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Musings on the topic of craft beer and brewing on the Somerset Levels
Beer Showcase #2 Fresh – Green-Hopped American Pale Ale / Session IPA
Bucket-loads (literally) of locally-grown green hops (Cascade, Chinook and Goldings) over a sweet and delicate pale ale malt bill of mainly organic British Maris Otter malt. Experience the once-a-year aromatic delight of a green-hopped ale whilst it’s fresh!
Beer Showcase #1 Sesh – American Pale Ale / Session IPA
Sesh. Our Session IPA or American Pale Ale (yeah, we're going to really offend some beer geeks mixing those terms). This is where it all started for us, the first beer brewed in the brewery and one we've refined over years leading up to that. Born out of the love...
What does Gert Lush mean?
So, what does the phrase “Gert Lush” actually mean? By all accounts, it’s a positive statement and a colloquial phrase from the South West of England. For many, gert lush is a quintessentially Bristolian phrase where gert means very/big and lush means lovely/good. ...
Beer Brewed to Minimise Hangovers
Okay, so this may sound like a fairy-tale or scam to some, but I’ve been brewing and drinking for a long time and have learned how to minimise hangovers from drinking beer now. For sure, if you knock back 12 pints of anything alcoholic, you’re going to wake up with a...
Who are Gert Lush and why are they brewing craft beer?
The Gert Lush Brewing Company (website is just Gert Lush Beer for simplicity’s sake) started life during the 2020 coronavirus lockdown. The dream of running a small craft brewery had been with me (Marc) for many years, but it took the world falling apart to shake it...