Recipes

You only have to scan the bottled beer section on any large supermarket to see the vast range of beers available.  Not only from the large corporate brewers but also an increasing selection from plenty of the the small micro and regional brewers.

We should be thankful to the buyers in those supermarkets for bringing the range of styles and flavours to the wider audience. A listing on the supermarket shelves for national distribution is a jackpot for the smaller brewer as it gives them the exposure they would not normally achieve.

With my list of recipes I hope to show you that most things are possible when brewing at home. While some beers are my interpretation of a commercial beer other are my variation on a particular beer style.  My own favorites are the darker, malty beers but i’ll try almost anything, at least once. I have the unfortunate problem that highly hopped beers make me sneeze!  So a pint of winter warmer suits me better than something light and flowery from the gardens of Kent.

The best thing is that if a brew is not quite to your liking you have the ability to make the changes to get it right and even experiment.

Here is the Brewlog. All recipes produced with Promash.

Gade Valley Summer Ale

Easy drinking session beer

Extract+flavour grains

Mix Unibrew

Brewed for a party when my son finally went to Uni.

Extract+flavour grains

Pheonix Export

First brew from re-installed kit at new house. 80/- style

May 2007

Very Wherry

First all grain full mash brew with new kit-
A clone of Woodfordes Wherry just a bit stronger.

July 2007

Chocolate Stout

Slightly amended Pops Stout recipe from JimBeerKit Forum
Actual brew was missing the crystal malt, :(

September 2007

Styrian Stunner

Single hop golden ale. The Styrian hops were low alpha acid at only 3% so the plenty went in this brew.

October 2007

Woodworm Ale

Premium bitter with a few new grains to try out.
Hopefully the new fermentation chamber will ensure a controlled environment with stable temperatures.

January 2008

Taffy’s Tipple

Regular special bitter. Nothing unusual so it should be a good benchmark.

March 2008

Old Perpendicular

My first attempt at Theakston’s flagship ale.
Yes another Old Peculiar clone.

April 2008

Wischick Bitter

National brewday - Fullers Standard quaffing ale
Chiswick Bitter

May 2008

Styrian Summer

Slighty tweaked ingredient to the last time this was brewed.
Less amber, more pale and more late hops.

July 2008

Rambling Bramling

Best bitter with homegrown Bramling X late hops
Should be an interesting experiment!

September 2008

1850 London Porter

Based on brewing recipe archives.
Something special for Crimbo.

October 2008

Dunkel Weisen Kloster

And now for something completely different!
Trying the new Danstar Munich yeast to see if it will give the classic wheat beer characteristics. Cloves and bananas, yeah!

February 2009

Hookey Street

Well respected (JBK) strong bitter with loads of EKG and Styrian to pack in a solid hop character.

March 2009

Minnow Mild

National Brewday 2009 - SS Minnow Mild

May 2009

Mad Lucas Ale

Mystery Special Bitter with unknown hops from a pub beer garden. Guessing the’re Bramling X.

June 2009

Styrain Stunner 3

Annual golden ale for the ladies!
Slighty germanic twist this time with Munich and Vienna malts.

July 2009

Hat and Cat Stout

First stout for ages. Loosely based on 4 shades from JBK.

September 2009

Very Wherry

Just fancied another crack at this - same recipe as Jul 2007
This is a first class brew and will be on the annual list.

February 2010

Fullers London Porter

Lengthy research indicates this is an authentic recipe.
If it turns out true to the original it will be amazing.

March 2010

Mix Marzen

Another new continental first. Oktoberfest Marzen.
Very tasty and very dangerous, just so drinkable.

April 2010

Scottish 80 Shilling

This years National Homebrew Day effort turned out very good and I think very authentic and true to style.

May 2010

Southern Star

Just fancied using some high alpha hops.
Pacific Gem @ 14.5% from New Zealand.

June 2010

Independence Pale Ale

What else to brew on 4th July!
Classic cascade hop profile but less IBU for my palate.

July 2010