Archives for November 2012
Recipe: Au Lait! (Cream Coffee Stout)
This is a recipe that came to me from a few angles. One of which is my wife, who rather enjoys her coffee prepared “au lait” (with milk). Combined with the fact that we both…
Recipe: Kekse (Christmas Cookie Mild) – First Self Made Brew!
Okay, I’ve relied on pre-fab extract kits for long enough. Okay, yeah, two batches may not seem like a lot, but when you’re as impatient as I am, and am limited by equipment to one…
Tasting: Northern Brewer’s Saison de Noël
I’ve been ready to give this one an official tasting for a while now. I could hardly wait one week for this one to carb up. But now it’s ready for a proper, fully-carbed tasting,…
Pro Brew: Sprecher Oktoberfest
I’ve been saving this one for a full-on tasting. I’ve had a couple of these already, so I know it’s going to fare very well, but now that I have the time to sit and…
Haus Notes: A Calculator Here, A Calculator There…
So, a bit of a surprise for me (being a newbie), though it shouldn’t have been. My calculations for recipes have been pretty off. I should have known when my White House Honey Porter recipe kit…
Pro Brew: Milwaukee Brewing Company Sasquash (Pumpkin Porter)
I know, Halloween has come and gone. Shouldn’t we be past pumpkin beers by now? No. Absolutely not! Why? Well, when is the one time of the year when we consume more pumpkin pie (and…
