This is a blog about a small home craft brewery in rural Fife. Two generations of the Lucas family are involved: myself, Richard Lucas and my son Douglas. We brew on equipment that in the main dates from my start in brewing in the 1970s. A trusty 1976 Burco act as our boiler, and we use an elderly Bruheat as a source of hot liquor. We mash in a newer device made by Douglas - it's basicically a tap equipped fermenting vessel with a false bottom and added insulation that started life as a camper's thermal bedroll.. Douglas has also made a wort chiller that is a coil of 10mm copper tubing, a most excellent device.
We like to experiment with our beer. We like to use off-beat ingredients, we have a Tracle stout and a Walnut Brown Ale in the fermenters now. We don't try to equal commercial brews, because we know we can do better - we don't have accountants trying to shave costs from our recipes.
We look forward to sharing a few thoughts, swapping recipes, and having a chat here.
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