Harvey Wine & Beer Making Centre

I went to Harvey’s in Fareham again last week to buy a beer kit for Dave. As usual the service was excellent and we had a good chat about the business. It turns out that more of us are brewing than ever before, perhaps it’s the recession or perhaps the internet has started to make it fashionable again, but keep up the good work you guys.
It turns out Harvey’s have updated their website and now take orders from anywhere in the UK online and delivery is free for orders over £48. See the link on the right in my blogroll (4u2Brew.co.uk). Although I order most of my equipment online it’s nice to have a local homebrew shop for the odd tub of sterilizer or bag of bottle caps so I’m hoping they carry on doing well.

Brupack’s Birkby Bitter

I’ve been a bit lazy and should have blogged about this brew a while back. The brew itself is now about 5 weeks old and tasting amazing. This is one of the first kits I tried and one of my favourites, second time round it doesn’t disappoint. Even though it winter and pretty cold the brew went ok, it got down to 1.012 gravity which is close enough altough it did take 2 weeks to get there (and I had to mix it up half way through). After bottling I placed in my favourite spot next to the radiator in the lounge. After a week I was disappointed to find it completely flat! But with some patience it soon developed it’s fizz and is now a top quality beer.
Out of all the kits I have tried I have been consistently impressed with the Brupack’s. I think it appeals to my beer taste, golden and hoppy, the hop bag you get in each kit helps a lot!