Dan Pembroke MBE Visits The Malt Miller

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Dan Pembroke MBE Visits The Malt Miller

This week at The Malt Miller we welcomed Dan Pembroke MBE to TMM HQ for a behind-the-scenes look at how two very different worlds collide: elite sport and home brewing.

Dan is a double Paralympic gold medallist, world record holder, and MBE recipient, whose journey through elite athletics has been built on focus, discipline, marginal gains, and a relentless approach towards progression, all founded in resilience — the same principles that quietly sit at the heart of great home brewing and many other passions in life.

In the video we sit down with Dan to talk about his journey, his relationship with home brewing, and how the idea for Ice Gold was born. What began as a home brew recipe has since evolved into a full commercial beer through his partnership with Siren Craft Brew. A passion project became a professional collaboration, turning something brewed at home into a commercial release.

What This Video Covers

In the video we cover:

• Dan’s journey from elite sport into home brewing

• How Ice Gold was developed from a homebrew recipe into a commercial beer

• The crossover between discipline in sport and craft in brewing

• A collaborative brew day at Dan’s home brewery

• Introducing pressure fermentation with the Kegland FermZilla

In the second half of the video we head over to Dan’s place to brew a batch of Ice Gold at home — taking the recipe back to its roots, while also bringing together both the homebrew version and the commercial example.

We also set Dan up for the next chapter of his home-brewing journey with a Kegland FermZilla, introducing pressure fermentation as he begins exploring more advanced fermentation techniques.

This is a collaboration brew day, a home-brewing story, and a behind-the-scenes look at how passion, discipline, and craft can connect worlds that look very different on the surface — but aren’t so different underneath.

Brew Day and Next Steps

Fermentation and packaging are now in Dan’s hands as the beer continues its journey.

If you want to follow the progress of the brew, make sure you’re following Dan for updates as it ferments, conditions, and gets packaged.

And if you want to brew Ice Gold yourself at home, you’ll find the full recipe kit here