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Category Archives: Ale
Casper the Friendly Pale Ale
Brew Day – 26Mar2017 This is my first brew since becoming once again an Indiana resident. This is also my first beer that I have use RO water with mineral additions rather than tap water. The mineral additions were similar … Continue reading
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Daddy Duck Porter
This was originally brewed to be a coconut porter. The recipe was formulated to be pitch black with a punch of flavor so the the flavors if the beer would compete with the strong flavor of the coconut. However, after … Continue reading
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Biere de Saison (Farmhouse Ale)
Description Intended to be a light, citrusy, slightly spicy, easy drinking summer beer. Something you want to put a slice of lemon into and enjoy in the sunshine. Brew Day – 26Apr2015 I started this beer with a 1.2L yeast … Continue reading
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Caramel Cream Ale
This beer was designed to emulate the caramel cream “bulls eye” candies that I used to eat as a kid, and I think I hit it dead on. The beer is sweet, creamy, a hint of vanilla… It is delicious. … Continue reading
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Abbey Ale
This is a fairly sweet, easy to drink Trappist (Belgian single) ale. 2014 Steeped grains at 165F for 30 minutes Sparged grain bag in 1 gal of water @165F, added to brew pot. OG: 1.060 @78*F = 1.063 (.005 … Continue reading
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Belgian Tripel
The 2nd place winner at the 2015 Brewfest, this is a tasty beer! This beer is bold. It starts sweet, hits with a bold malt flavor with hints of fruit and ends with a slight dryness due to the ABV, … Continue reading
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Birthday Chocolate Oatmeal Vanilla Stout
Recipe Notes: This is called Birthday Chocolate Oatmeal Vanilla Stout because the plan is to brew it on my birthday weekend and have it ready for the party on Hailey’s birthday weekend. Also, because if it is half as delicious as planned, it … Continue reading
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Red Beard Irish Ale
This is meant to be an easy drinking, well balanced red with a little extra color to show it off. The Carared is the namesake. Ingredient rundown: American 2 row for economy (so maybe this is actually an American red…) … Continue reading
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Duck Wheat Ale
With this, I am attempting to stay as close to a true Witbier as possible. The only divergence from the “standard” is adding a little more bitterness with hops. This should get me closer to my goal of a “chewy” … Continue reading
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Basic IPA
This was my very first brew. And it wasn’t that good… It was an IPA. It did taste like hops. It was drinkable. It was beer. It wasn’t all that amazing. But it was my start into the addiction that is … Continue reading
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Melt In Your Mouth Chocolate Stout
Chocolate makes everything better, right? This beer was no exception. This beer was surprising light for a stout. That is to say it didn’t seem “thick” when drinking it. It has a dark, rich, chocolate taste to it. The oats … Continue reading
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Warm You Up Winter Ale
2011 This is, by far, my favorite brew to date. This beer had a ton of flavor to it, but was very easy to drink. I didn’t take long at all to go through all 50 (or so) bottles of … Continue reading
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Daddy Duck IPA
This is meant to replicate the Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA. 10Sept2012 My version didn’t quite stack up. This could have something to do with the missed step of adding the dry hops during the fermentation (ya think…). I ended … Continue reading
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Summer Wheat
This beer was based upon a Hefeweizen recipe with the normal Hefe yeast substituted for an American Ale yeast (and of course, I don’t remember exactly which yeast was used.). The end result was a nice, light, slightly fruit flavored … Continue reading
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