I had a load ingredients that needed to be used. I noticed that I had exactly 400g of aurora malt, and 400g of brown malt. Hmmm. What if I based this entire beer on the number 4? Turns out that you get a rather nice British-style brown ale. It finished very dry so the ABV…
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My friend Evelyn is from Malaysia, where this 7% roasty monster is considered a delicate, healthy ladies drink! Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.064 SG Original Gravity: 1.069 SG Final Gravity: 1.016 SG ABV: 7.0% IBU: 40.0 IBU Colour: 60 EBC BU:GU Ratio: 0.6 Mash water: 22L Sparge water: 12.5L Grain (total: 4.9kg): UK Maris Otter – 6 kg (85.2 %)…
The grist for this beer came from my stuff-up at a home-brew store where I work. I was measuring grain for a customer and mis-measured. I couldn’t sell the grain to the customer so I was given the grain to brew with. I have no idea what the original plans for the grain were, but I…
My first saison – a French farmhouse ale. As with so may of these French/Belgiany beers, it’s the yeast that makes all the difference. I used a White Labs liquid yeast for this one. I used my technique of just not bothering to add the extra sugar, keeping this beer down below 6% abv. Just…
A re-brewing of the Behemoth Chur Pale Ale clone, but with a small tweak to the grain bill to boost the maltiness. It went down well at a recent BBQ. Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.051 SG Original Gravity: 1.053 SG Final Gravity: 1.011 SG ABV: 5.6% Actual IBU: 40.0 IBU Colour: 18 EBC BU:GU Ratio: 0.78 Mash…
This recipe came from James Spencer of Basic Brewing. James was one of the guest speakers at the first New Zealand Home-brewers’ Conference. We were going to brew this beer together at MarchFest for the brew demo, but decided against it as we weren’t sure what effect all that wheat and rye would have on…
A brown porter with lots of chocolate & coffee flavours. Easy drinking, not too intense or roasty. Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.048 SG Original Gravity: 1.051 SG Final Gravity: 1.013 SG ABV: 5.0 % IBU: 18 IBU Colour: 38 EBC BU:GU Ratio: 0.35 Mash water: 18L Sparge water: 14L Grain: 3.5 kg (65%) Pilsner Malt 570g (10.5%) Munich Malt 550g…
Named after our kitten, who has odd-coloured eyes and is very blonde! Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.051 SG Original Gravity: 1.055 SG Final Gravity: 1.010 SG ABV: 6.0 % IBU: 24 IBU Colour: 12 EBC BU:GU Ratio: 0.43 Mash water: 22L Sparge water: 12L Grain: 5.8kg Pilsner Malt (90%) 300g Wheat Malt (5%) 300g Aurora Malt (5%) Hops: 15g Nelson Sauvin…
This is a Belgian Dubbel grain-bill, but without the extra sugar. I’m calling it a patersbier (the beer normally reserved for use in the monastery and not sold to the public). Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.047 SG Original Gravity: 1.050 SG Final Gravity: 1.011 SG ABV: 5.2 % IBU: 20 IBU Colour: 22 EBC BU:GU Ratio: 0.42 Mash…
Another version of my Kiwi Pale Ale recipe. For this one I moved all the aroma hops to a ‘hop-stand’ at the end, fermented with different yeast and eliminated the dry hops. This is a test batch to see if it’s the sort of thing my mate would like me to brew for his wedding….