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Brewdays and Recipe ideas

Home brewing recipes, tips, how-to’s and maybe even some how-not’s. Have a look below for a series of articles on homebrewing recipes and ideas.

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Whether you want to learn to brew, or whether you are an expert brewer, I hope you will find something here to help make your best fermentation.


Elderflower Blonde Ale

Brew your own Elderflower Blonde Ale. A unique and refreshing beer style combining the taste of elderflowers with a pale or blonde ale.


Mexican Pale Lager.

Mexico has an interesting brewing history, full of myths. However, through a mix of international influence, they have managed to produce beer that is slightly unique, and absolutely delicious. Here’s my version of a Mexican Pale Lager.


Straffe Hendrik Tripel Recipe – Attempt 1

The Straffe Hendrik Tripel is a Belgian Tripel with a unique taste, and has slightly more more body than most tripels. This is an extremely hard beer to clone, due to the many malts that are supposedly used. This recipe gets close though.


Homebrewing recipes and ideas cider

How to make apple cider from scratch.

An article on making apple cider at home. From apple selection, crushing, pressing, fermentation through to bottling. With tips on adjusting the alcohol strength and also how to get crystal clear cider.


Homebrewing recipes and ideas braggot

Brewing a Braggot

How to brew a braggot. A beer that is equally beer as it is mead. The brewing went well, but the kweik yeast was probably not the right choice on this one.


Homebrewing recipes and ideas dark lager

Dark Lager Tropical Stout.

How to brew a dark lager or how to brew a tropical stout. Maybe neither, maybe both. This one fits into either category, but doesn’t neatly fit into any. One of the best beers I know of though.


Homebrewing recipes and ideas spiced cider

Spiced Apple Cider

This is not mulled cider. It is made and bottled as a spiced carbonated cider. It tastes remarkably like apple strudel in a bottle. Astonishingly good cider.


Czech Pils

How to brew a Czech Pils or Pilsner. One of the hardest styles to master, as there is nowhere to hide. The ingredients are simple, but each stage must be looked after well. It’s easy to produce a fine example of this classic, if we just take our time.


How to brew with fir tips or spruce

Brew a Pine IPA

How to brew an IPA with Fir tips. This is not a full blown pine tree tasting beer. Instead it has subtle notes of candy sweet aromatic pine.


Brew a Honey Pale Lager

Honey Pale Lager recipe and how to brew. This is a clean, crisp Pilsner with subtle notes of honey and mandarin.


Brew a Belgian Dubbel

This is a dark, rich and indulgent Belgian Dubbel recipe. A perfect beer for colder days and winter nights, sitting in front of the fire. With tastes of dark chocolate and strong espresso, this will not disappoint.


Brew a Belgian Saison

Belgian Saison, in the style of Saison Dupont, but slightly maltier and with a touch of caramel. This saison recipe will create a beer that is clean, crisp and complex all at the same time.


Duck Nose Brown Ale

A Brown Ale recipe that is actually closer in taste to a new style American Amber Ale. It’s got all the caramel and dark sugar tastes of these styles, but it finishes much dryer, and therefore, super easy to drink…


Brew a Rice Lager

Incredibly light, yet full of body. An amazing beer with unique crispness and taste. The rice adds a smoothness, body and a little sweetness that you would not expect.


Brew a South German Pilsner

Light, crisp and soft. This is an aromatic and easy to drink Pilsner in the style of Southern German Lagers. The water profile is soft, which gives a light lager, and allows the German hops to show their herbal ‘Noble’ taste.


Brew a Rice Stout

A dark beer, full of chocolate and coffee. The use of flaked rice gives this beer a subtle smoothness, sweetness and a light body, that is not generally found in a stout.


Centennial Pale Ale

Inspired by Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. This is almost a clone of the famous beer, however, the cascade hops have been swapped out for centennial to create a more assertive pink grapefruit character.


Tmavé Pivo

A light lager, despite it’s appearance, brewed by Czech brewers. It was originally inspired by the German Dunkel, but it has developed into it’s own unique, and extremely drinkable lager.