I’m doing another Raw Ale, New England IPA with El Dorado, Centennial and Zappa hops. This is the ninth time I make a Raw Ale, New England style IPA, leraning curve was longer than other styles. And I’m getting lazier and lazier…. The new thing I did this time was that instead of adding 100gr […]
Last week I made a Chocolate Bochet Mead. For those that doesn’t know, a Bochet is what mead is called when you boil the honey to caramelise it. I boiled the Acacia honey for 10 minutes. I had cold mashed chocolate malts over night. I baked 100 gr of cacao nibs in the oven for […]
Kvasir’s Blood is the name of this Mead. When I brewed it I initially called it Viking Blood, but I changed the name… Heiðrún, the goat on the hall that stands, eateth off læráth’s limbs; the crocks she fills with clearest mead, will that drink not e’er be drained. I never made a Mead until […]
Cascade and Amarillo. Belma Hops to the right. Maybe I’m crazy? I’m mashing in 6kg malts with 170gr Aurora hops for 75 minutes. Then after Mash out and sparging I will add 50 gr Amarillo, 50 gr Cascade and 50 gr Belma hops, keep the temperature for 20 minutes at 75C. No boiling, but it […]
I haven’t brewed in almost 1.5 year, been working and too lazy, and other stuff to. I wanted to make a real Juicy New England IPA for a long time, and I have so much hops left makes it a good idea. I got an idea to use the grain basket of the grandfather as […]
