CoCo Porter – Chocolate Beer at its Best

I like brewing beer, for sure, but I love brewing beer with friends even more. Too many cooks may spoil a stew, but they add something when it comes to beer. When our dear English friend Chris Mear said he would be visiting and bringing his fiancé who makes wine with him, I suggested we

Scully Summer SunSessionAle – Single Malt & Single Hop

Scully Summer SunSessionAle was brewed for our annual summer party. It was designed to be easy to brew, and at 4%, easy to drink over a long day. 5 lbs. Marris Otter (UK) 2-row malt 2.5 lbs Organic (CAN) 2-row malt Ideally I would have preferred to use all of one malt rather than mixing

Double Sunshine Daydream Clone Recipe

This Imperial IPA recipe is based on a clone found on www.brewtoad.com. I have dubbed it “Double Sunshine Daydream” because I would be dreaming to believe I could come close to Sean’s masterpiece. I didn’t change the Brew Toad recipe up too much, other than using Citra with different AAU than the author’s source, and

American India Pale Ale – An Easy Recipe

This American India Pale Ale recipe came about as a desire to create a nice “session” IPA for the new keg tap set up Nancy and Sarah got for me for my birthday. At 5.2% ABV this is a little more than a traditional session beer, but it will do.  The target OG of about