02/08/2015: This brewing day was first published on the 01/06/2015 but it is now updated with the tasting notes you will find at the end. As my beer making skills improve, I'm trying to find new alternatives to using liquid malt extract (LME) as it is expensive for longer term making and if I try and make a bigger batch it will make it very, very expensive. My Black Ale … [Read more...]
Home brewing guidelines – beer at its simplest
When making beer at home, you usually find a good recipe for a known beer style (a great resource for these is at BeerSmith) and you get ingredients to match and try and replicate this. There is a slight problem with those recipes, however: it never actually comes out the same. There are too many variables when home brewing, so I prefer to instead go for guidelines on what … [Read more...]
Coffee Porter Brewing Day – LME and Steeping
22/06/2015: This brewing day was first published on the 27/04/2015 but it is now updated with the tasting notes you will find at the end. Last time I made a coffee porter it came out not quite a porter but it had a nice touch of coffee. My first take from the first attempt was that it needed more volume, more maltiness, so the simple solution was trying to steep some … [Read more...]
Final recipes for the home beers – Light Pale Ale and Black Ale
The first time I decided to make my Black Ale was a couple of years ago, and since then I have been trying to perfect the recipe, adjust it and try and find the right balance - and I think I finally did. Over the last few months I have also been playing with BIAB, focusing on making an IPA but ending up with a very aromatic light Pale Ale, which has become my wife's favourite … [Read more...]