January 25, 2020

Category: Beer

tart cherries in a pile

Cherry Blues

Beauty In Beer, Beer, Braggot, Brewing Recipes, Mead |January 8, 2013 |by Elspeth |2

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.  [..]

Gruit recipe from BaltiBrew

Beauty In Beer, Beer, Brewing Recipes, Events, Modern Brewing Events |October 24, 2012 |by Elspeth |0

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 [..]

Makin’ the White House Honey Porter

Beauty In Beer, Beer, Brew How-To: Basic Help, Brewing Articles & Threads, Brewing Recipes |September 21, 2012 |by Elspeth |1

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

Beauty In Beer, Beer, Brewing Recipes |September 2, 2012 |by Elspeth |5

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 [..]

Glass of dark beer with light head

My first designer beer (recipe included)

Beauty In Beer, Beer, Brewing Recipes, Elspeth's Favorites |July 26, 2012 |by Elspeth |2

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 [..]

Marsden Hartley graphic "Handsome Drinks"

Books for Brewers: Basic List of Books of Modern How-To on Beer and Mead

Additives, Beauty In Beer, Beer, Braggot, Brew How-To: Basic Help, Brew Science, Brewing Articles & Threads, Brewing Recipes, Cyser, Elspeth's Favorites, Mead, Modern Brewing, Stuck Fermentation |June 21, 2012 |by Elspeth |1

This is my collection of books of modern how-to on beer and mead – all the books I currently have in my library plus a few.   There are even a [..]

Medieval book from Yale Law Library

Books for Brewers: Historical Primary Sources for Brewers

Beauty In Beer, Beer, Braggot, Brewing Recipes, Bygone Brewing, Cordials, Cyser, Mead, Non-Alcoholic historical beverages, Wine |June 21, 2012 |by Elspeth |6

Most recently updated October 21, 2017 I am chagrined each time I see someone online asking whether there are period sources.  You bet there are!  Here is a running list of [..]

Six glasses showing the color range of various beers

Great beer recipes – in Popular Mechanics??

Beauty In Beer, Beer, Brewing Recipes |May 16, 2012 |by Elspeth |0

Of all places, Popular Mechanics has some very good beer articles.  One selection of ten basic brewing recipes caught my eye.  Trying to choose ten recipes that provide a decent [..]

Brewing 101 Part 5: Beer

Beer, Brew How-To: Basic Help, Brewing Articles & Threads, My Brewing Articles & Class Handouts |February 7, 2012 |by Elspeth |0

Class notes from a class I taught in the Fall of 2008. Beer There are three primary ingredients in a beer:  malted grain, hops, and water.  Yeast is used to [..]

Brewing 101 Part 4: Mead and beer

Beer, Brew How-To: Basic Help, Brewing Articles & Threads, Mead, My Brewing Articles & Class Handouts |February 7, 2012 |by Elspeth |0

This is from the class handout for a Brewing 101: Everything You Needed To Know class I taught in Fall 2008. Nota bene: I don’t pasteurize my honey any more; [..]

English Mild Ale

Beer, Brewing Recipes |February 7, 2012 |by Elspeth |0

This man is one of the best to-style brewers I’ve ever met.  Posted by: “Carl Swan” tcni.java.jedi@gmail.com lordseamus@ymail.com …In that case, my basic English Mild Ale recipe is: 5lbs pale liquid [..]