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Is it possible to grow all of the ingredients needed to brew a beer from just one small plot? I'm going to find out and, weekly from September 27, Growing Beer is your way to follow my journ...
It's the final episode, certainly for this series and I suspect for the Growing Beer journey. We've spent the last 5 episodes delving into o...
We're into the final stretch, going through the last couple of processes with the ingredients and equipment, and then into the brew itself....
We're heading out into the countryside as we go on the hunt for the wild plants that we can use to brew our ale in the final episode. We'll...
This episode we're finding out about that key ingredient - barley. I speak to an archaeologist and brewing duo to find out how beer came to...
This episode we're on the hunt for that earliest of sugar sources - honey. I take a visit to beekeeper and mead-maker Thomas O'Hanlan to fin...
I'm back for a second series and this time we will be taking a journey through history as well as beer. 2020 will see us finding out how our...
We're at the end of the year, at the end of the project, and about to find out if it was all worth it. I run through the final few days, ann...
In this, the penultimate episode, we've safely navigated the brew but I've still got to guide the beer through the fermentation, bottling, n...
It's the start of November and after 11 months of digging, growing and harvesting we've finally arrived at the big day - it's time to combin...
It's the last activity on the allotment as I work out how to judge when the hops are ripe before picking and drying them ahead of the brew....
It's harvest time! We've sort-of survived the summer and now I need to bring in the barley, regardless of how much or how little is still th...
July is now behind me, and I couldn't be happier to see the back of it. The British summer has caused serious problems - problems that cause...
It’s mid-June, and the plot feels as if it’s all starting to come together. The hops are off up the strings like rockets, the barley has spr...
It's a hot and tiring start to May, and I'm grateful to have finally got to grips with the soil preparation and barley sowing. The hops look...
It's the start of April, and while life is beginning to pop up across the plot it's not all wanted. I report back on the early hop progress,...
It's February, and while the rubbish may be gone, the weeds are not. I struggle with minor construction, discover why you don't ask children...
It's January, it's freezing cold and I've got half a tonne of rubbish to shift before I can even think about planting or brewing. I explain...