Since my last blog post, I’ve brewed a few more beers: A Saison smash for the Smash-Off 2018 competition/beer-swap. This didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped, so that’s being disposed of and I’ve brewed a replacement. An English Barleywine for the Black Beer of Christmas 2018 beer-swap. At time of writing, this has been in the FV for just over 2 months and I’m planning on bottling it this week. My Eyes Are Pies! – A Brewdog Jet…
So, as a bit of an experiment, I decided to film my latest brew day. This time, it’s a recipe from a couple of guys on the Facebook Brewtube Official group: Drop Kick Nate. A 5 hour brew day, condensed…
It’s been a while since I’ve brewed an IPA, as long as you don’t count the Wry Smile DIPA I brewed a couple of months ago! With the ingredients in stock, it was time to get a brew on! This IPA is based on James Morton’s Totally Tropical Pale recipe from his Brew book, adjusted for my equipment & volume: Amt Name Type # %/IBU 6.50 kg Maris Otter Malt (Muntons) (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 86.7 % 0.40 kg Munich Malt…
At the time of bottling my BBOC Vanilla Porter, I was really worried that what I was tasting wasn’t very nice. So, I decided to brew another porter for the BBOC competition just in case… This Honey Porter is based on Greg Hughes’ recipe from his Home Brew Beer book, adjusted for my equipment & volume. 3.71 kg Maris Otter Malt (Muntons) (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 65.1 % 0.62 kg Caramalt (Muntons) (29.6 EBC) Grain 2 10.8 % 0.50 kg…
I’ve had a couple of big beers on my to-do list for a while, so with my HERMS system up and running I thought I’d strike one of them off the list: Denny Conn’s Wry Smile, a 7-8% ABV Rye Double-IPA! Adjusting for my kit’s (pre-HERMS) efficiency, I came up with the following recipe: 6.85 kg Maris Otter Malt (Muntons) (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 68.9 % 1.85 kg Rye Malt (9.3 EBC) Grain 2 18.6 % 0.59 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt…