Bochet Mead (Ever Try Caramelized Honey?)
Of all the brewing recipe possibilities, bochet made me nervous. I am a cold-method meadmaker. I heat water as little as possible to mix with the must, and heat the [..]
Category: Brewing Recipes
Cherry Blues
It’s going to be a tough year for cherry melomels, cherry wheat beer, cherry lambic, and (sob!) cherry pie. I have a cherry mel in secondary that needs a boost. [..]
Where to find vintage/heritage cider apples
If you want to make really good hard cider, you need to use vintage apples. But where do you find these superb cider-making apples? I live smack in the middle [..]
Easy Spiced Cider SO much better than the kits!
Curling up with a mug of steaming mulled cider is a lovely thing this chilly, dank time of year, but I beg you, don’t get those silly, frilly, expensive little [..]
Sparkling Ginger Mead
This is a recipe in progress for a sparkling ginger mead. I’m adding all my thought processes and decisions here. I’m making it for my friend Cynthia, unless she tells [..]
Bud’s Glögg (gløgg) (glug)
I guess it’s not too soon before Christmas to share the very best recipe for hot spiced wine I know. I make a single gallon of this at Christmastime every [..]
Hard Cider Apples
News flash for some folks: you can make apple juice from any apple, but you can’t make good hard cider – I mean the fermented stuff – from just anything. [..]
Gruit recipe from BaltiBrew
Baltimore Brew Festival hosted a Gruit Ale competition last night. I asked whether they would post their recipes on their website – don’t have an answer yet. One of the [..]
Brooklyn BrewShop brews one gallon batches of beer
Brooklyn BrewShop’s Beer Making Book is my latest find in the domain of beer brewing. I’ve added it to my Basic Brewers Books list. It’s designed for folks who a) [..]
Makin’ the White House Honey Porter
I am gearing up to try the White House Honey Porter recipe this weekend. There are a few mysteries in the two beer recipes released by the White House, which [..]
White House Honey Porter and Honey Ale
The White House has finally released the recipes for President Obama’s Honey Porter and Honey Ale, made with honey from the beehives on the South Lawn. The White House is [..]
My first designer beer (recipe included)
I haz designed my first beer and I like it a lot! I’m pretty picky, mind you. This batch of beer is only about 4% and has an FG of [..]