Meet The Home Brewer
Name: Brett Langton
How many years have you been brewing? 7 years and counting
How did you get into Home Brewing? My wife bought me a Cooper’s kit, best present ever!
Favourite brewing method? All grain, biab-hack with a bucket…
Piece of equipment you just can’t do without? My modded 16l urn.
Favourite style of beer to brew? Stouts and black IPAs
Best beer you’ve ever tasted – besides your own! BrewDog Dead Pony Club.
Favourite hop? Citra
Best beer you’ve ever brewed? A white stout with coffee beans and cacao nibs.
Worst beer you’ve ever brewed? Why did it end so badly? A Red Ale, it picked up a nasty infection during primary, some how…
Biggest disaster you’ve had on a brew day? Before I got an urn, I was still using a giant pot on the stove and ‘sparging’ through a sieve, recipe for burns and disaster.
Best South African beer at the moment? Devil’s Peak Juicy Lucy is a definite favourite!
Do you have any brewing tips to share, that you wished you had known about sooner? Get the right tool for the job, you can only get so far with kitchen utensils and duct tape…