Ah, another brew day! This time around it’s a simple Irish Red Ale on deck. A quick pictorial recap of the brew day: Beer Specifications Beer Name: OBK Irish Red Ale Beer Style: Red Ale Recipe Type: All Grain Batch Size: 5.25 gallons / 19.9 litres Estimated SRM: 12° Estimated IBU: 23 Estimated OG: 1.051…
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Beer #5: OBK Irish Stout (+ a coffee experiment!)
While drinking away my previous two beers (with company) I decided I wanted to try my hand at making a stout. When it comes to really dark beers I don’t mind the occasional stout, but it isn’t really what I would consider my ‘go-to’ style. However out of all of the stouts that I have tried…
Beers #3 & #4: OBK West Coast IPA & OBK Witbier
After two rapid fire back-to-back brewing days I, with some help, had successfully brewed both the OBK West Coast IPA and the OBK Witbier. Recipes for these and others can be found here or by clicking the links on their names. Both brew days went really well and we even took a little bit of…
Brew Day #2: Irish Blonde Ale
After bottling my previous brew, the Baldwin St. Bohemian Pilsner, I was excited to get started on my next batch. For my second round, pun completely intended, I decided to try out making an Irish Blonde Ale. You can find the recipe for the Blonde Ale here. I also decieed that this time around I would…
Brew Day #1: Baldwin St. Bohemian Pilsner
What does someone choose to make for their first homebrew? This is perhaps both the most important and the least important decision facing new homebrewers. What I mean by that is on one hand there are certainly some homebrew recipes that are more challenging to get right than others, especially when you have only vague ideas…