Another ale question

[RichardCranium]

Not at the stage of mixing my own wort yet - Richard, you done that yet?

I haven't partly because I can't be arsed and secondly because I'm lazy.

I did get to spend a day with the owner of my local homebrew shop at his house one Sunday, making up a batch from scratch so I could see what was involved, which was nice and generous of him.

That is this fella: Iain, at Abbey Homebrew, Leeds. He has all the time in the world for his customers.

He has also started making up his own kit kits. That is, you get to choose from a selection of malts, a selection of hop pellets and extra hops for adding 'nose', which together make up a kit. A sort of half-way house between an off-the-shelf kit and brewing from scratch that lets you make exactly the ale you want but without setting a day aside to do it from scratch.

SY01 - and others on here - do make ale from scratch.

I'm sure I distinctly remember SY01 saying we were all welcome to his place in Luton just before Xmas to drink the batches he put on for Xmas for us all. I can't seem to find the post right now, but I'm sure he won't mind.

[Moscow Mule]

May I suggest a sampler box from Brew Dog:

Buy Mixed Box | BrewDog Beer

You might find something you like. I know I did.

[norrahe]

Am tempted to do it from scratch from a purely cheffy point of view and it's a lot more work than just mixing it all up.

[d000hg]

Can't be bothered to make my own but as a close personal friend, I'm SY will be sending me a few bottles