Posted in Commentary on May 20, 2008 | No Comments »
The Bell’s Beer Home Brew blog has moved. It’s new location is:
http://bellsbeer.blogspot.com/
I will endeavour to monitor this site for comments and questions but all future posts will appear on the new site.
I hope you continue to follow my progress.
Thanks for reading.
Posted in Commentary, IPA on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
I have decided to box up some of the Munton’s IPA, in order to ensure that at least some of it lasts for a few months. This should allow me the freedom to pinch a beer when I fancy one, but still allow me to learn how my beer tastes after a longer maturing period.
Posted in Commentary on February 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Given the fact that the Munton’s IPA appears to have stopped slightly short of the target gravity according to the hydrometer reading, I thought I should test the hydrometer’s accuracy. An accurate hydrometer should measure exactly 1.000 in pure water at 20 degrees C.
I filled a bottle with water from the hot and cold tap, [...]
Posted in Commentary, Labels on February 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Before starting this experiment I had expected stickers to look more professional, but paper to come off more easily. I was not exactly very accurate with my predictions. Paper, regardless of how it was attached, made the most impressive looking labels, and all the labels came off incredibly easily.
My intention, based on these results, is [...]
Posted in Commentary, Labels on February 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Having inspected the bottles for appearance, I soaked all 6 bottles in hot slightly soapy water in the sink for 10 minutes, without touching them at all. On returning to the sink, I was surprised to find all 6 labels floating around the water. Not one of them even needed peeling off?
I had expected the [...]
Posted in Commentary, Labels on February 2, 2008 | No Comments »
It has been over a week since I started the label experiment so its time to find out the results. In this post I will order the labels by appearance, in reverse order:
Appearance:
6th: Sticker pressed on jumper first
The label is a little scruffy looking. It has a few major crinkles on and slightly light [...]
Posted in Commentary, Labels on January 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have decided to put labels on my bottles, at least to start with. I know this will mean some extra work, but if the beer is sufficiently good, I hope to give a good proportion of it away to friends, and family (either because they have helped to fund my new hobby, or to [...]
Posted in Commentary on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I recently made my first visit to my closest home brewing shop, Harvey’s in Fareham, which is just 11 miles from my house. (Check out their somewhat limited website 4u2brew on my blogroll.) I somehow managed to spend around 40 quid, but I’ll save talking about most of the things I bought for when I [...]
Posted in Commentary on January 20, 2008 | No Comments »
As you can see, I’ve been very busy. I have turned the cupboard under the stairs into something that is slightly more deserving of the name “The Brewery”. I have fitted 3 big shelves (all held up with 3 brackets and very big screws) carpet tiles, a light, and a suitable poster. I cannot believe [...]
Posted in Commentary on January 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Thanks to some kind colleagues at work, I now have an extra 50 brown 500ml beer bottles. (Unfortunately, I now have 50 500ml brown bottles to clean and de-label). This brings me up to the 3 sets of bottles that I wanted, with the 48 bottles ordered with my equipment and the [...]
