I’ve gone and stumbled upon something wonderful. I wanted to switch away from the rash of darker beers I had been making and decided to do so gradually by making a mid color beer. I settled on an Irish red. Of course, I can’t leave it at that. I added cherry. It’s three weeks later and I cracked one open to judge its progress. I was not sorry. The color is absolutely gorgeous and the taste is more so. The tart cherries lend a...
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I can’t say I had a lot of inspiration for making this particular beer. When trying to decide what to brew this go around, I found that this was a style of beer I’ve not brewed before. It looked quite tasty, has simple ingredients, and was an all grain recipe, which is something I would like to gain more experience with. I am very happy with the results. It is very light in body and fairly low in calories, yet is quite a well-rounded...
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For once I decided to plan ahead a little bit and make a beer for a holiday. I decided I would make a delicious dry stout for St. Patrick’s day. I spent a little bit of time creating a recipe based on a dry stout I made a few years back. The beer brewed up beautifully and tastes delicious. Unfortunately, I did a horrible job at celebrating St. Patrick’s day this year and didn’t drink any of the beer I brewed for it. Lucky for me, this...
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It’s been two weeks since my last batch of beer has been bottled and placed for conditioning. I’ve been thinking about what beer to brew next and I’ve finally come up with something. For a while now I’ve been tinkering with the idea of creating a recipe for a vanilla cream ale. I’ve finally sat down over the past few days coming up with a recipe. I finalized the details this morning and put in the order for my supplies. They should be...
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I’ve cracked open the first bottle of the Old Jock Ale that I brewed. This is a clone from Broughton Ales Ltd in Scotland. It’s a dark amber beer with a malt, roasted grains and alcohol aroma. It has a smooth, complex flavor of rich caramel and toasted malt. It’s head is tan and made of large bubbles, although mine isn’t quite as full as I’d like. It is quite a delicious beer sitting at about 6.5% alcohol by volume. I found it to be...
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