Meandering home from the Crooked Billet, we decided to stop in at Loddon Brewery in Dunsden Green to see if Chris or Vanessa were there. Sameer and Mary hadn't visited the brewery before and rather fancied taking home some beer for Sameer's father. Luckily for us Chris was in, although looking slightly worse for wear owing to a late night at the Henley Business Awards where he won the Business Person of the Year Award. Congratulations!
Fortunately Chris was happy to conduct a speedy tour of the brewery and dispense some Dragonfly for Sameer to take away. I'll be visiting Loddon tomorrow to pick up some of the new Wolf-Bine beer which contains this season's fresh Golding hops from Charles Farm hop merchants. Fresh hops are rather riskier to brew with than dried hops as the alpha acid content is unknown. Apparently 'the intial samples showed a pronounced ripe orange freshness and gentle bitterness' so I look forward to tasting it.
A 'muddler' is a wooden pestle used to blend and mix ingredients for cocktails and drinks. The name may derive from the medieval culinary term 'medel' or 'medle' which means to mix or meld together. So whether I'm muddling along or meddling in things I'll be keeping track of the food, drink, ingredients, people and producers that I come across along the way.
About Me
- Sam
- Sam works as a food writer and has a particular interest in food history. She lives in Berkshire.