A Life of Faff

Have you ever been to France and walked past a patisserie and stared longingly at one of those amazing intricate, fruity, shiny pastries...

We wanted to give the Citrillo (Citra and Amarillo) IPA another go, so we decided it was time for a re-brew. Last time we brewed this...

Finally a simple bread recipe for tasty every day bread! This bread is so simple! 5 mins of prep, leave to rise overnight and bake the...

Here we go again! Lemon layer cake with lemon buttercream icing version 2! Last time I made this cake it was tasty and light but did not...

A Mosaic and Simcoe pale ale which we aptly called our Juicy Fruit Pale ale after its incredibly rich and fruity aroma! Recipe planning...

I wanted to make some rocky road for a weekend treat. After searching online through about 20 recipes it was quite clear that they were...

We have got to the point now where we have brewed 4 IPAs so we thought it would be a fun learning experience to go through and critically...

This might be one of my favourite bakes for a while. This nectarine galette recipe was inspired by a trip to Tesco where I saw ripen at...

Our first ever stout recipe brewed to support the fight against the injustices Black people face all around the world! Story behind the...

Spanakopita is one of my favourites and I have been slowly trying to figure out how to perfect this savoury greek pie, packed full of...

I have been brewing for a while now and every brew you end up throwing away a substantial amount of grains. At first I tried putting them...

It was time to step up our game for brew #4. But deciding what to brew next was the real challenge. During lockdown we have been brewing...

I was scrolling through instagram which is basically how I waste away almost everyday, especially during lockdown with nothing to do...

After weeks of not seeing my family I finally got to see my Mum for a social distanced picnic in the park. This coronavirus life is...

Another Saturday, another brew day, and given our continued novice status, another simple SMaSH IPA was on the cards. SMaSH stands for...

It was a bank holiday weekend and I decided I needed a baking challenge. Something that would take a long time and was slightly out of my...

There are 100s of beer styles, spanning a great deal of history and brewing traditions. From Africa, Europe and the Americas, there is so...

New week! New cake! This week I wanted something fruity that was relatively cheap to make and did not require me to buy tons of...

We brewed a Citra SMaSH IPA! As fun as it was brewing beer using a kit, D and I decided we wanted to try all-grain brewing, i.e. making...

Today I needed to bake but specifically I needed to bake something new so I searched the internet far and wide until I stumbled across a...