Designing a Beer Recipe
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Weizenbock Home Brew Recipe Design Process

I have wanted to talk about designing a beer recipe for a while and now the opportunity has arisen. If you are anything like me, you will have a box full of half used malts and grains that you end up with after brewing other beers. You need…
Kolsch Tasting

Kolsch Tasting & Taking Notes

  Around a month ago I shared the recipe for a Kolsch I brewed. As promised I will now share the tasting notes for the beer. As a home brewer I find sitting and writing these tasting notes really helpful. It is such a great exercise…

Home Brew Imperial Clone Recipes

Whilst I’m not particularly fond of the term “imperial” which seems to get attached to any beer that is of higher strength than the norm, I must say I like the challenge that faces the brewer in brewing one. Of course when you call…
Brewing Belgian Beer
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Beginners Guide To Home Brewing Belgian Beers

What I am hoping to do in this post is encapsulate everything about getting to know and getting started brewing Belgian beer in a concise form. There are so obviously this isn’t going to be as an expansive resource as one of those but I hope…
kolsch all grain recipe
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Kolsch All Grain Recipe That Goes By The Book

I’m not really doing a Kolsch recipe it’s a “Kolsch-style” recipe! Kolsch is one of those beer styles it seems that to truly appreciate and understand you have to make a trip to Cologne in Germany. When you write about it you…
Brown Ale Tasting
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Brown Ale and Spiced Brown Ale Tasting

  This Brown Ale Recipe finished up at such a high final gravity I was sure it was going to be too sweet and cloying. The thing about brewing though is you have to wait to see how things pan out. One of the things that can get…
Oatmeal Pale Ale head
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Oatmeal Pale Ale Tasting

(Here is the recipe for the Oatmeal Pale Ale) Putting a twist on styles and getting to grips with different ingredients is what home brewing is all about. You can experiment as much as you desire and the payoff can be great, other times…
Malt
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Complete Guide To All Grain Brewing (Little Equipment or Experience Needed)

Before we begin I want to make a few things clear about what will be covered in this post just so you know what you’re getting into here: This is a post aimed primarily at beginners and people that have never brewed before. It is also…
Oatmeal Pale Ale
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Oatmeal Pale Ale Recipe

  Oatmeal stouts appear to be becoming increasingly popular. There are plenty of options available commercially and there are hundreds of home brew recipes to sift through. When you think about oatmeal, you think porridge. The…
bourbon county stout
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Is Your Home Brew Beer Worth $60?

How much is too much to pay for a beer? £5, £8, £12, £20, £40? I would guess everyone would answer differently but there has to be an upper limit, right? A friend told me about the latest release of Goose Islands Rare Bourbon County…