Month: July 2013

  • My SMaSH Best Bitter

    I have noticed a recent trend of brewing beer using a very simple set of ingredients. The extreme end of this is what is called SMaSH, Single Malt, Single Hop. These beers really try to explore the individual characteristics of the chosen malt and hop variety. This type of beer restricts what the brewer can…


  • My first 10k

    As I have posted before I started running last November and have managed to turn it into a habit. From 3 days a week I’ve pushed to 4, and have been steadily improving both my speed and distance. My first 5k was back in February, and then I did several more. None were official: I…