My adventures in coconut have payed off. I just opened my coconut porter on Easter and I did so cautiously. When I bottled the beer, I tasted it and was very sad. It did not taste very good at all. But knowing that beer changes between bottling and drinking glass, I pushed on. Now I’m glad I did. This turned out very tasty. I gave Holly a sip and she almost didn’t give it back. Which is saying something, because Holly is...
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How can a beer be both Scottish and American you ask? I’m not sure exactly. I’m pretty sure that if you make a Scottish Heavy and use American yeast, it becomes part American. Ok. So there is also a small amount of American hops in there as well, but I hardly think that matters all that much. Besides, I am totally Scottish and American. Ooh. That doesn’t sound right. Can one truly be American? Thit is a beer blog...
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Since I’ve been harvesting my yeast all from the same batches, I’ve been forced to make American style beers. With St. Patrick’s day approaching, I needed to make myself a stout. I really enjoy dark beers and am always amazed at all the different flavors you can get with just a few ingredients. This was no exception. Using the same ingredients you would use to make an Irish Stout, only substituting in some American...
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The goal here was to make a lighter colored beer than I have been doing. I’ve attempted light beers in the past, but the LME always darkens it more that it’s supposed to. This, of course, happens when you use LME. So I cut it out of my recipe, using only grain malts of the lighter variety. The result is a nicely light colored Pilsen Ale. As you can tell from the name, this is not a lager. You can also see by the yeast and...
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I’ave come to really enjoy wheat beers. A few that stick in my mind are Kona Brewing Company’s Wailua Wheat, Gordon Biersch Hefeweizen, and Hoegaarden. I haven’t brewed a hefeweizen in a while, yet I’ve been cultivating American Ale yeast to use for my beers. What this led me to was the creation of an American Pale Wheat Ale, hoping for some of the delicious wheat characteristics to be blended with the...
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