Midlands Craft Brewers
@midscraftbrew.bsky.social
The homebrew club for brewers of all levels with regular meetings throughout the English Midlands. Whether a beginner or more experienced, why not join us. Est 1999 📍 The English Midlands http://www.midlandscraftbrewers.org.uk/
A great MCB meeting last w/e in Derby. Our challenge was to brew a clone of Jaipur. We slipped in the real thing as an entry too...good job the real @thornbridge.bsky.social Jaipur won🤣 Congrats to Aaron who gets to brew the real thing with Thornbridge as his beer scoring 41 won the member's comp
Thornbridge Brewery@thornbridge.bsky.social · 3mo agoCongratulations to Aaron Guffick, winner of the Midlands Craft Brewers competition to brew a beer as close to Jaipur as possible 🍻 With a score of 41/50, Aaron’s homebrew came remarkably close to the real thing👏
A cracking MCB meeting at the Tamworth Tap today talking Rye beers. Plenty of members beers for tasting too. You can always tell a good pub when punters are queueing out the front door!
Long day yesterday, but a good day. My attempt at an homage to @kernelbrewery.bsky.social Export India Porter hopped with Columbus and Centennial hops entered as an American Porter in yesterday's UK National Homebrew comp in Bristol, despite being slightly out of style did pretty well ☺️ #homebrew
After #115 brews, time for a Roggenbier brew today for next month's @midscraftbrew.bsky.social meeting where we'll be looking at rye beers. #homebrew #homebrewing
Great turn out for today's MCB meeting at @burtonbridgeinn.bsky.social Wide variety of beers from our members incl, Bitter, Helles, Bretted Dubbel, 11% TIPA, 13% impy stout, US Porter, Dry Stout as well as cracking @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social on the bar 🍻
Thanks to the Jewellers Arms in Brum for hosting our mtg yesterday. Some excellent members ' beers...incl amongst others a superb Old Ale & Weizenbock, a lovely tart lemony Gose & a Belgian Dark Strong. Our next mtg is early Feb when we are back at the fantastic @burtonbridgeinn.bsky.social
Big thanks to Cask & Craft in Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield for hosting our meeting yesterday. Some great members'beers as well cracking beers on the bar.
Cracking day at @BlackIrisBrewer . So many good beers. All members 6%+ ! Not a bad beer amongst them
Aliens are not boiling their pilsners and pale ales long enough it seems.
Looking forward to our meeting today at @twistedbarrel.bsky.social 🍻
I've started adding a list of Homebrew clubs from Britain & Ireland. Shout them up as more clubs appear in this place and I'll add them. #homebrew bsky.app/profile/did:...
Great job by MCB members in yesterday's UK National Homebrew Comp. Almost cleared up on this table. www.nationalhomebrewcompetition.org.uk
Our xmas homebrew club is on Sunday 15th December. Join us in the Sheffield Tap, 2pm onwards. Expect some big beers!🍺
We are running a homebrew comp if any members are interested? mysteriousbrewing.com/mystery-tria...
Mystery Triangle Home Brewing Competition
Join the ultimate home brewing competition by Mysterious Brewing and The Malt Miller, the UK's top home-brew supply shop! Create a single hop beer for a chance to showcase your brewing skills. Perfect...
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Great turn out of 23 for our mtg today @ the Burton Bridge Inn. After the brewery tour, our AGM, Brewer of the year presentation & members beer tastings...lagers, oatmeal Stout, coconut & vanilla porter, peanut butter and raspberry jelly milk stout & a Lithuanian Farmhouse beer!
Huge thanks to Al & Emma for showing us round, talking about the history and discussing a few of their future plans for Burton Bridge Brewery
Brilliant LAB (London Amateur Brewers) meeting last night. One of the members gave a talk on how he freezes and stores yeast. The video and slides are now available for all. #homebrew #brewing #beer #lab www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0fS... speakerdeck.com/lonbrew/why-...
Freezing & Storing Yeast
YouTube video by London Amateur Brewers
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Looking forward to being back here on Saturday with @midscraftbrew.bsky.social to have a look at the Burton Bridge Brewery.
Midlands Craft Brewers@midscraftbrew.bsky.social · 2y agoAn enjoyable evening listening to @tabamatu.bsky.social about his journey from home brewing to setting up @elusivebrewing.com at the Burton Bridge Inn. His book with Jamil Zainasheff , The Modern Homebrewer is recommended reading. It's full of up to date advice on brewing quality beers at home.
An enjoyable evening listening to @tabamatu.bsky.social about his journey from home brewing to setting up @elusivebrewing.com at the Burton Bridge Inn. His book with Jamil Zainasheff , The Modern Homebrewer is recommended reading. It's full of up to date advice on brewing quality beers at home.
Today we are in Birmingham at @1000TradesJQ where we are holding our annual members Brewer of the Year Comp. This year all beers were brewed using Alora hops courtesy of @TeamHopsteiner UK
MCB summer social in Burton...also know as a pub crawl....starting at Brews of the World
A few weeks ago a couple of our members joined the Firs to brew an Irish Red and today it on the bar for our meeting.
For today’s meeting we are at Camra WM club of the year 2022 & 2023 The Firs Codsall nr Wolverhampton. With its own nano brewery on site, it’s set to be a great meeting.
If anyone is interested in joining the West Coast Homebrewers, we are loosely based on the coast of Cumbria, meet up for homebrew chat & bottle swaps. Some of the folk have impressively engineered kit & I brew in a tea urn & buckets.
Shout out to the placing MCB brewers in yesterday's Lager than Life Comp
Today, we are at Coventry's Twisted Barrel Brewery. Main item of the day is a tutored tasting from Cicerone sommelier Lucy from Letsbeer_UK & The Abducation micropub 8n Nottingham
