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,…

Irish Red Ale

Codename : Mountain Portage Red Alethorpe Switching to a different part of the isles, this ale selection focuses on an Irish style red ale. Ingredients 1 lb 7 oz Maris…

Dark Mild

Codename : Mountain Portage Dork Mildthorpe (2022) Keeping with the theme of British style ales, this is a simple low gravity beer, commonly referred to as a session ale. I…

Wild Rice Ale

Codename : Mountain Portage Juniper Wild Rice Ale This is part of my ongoing efforts to vary the recipe, base and specialty malts are only there to justify the flavour…

British Brown Ale

Codename : Mountain Portage Brown Alethorpe In the ongoing Mountain Portage series of beer, this is a do over on my Old Brown Shoe, I cheated by adding brown sugar…