24th Mar 2026
Keeping It Real
By Kieran Haslett-Moore The term ‘real ale’ brings with it an obvious existential question. If this ale is real, what makes another unreal? The answer is, of course, nothing. The term was…
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3rd Mar 2026
Brewing Non-Alcohol & Low-Alcohol Beer (NABLAB)
Low- and no-alcohol beer is one of the fastest-growing segments in brewing — but making a great one is anything but simple. From managing fermentation and flavour balance to ensuring microbiolo…
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13th Jan 2026
It’s A Matter Of Style
By Kieran Haslett-Moore Should one brew to style nailing the expected and accepted parameters of a given beer? Or should one stride off the beaten path and brew something new, startling and revolution…
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5th Nov 2025
Batch Scaling - The Long And The Short Of It
By Kieran Haslett-Moore I have brewed beer on a wide range of sized kits in my time. From 20L to 2500L, the essence of the process is the same. However, there are obvious, and perhaps some less obviou…
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22nd Oct 2025
Beer From The Dead
By Kieran Haslett-Moore Have you ever wondered what beer was like when your great grandparents turned 21? I certainly have. In part that is because my ancestors on both sides of my family were involve…
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9th Oct 2025
Elevate Your Lager Game
Lager season is here in the Southern Hemisphere, and it’s the perfect time to refine your approach to brewing clean, crisp beers. To help you make the most of this season, we’re sharing tw…
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2nd Sep 2025
Breakin’ the Law! Breakin’ the Law!
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
Ale Over The Place
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
Make America Something Something... Beer?
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
Juice Bombs: Hazy IPA Tips
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
A Lagery Use-Case for Crystal Wheat Malt
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
English IPA is Redundant!
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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