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Posted by Paul Dowrick in Cider Making on Nov 12, 2018 .
Many of you may not know that at Goodlife we hire out an electric scratter and hydropress so...
Posted by Paul Dowrick in Spirits and Liqueurs on Oct 12, 2018 .
Well, we have all heard of sloe gin, and many have tried rhubarb gin, but hawthorn gin? ...
Posted by Paul Dowrick in Beer Making on Jun 13, 2014 .
For hundreds of years hops have been used as the 'seasoning' in beer. Originally a wild-growing...
Posted by Paul Dowrick in Chemicals in food on Jul 01, 2014 .
What do campden tablets do and why?
These are basically sodium / potassium metabisulphite in...
Posted by Paul Dowrick in Beer Making, Chemicals in food on Jul 11, 2014 .
So why do the little sods get into my homebrew?
Fruit flies seem to be everywhere this year -...
Posted by Paul Dowrick in Beer Making, Chemicals in food on Aug 19, 2014 .
I recently attended a homebrew course being run by a local shop ( I like to keep up with things...