Midwest Homebrewing Supply - Trappist Ale

I'm in the process of making some mental adjustments since relocating to Mexico, and I was glad to finally get a chance to brew my first...

Brewing For Students

Today I'm getting ready for next weeks beginner's homebrewing class. This means doing a little advanced brewing. I want to give the ...

Imperial IPA With Honey

I'll be brewing this recipe on Wednesday as I get ready for my all-grain class in two weeks. I want to have some beer in a secondary in ...

Lowering Gravity With Brett

It's true, good things do come to those who wait, at least this time, and here's why. I took an under-attenuated beer that I thought...

Late Hopped Pale Ale

This beer turned out really good and so I'm passing on the recipe that I used. All of the hop additions were late in the boil and I thin...

Mexican Homebrew 2012

On this years trip to San Miguel I only brought a few vital brewing ingredients including a couple pounds of specialty grain, 3/4 pound of h...

Lambic Brewing For Club Project

I'm contributing ten gallons of beer to the Zymurgeeks homebrew club barrel project this week. This is  a lambic style beer that will b...

Beginner Brewing

Earlier this month a couple of students attended a beginner brewing class at my house to learn the fundamentals of beer making. This particu...

Cream Ale Recipe

If this recipe looks familiar, it is. Just check out the recipe for my Classic American Pilsner to compare. This is basically the same with...

American Wheat Recipe

One of my favorite beers and one that I brew regularly is a traditional German Hefeweizen with its phenolic spice character and banana ester...

Dry Stout Recipe

As is the way with most homebrewers I am constantly trying to perfect my favorite recipes and Dry Stout is definitely one of my favorites. I...

Brewing Lagers

I had the perfect plan to brew beer today when my van broke down again. Apparently there is something called an engine coolant temperature s...

Brown Ale With Joanna's Almond Toffee

Personal friend and excellent candy maker Joanna always brings in a large batch of her chocolate covered almond toffee to the Thanksgiving g...

Midas Touch Clone

I convinced fellow homebrewer and Zymurgeek club member Mark to brew a clone version of the Dogfish Head Midas Touch with me this last wee...

Beer Ice Cream

Out of nowhere I received a letter in the mail, you know, those paper things that pass from hand to hand until reaching it's destination...

English Ale Split Batch

In the fourth class of the five class series of brew school, the students brewed up a ten gallon all-grain batch of English ale. Because the...

Schwarzbier Recipe

Before going to Mexico I decided to brew some beer that I could leave behind to lager in my kegerator for the five months while we would be ...

Malt Extract Pale Ale With Honey

Excellent honey flavors with a great complement of hop character define this pale ale recipe. I used 2 lbs. of local honey from the " t...

Brewing With Piloncillo

Brewing with the local ingredients has brought me to a main sugar source in Mexico called Piloncillo. Mainly produced in South America and o...

Beer From Home Malted Barley

Tadaaa!! Beer brewed from home malted barley. It was a fun and educational ride and the ultimate pay off is a pretty good pale ale. The foll...