Chris O'Neill | April 25, 2009
While writing this, I am starting a batch of vanilla brown ale. My vision for this beer is to have a traditional full bodied brown ale with the added refreshment of vanilla, ready right for the beginning of summer.
Here’s the recipe (all grain):
10 lbs 2-row pale malt
1 lb Barley flakes
0.5 lbs Chrystal malt
0.5 lbs [...]
Chris O'Neill | April 13, 2009
This Saturday I started a batch of Hefeweisen (German wheat ale) with my friend John. If we stick to the 1,2,3 rule we will start drinking this in early June, as this is a perfect Summer beer.
Sidebar: The 1,2,3 rule goes as follows: The beer is fermented in the primary (bucket) for 1 week. Then [...]
Chris O'Neill | April 10, 2009
I’m sitting in Boston Pizza drinking a Rickards Red and thinking about how it compares to the Irish Red Ale I just brewed. Thought I’d pull out the iPhone and let the world know.
The main similarity is the body and base flavour are quite close, of course both being red ales. What sets [...]
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