Scraps English IPA : Batch 28 : All-Grain

July 27, 2011

The “Scraps” English IPA After brewing a bunch of non-kit batches, I’d started to accumulate a pile of hops and crystal grains. It was time to get some of them used up! I like to use yeast 3 times, if possible, and the third round on my S-33 seemed like as good a time as [...]

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Scottish 60/- : Batch 27 : All-Grain

July 19, 2011

Scottish 60/- In my Summer mission for a low gravity session beer, I opted to try out a Scottish 60/-.  I’ve been loving heavy Scottish ales lately, and wanted to see what this super light version would be like.  It’s described as a cousin of the English ordinary bitter, and should be clean with a [...]

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Tongue Splitter APA : Batch 26 : All-Grain

July 4, 2011

Tongue Splitter American Pale Ale I try to buy all of my ingredients locally.  I have a great LHBS, and I make a point to see that they get as much of my money as I can spend there.  However, I had an item that I wanted to order from Northern Brewer, so I decided [...]

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MT Witbier Version 1 : Batch 25: All-Grain

June 7, 2011

Brewing the MT Witbier V.1 A friend of mine recently gave me a giant bucket of wheat that had been grown on his farm. He’d asked if I could find a way to make beer out of it. Seemed like a worthy challenge, right?  How hard could it be?  Turns out, it was a lot [...]

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Amarillo Blonde Ale : Batch 23 : All-Grain

May 16, 2011

Brewing an Amarillo Blonde Ale Making beer is a balancing act.  Of course, I want to make beers that I enjoy, but I enjoy Pale Ales and IPAs.  The people who help drink my brews mostly find favor with lighter, less hoppy styles.  Sure I could brew the beers that I want, and try to [...]

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Black Bart IPA : Batch 22 : All Grain

April 30, 2011

Black Bart IPA I’ve recently realized that I’m a huge fan of a black IPA.  I don’t normally gravitate to darker beers, but the touch of coffee on a heavily hopped base is so dang good.  I came across a recipe for a Black IPA on the Northern Brewer website.  I didn’t end up purchasing [...]

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Honey Ale : Batch 20 : All-Grain

March 12, 2011

All-Grain Honey Ale A homebrewing friend recently made a variation of the “Honey Steamer” recipe found on BYO’s website. It turned out great, and I wanted to see if I could pull off a similar all-grain version of the same thing. I’d purchased Beer Tools just before deciding to make this batch, so it was [...]

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Ledbetter Blonde Ale : Batch 19 : All Grain

February 19, 2011

Ledbetter Blonde Ale : All-Grain Brew After several batches of beer that aren’t exactly “crowd pleasers”, I decided it was time to make something a little less interesting.  Reading through the Radical Brewing book, I found a recipe for what they call “Bambi’s Best Blonde Ale.”  A Blonde Ale seemed like a pretty safe bet, [...]

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Recycled Ranger IPA Clone : Batch 18

February 2, 2011

Ranger Hopped All Grain IPA My first all-grain batch was a Ranger IPA clone, from a recipe I’d found in a recent issue of BYO magazine.  As a result of the multiple hop additions, I had a bunch of leftover ingredients.  As the first recipe had some weirdness (like a cane sugar addition), I figured [...]

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