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You only have to scan the bottled beer section on any large supermarket to see the vast range of beers available. Not only from the large corporate brewers but also an increasing selection from plenty of the the small micro and regional brewers.
We should be thankful to the buyers in those supermarkets for bringing the range of styles and flavours to the wider audience. A listing on the supermarket shelves for national distribution is a jackpot for the smaller brewer as it gives them the exposure they would not normally achieve.
With my list of recipes I hope to show you that most things are possible when brewing at home. While some beers are my interpretation of a commercial beer other are my variation on a particular beer style. My own favorites are the darker, malty beers but i’ll try almost anything, at least once. I have the unfortunate problem that highly hopped beers make me sneeze! So a pint of winter warmer suits me better than something light and flowery from the gardens of Kent.
The best thing is that if a brew is not quite to your liking you have the ability to make the changes to get it right and even experiment.
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