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A pretty solid, all UK malt English Porter recipe for anyone looking for a balanced, easy drinking ale. The touch of Bairds black malt adds a hint of roast that intensifies the chocolate character and brings it towards coffee, but not enough to distract from the toffee flavour provided by the...

I've gotten seriously obsessed with English Ales lately and recently purchased Ron Pattinson's book "The Home Brewer's Guide To Vintage Beer". I've made a batch of No.2 invert sugar, and was curious to know if anyone's got a calculation / procedure for determining the potential yield of a...

This recipe started from a Blind Pig clone, but as I'm a meddler in Beersmith, it quickly veered off course and became something else... Mash 15 Minutes @ 65C (149F), 40 Minutes @ 67C (153F), 10 Minutes @ 76C (169F) 2.75 Kg - 2 Row 2.50 Kg - German Pilsner 300 g - Carastan 150 g - Carafoam 80...

While moving stuff around in the kegerator's freezer, I found a few ounces of simcoe (unopened & stored in freezer) from a couple of years ago. As I recall, it's a real catty batch and I didn't like it much as I used it late in the boil. Does anybody use Simcoe for a bittering hop, and what...

I've been debating about buying a Blichmann Hop Rocket since I started using a plate chiller to help filter out any remaining kettle break material before it goes to the chiller, and give the hot wort one last blast of hop oils. Recently, I started to do a manual whirlpool and hop-stand. From...