General Update: Timmy’s Original and plans

No new brewday reports must signal that it’s time to start planning the next brew. We also need to plan keg and bottle capacity with the Christmas break in mind. It’s been a hectic year away from the Boxshed, and we’re looking forward to a nice chunk of downtime over the Christmas holiday. We’re plotting [...]

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Support Rock Art Brewery

Like many aspiring brewers, Matt Nadeau started brewing beer at home – in his basement in fact – honing his craft before eventually growing that hobby into an exciting microbrewery venture in Vermont, New England. Rock Art Brewery now employs himself, his wife and seven others, all busy mashing and marketing innovative heavy-hopped beers for [...]

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General Brew Update: Man Hat On Transfers

Brrrr! It’s damn cold in this corner of East Anglia right now, despite the clear skies and sharp sunshine. Good weather for conditioning beer though, so it’s time to stick on some warm clothes, put a lame pun in a blog post headline, and get to grips with cleaning endless vessels and moving beer between [...]

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Brewday Update #2: Boxshed Timmy’s Original

This is a bit of an unusual Brewday Update bonanza, so undoubtedly we’ll now forget to post for weeks, but we finally discovered why there was no photo of the Styrian hops being thrown in to steep for yesterday’s brewday – I’d taken a video clip instead, then only half remembered doing it. So here [...]

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Brewday Update: Boxshed Timmy’s Original

The morning after the brewday before is always a mixture of grogginess and excitement. Tired, but happy at the malt and hop aromas seeping from the Boxshed, we’re still waiting for that explosive fermentation S-04 brings, but pleased to see plenty of bubbles a-rising. Here are the remaining photos from the session, following the mash. [...]

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