What happens when you have some extra English ale yeast and feel like making a beer with honey? Well in my case you end up with an English Honey Brown Ale! Recipe Source: Northern Brewer Beer Specifications Beer Name: English Honey Brown Ale Beer Style: Brown Ale Recipe Type: All Grain Batch Size: 5.5 gallons /…
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Homebrewing a Centennial Blonde
While browsing various homebrew pages on the Internet for my next recipe to brew, I found that a number of people kept pointing to the “Centennial Blonde” as their go-to or favourite recipe. So I found the recipe and decided to try it out myself! Recipe Source: Homebrew Talk Beer Specifications Beer Name: Centennial Blonde Beer…
Homebrewing a Boddingtons Clone
Looking for something new to brew it was suggested that I try making a clone of the English Pub Ale Boddingtons and so here we are! Because a liquid yeast is used in this recipe I had to make a starter prior to brew day. And since I had to make a starter I figured…
Homebrewing a very Simple Apple (Juice) Cider
When I decided to try my hand at making a cider instead of a beer I had no idea it would be so easy. I almost feel silly making a post about it to be honest. I’ll even save you the trouble of reading below by saying it is really as simple as just combining…
Homebrewing a (Modified) Goose Island IPA Clone
I know enjoying IPAs is the “in” thing right now but I seriously love IPAs. They’re by far my favourite style and, while I still enjoy other types of beer, there is just something about the hoppy goodness of an IPA that keeps calling me back. My previous experience homebrewing an IPA, the OBK West Coast…
Beer #7: OBK Cream Ale
What is a cream ale anyway? Well apparently it’s a beer made with corn. Nebraska would be proud. A quick pictorial recap of the brew day: Beer Specifications Beer Name: OBK Cream Ale Beer Style: Cream Ale Recipe Type: All Grain Batch Size: 5.25 gallons / 19.9 litres Estimated SRM: 3° Estimated IBU: 16 Estimated…
Beer #6: OBK Irish Red Ale
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…
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…
New Tools Menu!
I’ve added a new menu item (see above) that includes a few links to other websites that I find really useful during my brew and bottling days! Hopefully you too will also find them useful.