A classic Autumn Sunday dinner in my house. a nice rolled boneless piece of lamb or hogget shoulder slowroasted on vegetables and herbs served on lentils with some hearty sauteed autumn veg and gravy. Satisfying but lighter than a full Sunday roast. Roast Lamb 1x lamb shoulder rolled few sprigs of rosemary 3 handfuls diced…
Author: southstarbrew
Travel : Brew at Dark Revolution
Our collaboration brew with Yeastie Boys took place at Dark Revolution Brewery which is located at the Old Sarum Airfield just out of Salisbury. Old Sarum Airfield was a WW1 and WW2 air base. We started with a very peaceful mash in . Small breweries in the UK don’t have mills and source their malt…
Travel : Salisbury
We got into Salisbury as the sun was setting. JK had outdone himself , our accommodation was pretty bloody special. We stayed at the Sarum Theological College within the grounds of Salisbury Cathedral. As we got out of the car an old cleric shuffled past in archaic flowing black robes. After checking in we moved…
Travel: Hook Norton
Weds I set off for Salisbury where we were to brew our collaboration Captain Planet with Yeastie Boys. I met Charlie from Yeastie Boys and we jumped on a train to Banbury where we were meeting JK as he drove down from Chester. We took this circuitous route to Salisbury as we had the great…
Travel: Fullers Visit
On Tuesday it was my big Fullers visit. I headed into London with Stu , had coffee in Borough Market before meeting with the NZ Beer Collective crew. We popped across to The George of Pete Brown fame. Had a pint of rebadged Greene King IPA as the guest Landlord was out. Then we moved…
Travel: Gorgeous Brew with the Pope of ESB
Yesterday it was Brewday number one. My mate Reubin had a hatched a plan with me to brew an NZ hopped ESB with him and invite former Fullers Head Brewer John Keeling along to bless the brew and have some lunch. My day started with an experience of London Underground rush hour chaos. I made…
Travel: Sunday in Kent
Today’s rest day included a lovely lunch at Stu and Fritha’s place with Reuben and Lizzy. Then an expedition to Chartwell the former home of Winston Churchill. The house and painting studio were closed for winter but we walked the gardens. Then we popped into two Westerham Pubs, the Royal Oak at Crockham Hill and…
Travel : London Day 1.5
First day and a 1/2 in England: Well I survived the flights , paid more than I should have for beers in Sydney, paid more than I ever have for a flat white in Abu Dhabi, and arrived to a suitably rainy Heathrow. Stu picked me up and it was straight to The Bricklayers Arms…
General : On taking up the pen
Well the keyboard anyway. I recently said in a podcast that you are either a beer writer or a brewer and you can’t be both. Well I suppose hypocrisy is 2/3rds of humanity. Why have I gone back to writing ? For pleasure mainly, I enjoy it. Others also seem to enjoy it . My…
Raise the Dawn 