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Homemade Pear Cider

May 20, 2016 By sue Leave a Comment

Homemade Pear Cider

Pear cider is my favourite summer tipple - crisp and refreshing, not too sweet - and easy to make yourself at home. I have been buying home-brew kits from Mad Millie and trying out their range of different ales, ciders and ginger beer. The Boutique Brewery Starter Kit comes with everything you need to make your first batch, including the fermenter, bottles, siphon, hydrometer, sterilizers, and the ingredient kit. Once you have all the equipment you just need to purchase a "Next Batch" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drinks, Kitchen Tagged With: Brewing, Drinks

Brewing Alcoholic Ginger Beer

October 28, 2015 By sue 3 Comments

I have always liked the idea of making my own ginger beer but I've heard so many stories of exploding bottles that it put me off so far.  I have been making a range of ciders and ales using a brewing kit from Mad Millie, and I was thinking I should contact them to see if they could do an 'idiot proof' ginger beer. Imagine my surprise when I went on line to get their contact details to discover that they had beaten me to it: there was a Gluten Free Alcoholic Ginger Beer kit in stock.  I would … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drinks, Kitchen Tagged With: Brewing, Ginger beer

Elderflower Ale

December 12, 2014 By sue Leave a Comment

I'm not really a beer drinker but a cold light ale can be perfect on a summer's day.  And I do like the idea of saying that I have made my own beer.  Mad Millie has a Elderflower Ale Handcrafted Beer Kit available and you use all the same equipment as you do for making cider.  The Tasting Notes sound amazing: "A zesty ale, full of citrus fruit flavour and the subtle aromatic delight of elderflower finished with a crisp, cleansing, bitter aftertaste.  It makes for a refreshing summer tipple!"  It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drinks, Kitchen Tagged With: Brewing, Drinks

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