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Gade Valley Summer Ale
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Easy drinking session beer
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Extract+flavour grains
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Mix Unibrew
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Brewed for a party when my son finally went to Uni.
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Extract+flavour grains
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Pheonix Export
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First brew from re-installed kit at new house. 80/- style
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May 2007
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Very Wherry
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First all grain full mash brew with new kit-
A clone of Woodfordes Wherry just a bit stronger.
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July 2007
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Chocolate Stout
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Slightly amended Pops Stout recipe from JimBeerKit Forum
Actual brew was missing the crystal malt, :(
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September 2007
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Styrian Stunner
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Single hop golden ale. The Styrian hops were low alpha acid at only 3% so the plenty went in this brew.
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October 2007
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Woodworm Ale
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Premium bitter with a few new grains to try out.
Hopefully the new fermentation chamber will ensure a controlled environment with stable temperatures.
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January 2008
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Taffy’s Tipple
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Regular special bitter. Nothing unusual so it should be a good benchmark.
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March 2008
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Old Perpendicular
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My first attempt at Theakston’s flagship ale.
Yes another Old Peculiar clone.
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April 2008
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Wischick Bitter
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National brewday - Fullers Standard quaffing ale
Chiswick Bitter
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May 2008
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Styrian Summer
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Slighty tweaked ingredient to the last time this was brewed.
Less amber, more pale and more late hops.
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July 2008
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Rambling Bramling
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Best bitter with homegrown Bramling X late hops
Should be an interesting experiment!
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September 2008
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1850 London Porter
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Based on brewing recipe archives.
Something special for Crimbo.
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October 2008
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Dunkel Weisen Kloster
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And now for something completely different!
Trying the new Danstar Munich yeast to see if it will give the classic wheat beer characteristics. Cloves and bananas, yeah!
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February 2009
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Hookey Street
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Well respected (JBK) strong bitter with loads of EKG and Styrian to pack in a solid hop character.
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March 2009
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Minnow Mild
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National Brewday 2009 - SS Minnow Mild
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May 2009
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Mad Lucas Ale
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Mystery Special Bitter with unknown hops from a pub beer garden. Guessing the’re Bramling X.
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June 2009
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Styrain Stunner 3
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Annual golden ale for the ladies!
Slighty germanic twist this time with Munich and Vienna malts.
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July 2009
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Hat and Cat Stout
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First stout for ages. Loosely based on 4 shades from JBK.
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September 2009
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Very Wherry
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Just fancied another crack at this - same recipe as Jul 2007
This is a first class brew and will be on the annual list.
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February 2010
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Fullers London Porter
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Lengthy research indicates this is an authentic recipe.
If it turns out true to the original it will be amazing.
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March 2010
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Mix Marzen
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Another new continental first. Oktoberfest Marzen.
Very tasty and very dangerous, just so drinkable.
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April 2010
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Scottish 80 Shilling
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This years National Homebrew Day effort turned out very good and I think very authentic and true to style.
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May 2010
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Southern Star
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Hophead time - using some high alpha hops.
Pacific Gem @ 14.5% from New Zealand.
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June 2010
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Independence Pale Ale
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What else to brew on 4th July!
Classic cascade hop profile but less IBU for my palate.
*** UPDATE *** This beer was Runner Up at the 2010 Craft Brewing Festival - Category: Bitters, 1045 and above.
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July 2010
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1961 Celebration Ale
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Imagine a blend between ESB and Hobgoblin
Should be ready for a birthday on 1st Jan.
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October 2010
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IRS-Siberian Crude
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Imperial Russian Stout - brewing now for Xmas 2011
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December 2010
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Sarcazum
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Another new style - Belgian Witbier this time.
Must get a bottle of Hoegarden for comparison.
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February 2011
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Rauchbier
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Keeping with the new styles theme - how much smoked malt should you use? Lots is the answer, start with 15% and work up to suit your taste.
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March 2011
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Street Party Bitter
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Tasty session bitter for our Wedding Street Party - 3rd place in Best Bitter category at the 2011 Craft Brewing festival
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April 2011
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Howard Hughes Ruby Mild
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Two beers in one! Had planned an oatmeal stout but only used half the amount of roast barley - so it’s a strong Ruby Mild and it got another award - 3rd place in the Mild Category as above.
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May 2011
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Encore
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Very similar to the Sarcazum - replaced the ginger with cumin seed in this one. First attempt was better.
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June 2011
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Autumnfest
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Copper coloured Oktoberfest. Testing a new White Labs yeast. WLP820 - Oktober/Maerzen
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November 2011
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Old Perpendicular
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Slight change to the grain bill and a different yeast from last time. Still very tasty and a classic copy!
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December 2011
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Monkey Magic
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Something that has been on the ‘Brew-to-do’ list for ages. Belgian Trappist/Abbey ale. Using WLP530 yeast and the proper Dingemans malts. This is one for keeping.
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January 2012
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Meerkat Porter
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Yes another Porter variation. One of my favorite beer styles. Of course it has brown malt - 20% in this one.
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March 2012
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Spicy Witbier
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The ladies really like this style and you need to keep them happy. No cumin seeds and a different yeast - WB06 Weizen.
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April 2012
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Great Ocean Road
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Antipodian Pale Ale - A combination of Aussie & Kiwi ingredients.
Inspired by a recent road trip!
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May 2012
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Diamond Bitter
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Jubilee Best Bitter - at least the recipe is more imaginative then the name. Top class premium bitter.
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June 2012
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Weisshaus Weizen
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Classic Bavarian Hefeweizen - WLP380 yeast is superb giving the typical clove and banana aromas.
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May 2013
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Gingerbread Brown Ale
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Brewed for the December club meeting - theme this yearar - Randy Moshers 12 beers of xmas.
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June2013
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Farmgirl Saison
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Time for another new style. Turned out very good.
Was the most popular beer at a recent BBQ.
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June 2013
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