That’s the new version of Broonhilda (Beavertown Black Betty clone) Black IPA bottled. It ended up at 8.3%, so almost 1% stronger than the original. Initial tasting is very promising: very fruity hops, good amount of roastiness, and fairly high bitterness that will mellow somewhat over the next few weeks. I bottled it in 330ml […]
Last night I took a 750ml bottle of my Rasputin Raspberry Imperial Brown Ale, that I made on 2/8/15, along to the monthly Brewstore brew club meeting. The theme of the evening was ‘High ABV beers’- not a good portent for a productive Friday next day! This is a rich, chocolately 7.5% brown ale that […]
A bit over 3 weeks ago (18th Sept) I brewed my second attempt at an approximation of one of my favourite beers; Beavertown’s Black Betty, a 7.2 roasty, hoppy, black IPA. My first attempt was made almost a year to the day ago, and I called it Broonhilda. It was good, but not as roasty, […]
Today I brewed a Scottish Ale for a change. It is part of a yeast trial run by Scottish Craft Brewers, where several of us make the beer with the provided identical ingredients, with only the yeast differing between them. You can see the recipe here, and my one uses Whitelabs Edinburgh Ale WLP 028 […]