Beer Recipes Are Moving

Beer Recipes Have Been Migrated A new domain has been registered, and the content, notably the beer recipes have been moved over to the new site, you can find it at https://breowanthorpe.beer/. The old posts will slowly get deleted from here, and more importantly the logic has been put in place to magically redirect you the same page at the...

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Bière de Garde

Codename : Westfort Bière Outrageant During my research into European beer styles, I discovered one called “Bière de Garde”, originating from northern France. It is translated to a beer for keeping. Brew in the spring, enjoy in the summer. Perfect. It is similar to a Belgian style, I tend to like Belgians, so this was added to the list to...

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Belgian Candi Sugar

Codename : Belgian Candi Sugar In preparation of an upcoming batch of beer, I have opted to make my own candi instead of purchase it, I found a recipe from another homebrewer, in which he does a full explanation of the process. In the article he said the recipe scales up and down very easily. I took some basic liberties...

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English Barleywine

Codename : Westfort Pig Dog Barleywinethorpe Pilot This was my week for trying pilot batches, so I ventured into an English Barleywine. I have already had success with Imperial Stouts at 10%, so I decided to try something new. I had found in the past that barleywines were a little too sweet for my taste, ergo the scaled down version,...

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Imperial Stout

Codename : Westfort Fluffy Cow Imperial Stouthorpe Pilot Having had good success with other Imperial Stouts, I decided to elevate my game, and try a bourbon stout, using oak chips and bourbon. In this case, I acquired a bottle of Buffalo Trace, to kick things up. Ergo the clever name 🙂 As there is an increased cost of resources to...

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Spent Grain Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

Codename : Ryetirement Oatmeal Bars Once the beer has been steeped, what does one do with the spent grain? Bake with it! This is a one dish bake, you can mix all the ingredients directly in the baking dish. Recipe Inspiration : https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jorIa8Se11U Ingredients 2 ripe bananas, mashed 1/2 cup peanut butter 1 3/4 cups oatmeal 1/4 cup spent grain...

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Strong Bitter

Codename : Westfort Ryetirement Strong Bitterthorpe The third and final in my Ryetirement series, adding rye to an English style bitter. Ingredients 1 lb 11 oz Golden Promise pale malt (2.4L) 3 oz Rye malt (3.5L) 2 oz Amber malt (28L) 2 oz Crystal Dark (100L) 1 oz Caramel malt  (30L) 0.20 oz Chinook hops at 30 minutes ¼ tsp...

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Oatmeal Stout

Codename : Westfort Ryetirement Oatmeal Stout The second in my Ryetirement series, building on what has become my cornerstone beer, an oatmeal stout. Ingredients 1 lb 8 oz Pearl pale malt (2.8L) 3 oz Rye malt (3.5L) 3 oz Oatmeal 2 oz Caraaroma malt (130L) 2 oz Carafa Special III (525L) 1 oz Chocolate malt (350L) 0.10 oz Cascade hops...

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Rye IPA

Codename : Westfort Ryetirement IPA When a friend asked me if I was going to do a special batch of beer for my retirement, I was inspired to do a series of beers. All of which will rely heavily on rye malt, paving the way for the “clever” naming scheme. As I was researching IPA styles in the last year,...

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British Brown Ale

Codename : Westfort Old Brown Shoe Redemption My previous attempt at this was a brew fail. I didn’t get the sugar to alcohol conversion I was looking for, and cheated by adding brown sugar. This is yet another one in my redemption series. Just to prove I can do it right! The name is inspired, once again, by the great...

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