This beer resembles more of the original stout porter, which was basically a double porter or stronger porter… Over time this style of beer has evolved into a style of its own and is recently brewed with nothing but dry roasted malt as far as specialty grains… My recipe is not just dry roasted barley, which ...…
I popped open my fermentor to scoop in a little sample and see how my beer was coming along… I was expecting a nice mildly hoppy pale ale, but the moment I whiffed the beer, I noticed a green apple smell… It was almost like fresh cut apples, but kind of sour smelling… Not cool… Not knowing any ...…
You normally don’t worry about fixing something that just ain’t broke… and when it comes to brewing beer at home, worrying about improving your brewing process is usually not a concern until you try other brews that are better than yours… When, I first showed up to my first few local home brew club meetings and ...…
Porters are one of my favorite beer styles to drink… what I brewed here was a robust porter that goes down smooth… Recipe: 5 Lbs 9 oz of Munton’s Light DME 11 oz Crystal 40 °L 8 oz Chocolate Malt (UK) 450 °L 3 oz Munich Malt 1 oz Roasted Barley 1 oz Cascade Hops 6.2% AA (60 min) .5 oz Willamette Hops ...…
Sometimes the geek inside of us needs to know how malty, how big, how boozy our beer will be when we swig it… or maybe we want to make sure that fermentation is complete… Well, here’s where a little bit of math can come in handy… Below are my favorite 5 home brewing formulas that I ...…
Jorge on Jorge on 
Dave Gerns on 