American Pale Ale

Codename : Westfort Oat APA I have come to appreciate robustness and flexibility of the APA. It can provide the taste of an IPA without all the punch of the…

Scottish Export

Codename : Westfort Scottish Export Alethorpe This one is being done in honour of the Bard of Scotland, to be enjoyed to celebrate Robbie Burns. A snippet about Scottish Export…

American Pale Ale

Codename : Westfort Fog Alethorpe A previous fog brew turned out with good success, so I am trying another variation with an American Pale Ale (APA). Along with the mash…

Biere de Garde

Codename : Westfort Bière Outrageant Redux My first attempt at this beer, mistakes were made, fortunately nothing I would consider a brew-fail as I mostly recovered on the fly. I…

British Brown Ale

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

English Porter

Codename : Westfort Red River Porter This is an English style porter, but with it, I am adding something so very quintessentially Canadian, about 10% of the grain bill will…

Best Bitter

Codename : Westfort Best Bitterthorpe With this batch, I am trying something a little different, utilising a technique called high gravity brewing. That is, I reduced the initial water requirements,…

London Brown Ale

Codename : Mountain Portage Londinium Alethorpe Doing my own research, I was looking for other styles of the British Isles, and discovered a rare one called a London Brown Ale.…

American Wheat Beer

Codename : Mountain Portage Crabapple Sasquatch In an attempt to do something that is out of the ordinary, I put together a recipe that incorporates the seasonal fruit of the…

Strong Bitter

Codename : Mountain Portage Cornish Tin Miner’s Bitterthorpe This is another recipe from Home Brew Beer by Greg Hughes. I scaled it down from the original 5 gallon recipe, adjusted…