Previously in this series of articles on How to brew different Styles of Beer? we covered brewing a British Brown Ale, this time the Beer Style comes from Category 17: 'Strong British Ale' in the BJCP 2015 Guidelines and is an English Barleywine.
Read More »Homebrewing an Oatmeal Stout
In this article I will cover brewing an Oatmeal Stout for competition and of course enjoyable drinking. For the National Homebrew Competition 2017 I set out to brew six beers and applied for the same number of entries, alas once the entries were accepted due to caps on numbers I was granted five out of the six so had to drop one of them.
Read More »Homebrew Con 2017 – part 2
Homebrew Con 2017 was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and following two days of exploring the many craft breweries within the city (see part 1) it was time to get down to the conference itself.
Read More »Homebrew Con 2017 – part 1
Homebrew Con, or the National Homebrewer's Conference as it used to be called, was held in the twin cities of Minneapolis / St Paul in Minnesota this year. This was a new state to visit for me personally so I decided it would make a good road trip even though it was a 15 hour drive from State College, PA.
Read More »National Homebrew Competition 2017: Belgian Dark Strong Ale entry
For my fourth entry in the National Homebrew Competition for 2017 I brewed a Belgian Dark Strong Ale (BJCP category 26D). This was the second time I had brewed this style so I tweaked an existing recipe.
Read More »National Homebrew Competition 2017: Doppelbock entry
For my fourth entry in the National Homebrew Competition for 2017 was a Doppelbock (BJCP category 9A) based on Jamil's Mr Maltinator recipe.
Read More »National Homebrew Competition 2017: Wee Heavy entry
For my third entry in the National Homebrew Competition for 2017 I brewed a Wee Heavy (BJCP category 17C) which was previously known as a Strong Scotch Ale.
Read More »National Homebrew Competition 2017: Belgian Blond Ale entry
For my second entry in the National Homebrew Competition for 2017 I brewed a Belgian Blond Ale (BJCP category 25A).
Read More »National Homebrew Competition 2017: Saison entry
For the National Homebrew Competition 2017 I was granted 5 entries in the first regional round at Philadelphia which included a Saison (aka Farmhouse Ale).
Read More »Complete Water Analysis Test Kit review
Recently I was contacted by WaterTestKits.com asking if I would like to review their 'Complete Water Analysis Test Kit. A couple of days later the compact lightweight kit promptly arrived.
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