2nd Sep 2025
By Greig McGill I know “mindful” is a bit of a buzzword these days, with every hippie snake-oil seller on the planet wanting you to align your chakras and focus your third eye or whatever&…
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18th Jul 2025
By Greig McGill A grab-bag of thoughts and ideas regarding the great hobby of home brewing. I’ve been thinking about a bunch of things lately, all kinda-sorta connected, but mostly just that the…
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17th Jun 2025
By Greig McGill OK, so it’s an awkward time to be championing the USA right now. Like it or not though, the USA has had the most influence on the beer culture we immerse ourselves in as brewers.…
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22nd May 2025
By Gladfield Malt We all know by now what a good Hazy IPA taste and looks like. For us, a New England IPA (NEIPA) is basically an American IPA that features an intense, distinctly “tropical frui…
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30th Apr 2025
By Greig McGill Courtesy of Gladfield Malt When Gladfield approached me to try using Gladfields’ new CrystalWheat malt, I was intrigued by the possibilities. Crystal malts seem to have been some…
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10th Apr 2025
By Greig McGill Before craft beer, before the Americans turned everything up to 11, and before most of us had a hobby that many would call liver abuse, there was the India Pale Ale, and it came f…
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27th Mar 2025
Want to start building your own brews from scratch rather than using someone else's recipe? Then here's a little insight on how to give this a go, but take note, it can be a long and slow process. &nb…
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5th Mar 2025
By Greig McGill Ah, Born Slippy. Thanks to Underworld and the placement of their song Born Slippy in the soundtrack to the huge culture-defining film Trainspotting, lots of people started shouting abo…
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17th Feb 2025
Here at Brewshop we have the honour of sending out loads of your beer recipes every week. From full sacks of malt, to many crushed grain bills, hops and yeast. In the process we get to see what's tren…
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16th Jan 2025
The 2024 State of the Home Brew Nation Survey results are now available. Download the full report here - State of the Home Brew Nation 2024…
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10th Dec 2024
By Greig McGill If base malts ( discussed in part one here) are the solid foundation of brewing, specialty malts are the creative spark that transforms beer from basic to extraordinary. While I am…
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19th Nov 2024
By Greig McGill You’ve probably heard it said that malt is the soul of a beer. Hops might get all the glory, but without malted barley, beer wouldn’t be beer. It provides sweetness to balance the ho…
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