Shopping

There are numerous ingredients you’ll have to buy, including essentials such as sugar, yeast and spirits for infusing, plus most of the basic grains used in our beer recipes. And despite our advocacy of homegrown or foraged foods, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t use shop-bought ingredients for everything you make.

Not even the very best horticulturalist is likely to have access to an all-year-round harvest for all drink types, and shops can fill in the seasonal growing gaps. For us that means imported citrus fruits, dried fruit and even canned food in the winter months.