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Hop Water

Codename : Westfort Chinook Hop Water (2025) I made my first batch of hop water about a year ago, I tried a couple of more iterations, without documenting them 🙁…

Irish Red Ale

Codename : Westfort Irish Red Alethhorpe (2025) This Irish Red Ale is being prepared in anticipation of St. Patrick’s Day 2025. This completes the trifecta of Irish style beers for…

Melomel Mead

Codename : Westfort Helter-Skelter Rosé Meadu The Christmas season is over, there are leftover ingredients in the cupboard from holiday baking. Time to turn it into a mead. This qualifies…

Irish Extra Stout

Codename : Westfort Helter-Skelter Irish Extra Stouthorpe (2025) This Irish Extra Stout is being prepared in anticipation of St. Patrick’s Day 2025. With this batch, I have added remnants of…

Irish Stout

Codename : Westfort Irish Stouthorpe (2025) This dry Irish Stout is being prepared in anticipation of St. Patrick’s Day 2025. I have been tweaking the recipe slightly with every iteration,…

Cyser Mead

Codename : Westfort Beginner Cyser A cyser is a mead made with apples and/or apple juice. In this case, I used 4 apples, 2 gala and 2 granny smith, 1.89L…

English Porter

Codename : Westfort Pig Dog Porterthorpe (2024) As the winter months approach, time to shift towards some darker, richer beers, in this case something in an English porter. The clever…

Strong Bitter

Codename : Westfort Red Rye Bitterthorpe Having a penchant for the British bitters, it was time to cycle back to a strong bitter, and mix things up with a healthy…

Oatmeal Stout

Codename : Westfort Oatmeal Stouthorpe (2024) It has been a while since I did an oatmeal stout, so it was finally time to put together a batch. I did my…

Metheglin Mead

Codename : Westfort Metheglin Meadu A metheglin is a spiced mead, most any kind of spice(s) can be used to suit your tastes. In this season between Canadian Thanksgiving, Hallowe’en,…

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