Wednesday 30 October 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on A Tinge of Gold
Yesterday, I put some simple labels on the bottles of my Autumn Tinge brew and, as I normally do (particularly if there is a bottle that seems more heavily sedimented than the others), I opened one of them to see … Continue reading
Monday 21 October 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on Tinge Bottled
I’ve got my Autumn Tinge beer in bottles this morning. Final gravity was 1.004 so that means it has come out at about 5.4% ABV or a little stronger than the recipe. The colour is a very pale orange but … Continue reading
Wednesday 16 October 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on Tawny
If you use Wikipedia as a guide to colour naming, I’m not far off with the tawny nature of my Oxxxford Tawny homebrew. It has reached the point where it makes good drinking, about three weeks after it was bottled. … Continue reading
Thursday 10 October 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on Autumn Tinge
Many moons ago (September 2014), I brewed up a version of Graham Wheeler’s recipe for Exmoor Gold, a pale bitter created entirely with pale malt. I christened that Autumn Gold and, a couple of months later, I made another batch … Continue reading
Saturday 5 October 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on One bottled, one labelled
I got my Black Dog Stout beer bottled this afternoon – final gravity dropped to 1.006, making the brew about 4.46% ABV, a little short of the target 4.90% but strong enough. I also got labels done for the Oxxxford … Continue reading
Saturday 28 September 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on Black Dog Stout
My Oxxxford Tawny beer got bottled last weekend and I started my next batch yesterday. This one is based on Burton Bridge Top Dog Stout and I’ve decided to call it Black Dog Stout (the first time I cooked up … Continue reading
Friday 20 September 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on More Supplies
I picked up some more homebrew supplies from Stonehelm this morning – they are only a couple of miles away so it was easier to pick the stuff up in person while out doing some other chores than to get … Continue reading