Weekend Oatmeal Stout
I like my stouts thick and mouth coating, I like smoothness and nothing to bitter or roasty. I’ve brewed a fair few stouts in search of these qualities and this recipe, adapted from a recipe on homebrewtalk I think, is …
A Single Hop Citra “Wedding Favour” Pale Ale
Citra, it’s seemingly taken the “craft” brewing world by storm and up until now it’s a hop I have managed to avoid, not that I don’t like it, I love the anticipation of making a beer with something new, it’s …
Steal Other Peoples Hard Work
I once thought I wanted to be a maverick to brew with only my own purpose in mind. In many ways I did this, I wrote my own recipes with no other input, I created them from scratch and brewed …
Single Hop Tettnang US/Belgian Dubbel
I recently wrote about Tettnang hops and the bittering qualities they are so widely regarded for. So now I want to share with you a single hop beer that I recently brewed that uses this noble variety subtly and with …
English Pale Ale Recipe
Is there such a thing as the perfect pale ale? Well yes of course there is, but what I think is perfect is subjective that is why I think a website where you rate different beers is slightly absurd. If …
The Cheapest Home Brewed Beer Possible?
Some of you may turn your nose up at this but I believe there is many a brewer, especially here in the UK that home brews solely because it’s cheaper than buying beer. Although there has been somewhat of a …
Taking The First Step To Creating Recipes
When I started brewing I guess I was a stickler for detail. I would read recipes and stick too them rigidly making sure I used all the same malt and hops as the recipe stated. I did this for a …
Brewing a Honey Blonde Ale
It seems there are hundreds of beers available now that claim to be honey beers but sometimes it’s difficult to tell just how much honey is in them. It’s difficult to detect much honey aroma at all in some beers …
The Making of A Medieval Ale
It’s nice that beer has been around such a long time because it makes the subject something that you can seemingly never stop learning something new about. One of the joys of being a brewer however is the chance to …