/07/where-do-all-cherries-go.html
Hi all, I am sitting here this evening sipping the first bottle of SteamPunk IPA MKII. Steam punk MkII is simply a four gallon batch of Steam Punk Mk I removed from the FV at 1.022 gravity ...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2012/04/steam-punk-ipa-mkiii-first-trial.html
Hi all, Its been a while since i posted or indeed brewed. Life has been very busy and sadly the brewing was squeezed out for a while. I'm now back on track and received inspiration for my ...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2012/04/hi-all-its-been-while-since-i-posted-or.html
Hi all, As seems to be my habit, the major changes were made during the hop introductions. This was partly driven by cost (using the Pioneer & Libery FW hops to clear them for the hop bin) b...
http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/2012/01/scottish-steampunk-imperial-pale-ale.html