It’s Been a While
It’s been a while since I last brewed, mostly due to not having the time and space to do it. With having kids around and no safe space to brew …
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Woodside Porter Reborn
Reworking my porter to get the ABV under control, and reduce the raisin characteristics. I’ve completely dropped the oats out, and swapped the crystal for brown malt which should give …
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Motueka Citra Golden Ale
My Golden Ale base is light enough to be able to experiment with hops and work out how they pair together. So today’s brew day is based on hops I …
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Citra Golden Ale… again
An unplanned brew day at short notice, I decided to use the hops I had on hand. So again it’s the Citra Golden Ale. And tomorrow guess what, the same …
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Taiheke Citra Golden Ale
Since the Citra Golden Ale went down so well, the plan is to brew a 50/50 Citra and Taiheke Golden Ale to see how the hops pair together. And the …
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Taiheke Golden Ale v3
Time to brew my good old favourite Taiheke Golden Ale again. Last time out I brewed it with Citra, and the IBU and ABV were a bit off for the …
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Woodside Porter Taiheke Edition
My standard Woodside Porter, this time with 40 grams of Taiheke hops. A bit of a stuck sparge, plus I forgot to initially add the oats… D’oh. Ended up with …
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Golden Citra Ale
I was lucky enough to get a bulk load of Citra so I thought I’d finally get around to brewing again after almost 18 months. I’ve used my standard Golden …
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Woodside Porter EKG
I’ve been wanting a bit more out of this Porter so I’ve added in an additional 230 grams of Light Chocolate Malt for more colour and depth of flavour. This …
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Mixed Bag Pale Ale
Another brew using my standard Pale Ale base, but with an extra 500 grams of basemalt to bump up the ABV a little. I’ve named this one Mixed Bag Pale Ale …
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