This beer was produced during a period in which I was experimenting with lower mash temperatures to produce dryer beers. This beer has an intensely dark brown color with a modest chocolate-tinged head. This beer provides a nice complex flavor…
Blonde ale is what most Amererican’s think of when they think of beer. This is a light, easy drinking beer that is well balanced, lightly hopped, clean, and crisp. The grain bill is very simple–blonde ales can be brewed…
Step Ladder Foreign Stout
A dry, intensly dark, foreign stout that should go nicely on a cool fall day.
OG 1.050
IBU 50
Bu/Gu: 1.0
Grain Bill
.75 lbs Roasted Barely 300 L
.75 lbs Roasted Barley 650 L
1 lbs Chocolate Malt
7.6 lbs Pale 2-row
1 lbs Wheat…
Company Cream Ale
This a light-bodied cream ale ( ale-equivilent to light American lager ). A full description will be added after tasting. I am shooting for a crisp, clean finish with a light mouthfeel–something that is easy drinking. This beer…
This is based on Jamil’s American Brown Ale, an award winner. You can find the the original recipe at www.beerdujour.com. Horizon hops are not available this time of year so I am going to substitute .5 oz magnum ( its…
This recipe, which I have not yet tasted as of this post, is based (loosly)on Sierra Nevada’s Pale Ale. If you are a total computer geek, you may be able to get why this brew in particular dons the name…
When I formulated his recipe, I was shooting for a bigger-than-average wheat beer with a nice red color. This beer should have substantial head retention and a good mouth feel. I would not mind some sudtle ester notes; ferment this…
This is beer has a lot of hop flavor and a nice pumpkin-amber color. There is only a very subtle hop biterness but lends a nice balance. The detrine malt ensures a nice mouthfeel and decent head retention.
Grain Bill
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Frozen Oak (Butt) Brown Ale:
This was based on Palmer’s Oak Butt Brown Ale. I renamed it after sitting outside in 21F temperatures for 90 minutes tending to my boil. This one is a little hoppier than Palmer’s.
Grain Bill:
7 lbs Pale…
This isn’t your girlfriend’s daiquri
1.5 parts Light Rum
1 part Golden Tequila
0.5 part Fresh Lime Juice
0.5 part Simple Sugar
Shake all of the ingredients over ice and pour into a chilled martini glass. In this version, tequila suplements the traditional light rum…