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…

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…

American Amber Ale

Codename : Mountain Portage Honey Amber Alethorpe For Fathers’s Day this year, I got Home Brew Beer by Greg Hughes from my family. I had most of the ingredients in…

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…