S1:E4 - Water

Growing Beer by Ben Richards

Oct 17, 201725:23Arts

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 like leaping into life any minute and I head over to the continent to find out...

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