Archive for the ‘Beer Recipes’ Category
Online recipe calculator for homebrewers
I came across a cool site for homebrewers that I had to share. Hopville.com is a site set up for homebrewers to share recipes. That’s not that interesting in and of itself; there are lots of homebrew recipe sites. What’s cool is Hopville’s “Beer Calculus” section. You can build a recipe and it figures out target [...]
Making home brew clones of commercial beers
Most home brewers like to experiment with recipes, trying to get a brew just right. Often the standard to which we strive is that of commercially brewed beers. When we taste a really great beer we think, “I wonder if I could brew this?” But how do you go about copying, or cloning, a commercial [...]
Mulled beer an aid to healthy living
So as the days get colder I always joke that it is great beer drinking weather since your beer stays cold. But sitting here drinking my morning cup of joe looking at one of my favorite sites lifehacker.com I ran across this story about mulled beer. Mulled beer is hot spiced beer. It was all [...]
Home brew: Pumpkin beer
My favorite time of the year is Fall. The weather gets cooler, the days shorter, and pumpkins magically appear at the supermarket. That means it’s time to brew some pumpkin beer! I have never brewed a pumpkin beer so this will be a learning experience. I bought a pumpkin ale ingredient kit from Austin Homebrew [...]
Hopsicles? Beer Ice Cream?
Remember making Popsicles as a kid. You would put Kool-aid in an ice cube tray, use toothpicks for handles and freeze. I still do it today for my kids but I found this article from Life in the fast lane.ca They found a restaurant making Hopsicle, thats right popsicles made from beer. They also have [...]
Perfect summer beer – Honey Rose beer recipe
Since summer is in full swing, I decided to try brewing a Belgian wheat beer. Belgian wheats use coriander, orange peel, and a special wheat yeast to create a light, citrus-y, slightly spicy beer that is perfect for warm weather. (Think Blue Moon.) I thought that honey might lend an nice flavor and I decided [...]



