"Home Brew" is an episode of the BBC sitcom The Green Green Grass. It was screened on 15 January 2009, as the second episode of the fourth series.
Plot[]
Whilst searching through the loft, Boycie finds some ancient scrolls and paperwork left behind by the old squire. He also finds a medieval recipe for a traditional local liquor called ‘Ye Potato Cyder’. The recipe is accompanied by a royal charter allowing Boycie to make and sell the liquor. With the help of his staff he goes into full-scale business building a distillery in his barn and buying up all the potatoes in the locality. Unfortunately his success attracts two people he thought he’d never see again.
Story Notes/Trivia[]
- The Driscoll Brothers return for the first time since Brothers and Sisters
- The Driscoll Brothers make their fourth ever television appearance.
- The hidden object buried in Brothers and Sisters is revealed.
- Mrs Cakeworthy makes reference to The Driscoll Brothers tying her up in the barn.
- A reference is made to Pertunia, Marlene’s sister, last seen in Brothers and Sisters.
- This episode features almost entirely within the Boyce’s home – one of few episodes to be like this.