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…
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This beer was brewed with fellow brewer Aidan for the Manuka Smoked Malt Showcase. We wanted a beer that wasn’t too roasty so the smoke flavour could come through. The name arose because my first mouthful of the beer (sampled at bottling time) reminded me very strongly of sheeps wool or lanolin. Aidan thought it…
I wanted a lower alcohol beer, but with lots of flavour and mouthfeel. I didn’t want to cram it full of hops, rather I wanted it to have a big malty flavour. I’m not 100% sure I achieved it with this particular beer, but it is malty and it does have a good mouthfeel. It…