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British Brown Ale

Codename : Westfort British Brown Alethorpe (2025) Time to return to a British Brown Ale, as the darker beers have become the unofficial theme for winter 2025. Once again, I…

London Brown Ale

Codename : Westfort Londinium Alethorpe (2025) I am trying the London Brown ale again, changing up the recipe from previous iterations to add depth of flavour and find a taste…

London Brown Ale

Codename : Mountain Portage Londinium Alethorpe (2024) The unofficial theme for summer 2024 is to focus on low gravity (AKA lower alcohol) ales, particularly British styles. This beer has largely…

British Brown Ale

Codename : Westfort Helter-Skelter Brown Alethorpe (2023) Now that I have been brewing long enough, I have prepared a good basis of go-to recipes in my repertoire. From time to…

London Brown Ale

Codename : Mountain Portage Londinium Alethorpe (2023) While doing my own research, I was looking for other styles from the British Isles, and discovered a rare one called a London…

British Brown Ale

Codename : Westfort Old Brown Shoe Redemption My previous attempt at this was a brew fail. I didn’t get the sugar to alcohol conversion I was looking for, and cheated…

American Brown Ale

Codename : Westfort Winter Warmer For Father’s Day this year, I got Home Brew Beer by Greg Hughes from my family. I adapted this Brown Ale from his recipe. While…

British Brown Ale

Codename : Mountain Portage Brown Alethorpe (2022) In the ongoing Mountain Portage series of beer, this is a do over on my Old Brown Shoe, I cheated by adding brown…

British Brown Ale

Codename : Old Brown Shoe The chosen caramel & chocolate malts have higher Lovibond rating (darker colour) than the original recipe as I tend to prefer the darker ales. Paying…