A brief word on labels. I made the one above to match existing label designs for Rocco's Modern Weiss and an upcoming IPA, but at 94mm tall they don't fit a standard 330mL bottle, which, given that this is intended to be a sessionable pale ale,

Reviewing a beer when you're hungover is usually a poor idea. It's usually not the drink I instinctively reach for (water, coffee, more wa- no, coffee) and it's not apt to deliver the same level of enjoyment as, say, the first sip after a

I started life brewing extract kits, like most people I suspect. Either thick, sticky brown gunk from a can, or fine, sticky brown powder from a bag – the end result is usually the same. But that's no way to live. All grain (or "AG" - see

I find that one of the most tedious parts of a brew day is measuring water. The software I use told me that for this particular recipe I'd need 25 L, which I didn't feel like measuring out in my dinky measuring jug, 500 mL at

A birthday brew I wanted to brew a batch of beer for my friend's birthday. Rocco - as he's sometimes referred to - likes a hefeweizen. Pale, cloudy, ever so slightly spicy, and most importantly refreshing - who can blame him? The flavours ubiquitously attributed to