https://copperkettlebrewlog.com/A home brewer's log from Šiauliai: small-batch ales and farmhouse beers, barley from the west, garage hops, cellar temperatures, and the batches that failed.enhttps://copperkettlebrewlog.com/journal/bottling-day-and-the-neighbours/https://copperkettlebrewlog.com/journal/bottling-day-and-the-neighbours/How a bottling afternoon actually runs, why the priming sugar gets weighed rather than scooped, and what happens when the bag goes up the stairs on a Friday.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://copperkettlebrewlog.com/journal/four-batches-that-went-wrong/https://copperkettlebrewlog.com/journal/four-batches-that-went-wrong/An infection, a stuck sparge, a stalled ferment and a crate of gushing bottles: the four failures that changed how this kitchen brews, written out in full.Sun, 09 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://copperkettlebrewlog.com/journal/fermenting-to-cellar-temperature/https://copperkettlebrewlog.com/journal/fermenting-to-cellar-temperature/The cellar under the garage runs from eight degrees in February to eighteen in August. Matching the beer to the month beats fighting the season with a fridge.Sun, 30 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://copperkettlebrewlog.com/journal/barley-from-the-west-hops-behind-the-garage/https://copperkettlebrewlog.com/journal/barley-from-the-west-hops-behind-the-garage/Where the grain and hops in these batches come from: a farm out towards Žemaitija, two bines on a wire, and what local ingredients cost you in consistency.Sun, 13 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://copperkettlebrewlog.com/journal/brew-day-in-a-kitchen-with-one-hob/https://copperkettlebrewlog.com/journal/brew-day-in-a-kitchen-with-one-hob/How a twenty-litre brew day actually runs in a small flat: kettle headroom, what the hob can and cannot do, and where the mash quietly loses heat.Sun, 21 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT