American pale ales (APA) are usually very fresh and delightful, so why not make another one? The SMASH I did in Batch 6 was really good, but this time I did a recipe with a bit more advanced malt and hops scheme. With the heavy stout as my last batch fresh in mind, I didn’t […]
A not so creamy ale, despite what the name of the style suggests. When I picked this recipe and saw the name of the style, my brain instantly thought of a delicious, easy to drink beer with a thick, creamy head but to my surprise when it was finished, it tasted nothing like it –
After a successful APA it was time to try an IPA again after seeing the great result from controlling the fermenting temperature. Was I up for the task? Well in short, yes. I was actually relieved tasting this IPA full of fresh hops. After the previous failure (well, maybe not a failure but not a
Simple, brilliant and tasteful. Brewing SMASH (Single Malt And Single Hops) was really delightful and I’ll do it again with pleasure. My next beer was already decided to be an APA so why not enter the scene with something simple but still very tasteful. With the fridge I was determined to make this APA with
Winter and Christmas was closing in and since my first attempt at an IPA didn’t turn out that great, I decided to do something similar but even stronger as for Christmas most beverages are stronger, especially the beer! I was looking for a fitting recipe and found one yet again in BrewDogs recipe database which
After two darker beers completed it was time for a paler beer and I decided for the beloved style IPA. Most recipes I could find included various hops additions and as I wanted to keep costs low, but also keep the number of steps low since I wasn’t that confident yet with all the steps
