• Would you like to take your home brewing to the next level?

• Would you like 1:1 coaching from a professional brewer?

• Would you like to have a professionally designed beer recipe, complete with water chemistry for your local water of a style of your choosing?

Earlier in the year a former colleague from my previous career (Chemical Industry) approached me and asked if I could shadow him on a brew day to help improve his understanding and technique. He had not been wholly satisfied with the beer he had made to that point and wanted to take his brewing to the next level.

I suggested the following, that we spend half a day covering the essentials of brewing science and looking over his brewing set up, then the next day he could brew with advice and input from myself on the best practice methods to use. For the brew day I had written him a recipe to clone his favourite commercial beer.

We both really enjoyed the two days. He said afterwards:

I wanted to improve my skills as a home-brew hobbyist and found so much conflicting and sometimes confusing information online that I didn’t know which way to turn to improve the quality of my beer which I felt had plateaued and at best was average. I also bought a number of brewing books which although a number were very good the time taken to reach mediocrity has been a good couple of years. Having invested several hundred pounds in equipment over this period I decided to reach out to The Hop Doctor to arrange a 1:1 session.The two sessions were fantastic

As well as brewing at commercial scale I also brew at home, but my approach is unusual. Brewing is my second career, and I have taken what I learned at commercial scale and through my IBD professional training and scaled it down to the 23 litre scale. Whilst the internet can be a great resource, there is a great deal of inconsistent and incorrect advice out there. I can bust those myths for you and explain the process based on the latest proven scientific understanding as gained from my IBD Brewing Diploma, commercial experience and my background as a Ph.D chemist.

Advanced Home Brewing – Theory & Practice

• Half day of theory (with course notes to keep)

• Shadowed Brew Day with professional advice and Q&A session

Cost: £235 for any location within 40 miles of the BB7 postcode

Other locations considered, travel costs at 75p / mile

Professional recipe design (for home use)

• Recipe for 5 gallon system plus one recipe iteration (based on your thoughts on the first brew) within 3 months of initial recipe provision.

Cost: £45 (only as an addition to the above)

Spend a day with The Hop Doctor!

Thanks to Will for sharing his amazing level of professional knowledge which would have truly taken me years to learn. I’d highly recommend anyone from novice to intermediate home-brew hobbyist to contact him as I feel the small investment in myself was, is and will be enjoyed for years to come.