Having teased Elisabeth these many years about her hair slowly becoming a ‘whiter shade of blonde’, we had to placate her with a wheat beer this year. Not a lot of brewing time given all the Mayoralty commitments, but off we went. We laid it down on 6 January with an OG of 1049 and sampled today at FG 1000 for an implied 6.43% ABV. There was a touch of added cardamom, but otherwise just the usual dosing with odds and sods.

Result? Not our finest, but our competitive brewing neighbour kindly said it was OK. However, well drunk with some great music!