Saisons and IPAs are some of my favourite beers to brew. With Voodoo Child I thought I would combine the two in one unholy beer. My suspicion is that the spicy, peppery notes from the saison yeast should combine quite beautifully with the fruity juiciness of the hops to produce…
Read MoreWhen I started brewing it didn't take long before I came to the conclusion that pen-and-paper was insufficient for recipe design and record keeping. I'm a developer, so my natural reaction when confronted by a problem is to say "I bet I could do this with a script!" I'd tried…
Read MoreAfter reading about beers brewed with wine yeasts and brettanomyces at both Bear Flavoured and The Mad Fermentationist I really wanted to try it myself. The result is Death and Gravity, an old ale fermented with Lalvin K1V-1116 and brettanomyces cultured from the dregs of a few bottles of Orval…
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