Here are some of my more successful brews and the descriptions. If you would like the recipe, please email me. All brews listed below are 100% my own recipes. I’ve also made a number of very good kits and am fond of the ones from Northern Brewer and Midwest Brewing Supply.
Recipe 001 Café Mocha Cream Stout
My first ever recipe formulation. An extract recipe that contains lots of dark LME, dark grains, cocoa powder and lactose. Jet black color, rich, thick, heavy, creamy and sweet all at once. Although not my favorite due to the sweet taste from the lactose, I’ve had a couple of very good comments on it and reproduced it for a friend at his request.Recipe 002 Seductress Oatmeal Pale Ale
An extract recipe that I didn’t like all that well, however my fiancé liked it. I plan to completely reformulate it for all grain and improve the concept—a beer that seduces you with a smooth, malty and rich nose and finishes with an extra sharp hop bite. I like the name, now just need the perfect recipe to fit it.Recipe 008 New Brewery Inaugural Nut Brown
My first ever all grain batch. Rich, malty and brown, lightly nutty, and tasty. Surprisingly, this is still one of my all time favorites and I’ve done a lot of all grain brews since. I’ve not made it a second time, but may revisit the recipe and try to improve it. I would like it to be more complex and nuttier next time.Recipe 006 Midnight Mistress Multigrain Ale
Working on the recipe formulation currently, but the idea is to include barley, wheat, rye, oats, and a pinch of corn in a porter or stout-like beer. I can’t wait to finally get to trying it.Recipe 007 Strawberry Braggot
Made with around 9 pounds of honey and 9 or 10 pounds of grains. Started it in November and still haven’t bottled it. Last check it was around 9-10% alcohol and way too sweet for my taste. Now I’m just letting it sit…Recipe 009 American Pale Ale
Basic concept of the right balance between malt and hops. This one was good.Recipe 011 Mad Scientist Ale #1
I went into the basement where I store my grains, started with a base of pale malt, then just threw in whatever I thought looked good. Due to a mistake on a previous batch, I had some over-toasted 10L crystal that I put in there. It had been toasted in my oven, but too hot and too long. It gave the beer an interesting burnt flavor to it. The color was basically light brown. Overall flavor has been improving over time. It was OK at the start, now it’s pretty good.Recommended Kits
Oktoberfest/Marzen from Austin Homebrew Supply. This is an extract kit that turned out very, very good. Highly recommended.Dry Irish Stout from Northern Brewer. All Grain kit. Very dry, chocolatey flavor. Good stout kit.
Czech Pilsner from Northern Brewer. All Grain Kit. Great spicy Saaz hops flavor. If you want a good pilsner, this is a great one to start with.
Bock from Northern Brewer. All Grain Kit. Rich malty flavor.