Bomber Barley Wine from Northern Brewer

Bomber Barley Wine from Northern Brewer

While I typically brew one-gallon all grain recipes, I got this Bomber Barley Wine recipe kit from Northern Brewer using a gift card I got for Christmas. Compared to all grain, Northern Brewer’s recipe kits are simpler and faster. Instead of creating the mash...
Brew Day: White House Honey Ale and Honey Porter

Brew Day: White House Honey Ale and Honey Porter

I ordered the White House Honey Ale and Honey Porter from Northern Brewer as an experiment. They now offer one gallon recipe kits, but they are not all grain, as I have been doing for the past year. Instead of mashing the grains, you steep the specialty grains for 10...
Brew Day: Gingerbread Ale and Winter Coffee Stout

Brew Day: Gingerbread Ale and Winter Coffee Stout

Gingerbread Ale I followed the Brooklyn Brewshop’s Beer Making Book recipe for this one, but I swapped out Cascade hops for the Centennial, because I already had Cascade. I used Nottingham for the yeast. Mash 1.8 lbs English Pale malt 0.2. lbs Caramel 10 malt...
Making Labels for My Beer

Making Labels for My Beer

For my friend’s birthday, I decided to give him a few of my home brews. But none of my beers had labels. Lucky for me I have a girlfriend who’s got some decent graphic design skills. With only an hour before we had to get out to meet up with the birthday...
Tea and Toast Bottled

Tea and Toast Bottled

I bottled my tea and toast brew this afternoon. Looks like tea, no? This is the fourth beer I’ve bottled. No major complications with bottling. Though I was disappointed to only get nine beers again. One day I’ll get 10! One day! Next time I’ll fill...
Tea and Toast Beer

Tea and Toast Beer

I decided to try something a little different for my recent batch of beer. Again, it was a recipe from Brooklyn Brew Shop Beer Making Book. But this time, it involved steeping tea for a few minutes after the boil. But first, a gratuitous shot of the mash. At the boil,...