December 2009
Recipe
Sir Walter Scotch Ale
Pete Rahn, QC Supervisor at Magic Hat Brewing Co. provides a recipe to BYO from his homebrew collection. “My brother went to Scotland for a year. I brewed this Scotch ale the day he left and conditioned it for the year he was gone.”
Recipe
The BISness Belgian Imperial Stout
Kyle Larson, Brewer at Double Mountain Brewery in Hood River, Oregon provides a recipe to BYO from his homebrew collection.
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The Driveway Barley Wine
Mitch Steele, former Head Brewer and Production Manager at Stone Brewing Co., and now Brewmaster and Co-Founder of New Realm Brewing in Atlanta, Georgia, provides BYO with a recipe. “I brewed this beer with the Manchester Area Society of Homebrewers (MASH) homebrew club at my home in Bedford, New Hampshire when I was an Assistant Brewer at Anheuser-Busch in Merrimack, New Hampshire.”
Recipe
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery’s Raison D’etre clone
According to Dogfish Head’s website “A deep mahogany, Belgian-style brown ale brewed with beet sugar, raisins and Belgian-style yeast.”
Article
Russian Imperial Stout: Style Profile
Russian imperial stout was one of the first beer styles that caught my interest. I remember tasting North Coast Old Rasputin as I read and reread the BJCP style guidelines for the
Recipe
Mike Riddle’s Tricentennial Stout
My friend Mike Riddle, well known for his award-winning Russian imperial stout, does use a lower attenuating Irish ale strain. He counters this with very high levels of roast malt and hops to try to balance out the residual sweetness. He also keeps the amount of crystal malts to one modest addition of dark crystal.
Recipe
The Czar’s Revenge
Even though this was at one time a British beer for a Russian court, the resurrection of its popularity in the United States means that a brewer has a number of fermentation choices. The only real must do is avoiding hot, fusel alcohols and an overly sweet finish.
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Double Trouble Double IPA
Dean Mochizuki, Assistant Head Brewer at Pike Brewing Co. in Seattle, Washington, provides BYO magazine with a recipe for his Double Trouble Double IPA, a favorite recipe of his. Columbus and Amarillo® hops are featured in this brew.
Recipe
Great Lakes Brewing Company: Edmund Fitzgerald Porter clone
A rich, robust, complex ale that was brewed as a tribute to the legendary freighter’s fallen crew.
Mr. Wizard
Multi-function Brew Room
Should you cut the cheese (making in your brewery area)?
Mr. Wizard
Irish Moss Substitutes
The Wiz answers a question about brewing with seaweed rather than Irish moss.
Article
Calibrating Equipment
Is this thing reading right? The importance of calibrating your equipment.
