Imperial Stout

Codename : Ukrainian Imperial Stouthorpe I have slowly been building up to an Imperial Stout since I started home brewing. Back in April, when I was researching , I discovered…

Spent Grain Raisin Cookies

Codename : Ordinary Bitter Spent Grain Raisin Cookies. Once the beer has been brewed, what does one do with the spent grain? Make cookies! Ingredients 1/3 C butter, softened 1/3…

Ordinary Bitter

Codename : Westfort Ordinary Bitterthorpe This recipe was chosen to keep things simple, as I was adjusting my water requirements for brewing. If things didn’t work out, it was a…

Oatmeal Stout

Codename : Westfort Pas St. Ambroise (2022) Back mid/late 2000s, I discovered McAuslan St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout while I was in Ottawa, it has been a mainstay of my beer…

English Porter

Codename : Westfort Brown Porterthorpe For Father’s Day this year, I got Home Brew Beer by Greg Hughes from my family. I adapted this English Porter from his Brown Porter…

Scottish Export

Codename : Mountain Portage Scottish Alethorpe Completing my tour of the British Isles with a Scottish style ale. This style was typically brewed for the export market, ergo the name.…

Irish Extra Stout

Codename : Mountain Portage Bog Hoppier Stouthorpe Returning to a stout, in this case, an Irish Extra Stout. Ingredients 1 lb 14 oz Maris Otter malt 3.5 oz Chocolate malt…

Best Bitter

Codename : Mountain Portage Best Bitterthorpe Continuing along with the tradition assorted English bitters, this is a low gravity, malty, easy drinking ale. I was running low on base malts,…

Dunk ‘n’ Spargethorpe

Codename : Dunk & Sparge Exbeeriment When I started down the path with small batch brewing, I went through a step called sparging, pouring water through the bag of grain…