Beer Recipes, Tips and Advice
for Brewing Wizards
Here you may find beer recipes and tips for home brewing from our spellbook to enchant.
"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble."
Shakespeare, Macbeth: Act IV Scene i
HOW to BECOME A Home BREWING WIZARD
1. Change One Step at a Time.
Every variety of brew hop has a distinctive flavor and aroma from the essential oils and acids. By using an orderly method, the budding Brew Master can experiment and master the character of each hop. Like most endeavours, learning a new skill demands some planning, patience, and repetition. One should keep detailed notes each time. Read more . . .
2. Learn About Hops Oils & Acids
The chart shows the percentage contents of the oils and acids that are most influential in the aromas and flavours when brewing DIY craft beer.
Tips for Home Brewing - Understanding Oils & Acids
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Home Brewing Tip: Understanding Oils & Acids
Tips for Home Brewing - Mixing Hops
In principle, one could combine any two or more hops, but one may want to exercise caution. In general, there are many Wizards who advise against combining British or Noble hops with one of the four C’s, for example. You can always do a Google search to see if has been attempted.
British hops: Many British hops are known to combine well. For example, Fuggle, East Kent Golding, Challenger, Target and Northdown hops can be mixed to make a good English ale.
Noble/Continental hops: Saaz hops, with their spicy aromas from their Czeck origins work with almost any home brew. Spalt, Tettnanger, and Hallertau Mittelfrüh are other varieties that mix well.
American hops: The “four Cs” are very popular for their fruity flavors and they are popular for brewing wizards because of their symbiotic properties. Each has its own bouquet that contributes to the citrusy taste of pale ales. Willamette, U.S. Fuggle, Yakima Golding, and Mt. Hood are other American hops that combine well together.
Home Brewing Tip: Adding and Mixing Hops
This chart displays how the presence of higher percentages of each oil (e.g. Myrcene, Linalool, 4MMP, and Geraniol) influences the aroma and flavour when making home brew.
Tips for Home Brewing - HOPPING (Wet, Dry, Whirlpool)
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HOME BREWING TIP: Hop it up!
3. Mind Time and Temperature
Tips for Home Brewing - HOPPING
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BREWING WIZARDs'
Craft Beer Recipes
Beer Recipes for Home Brewing - Golden Glow
INGREDIENTS – 10 GAL.
10 lbs Pilsner UK
8 lbs
2 lbs Wheat Malt, Bel
2 oz Goldings, BC – Boil
60 minutes
1 oz Goldings, BC – Boil
15 minutes
1 pkg Belle Saison
Mash: 66.5°C, 45 minutes
Golden Glow
Alcohol Content: 5.5 ABV
Bitterness: 21 IBU
Hops: Centennial
This hazy brew highlights yeast, with the Golding hops adding flowery and herbal accents.
RYE ALE WITH WET HOPS RECIPE
Alcohol Content: 4.3 ABV
Bitterness: 60 IBU
Hops: Centennial, Chinook, Cascade (Wet)
This craft beer recipe employs three of the C’s for hops and the rye adds a bite to balance the earthiness from using wet hops.
Beer Recipes for Home Brewing - Rye Ale
INGREDIENTS – 10 GAL.
10 lbs Rye Malt
3 lbs Wheat Malt
3 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt – 30L
1 oz Centennial – Boil 60 minutes
1 oz Chinook – Boil 60 minutes
0.5 oz Centennial – Boil 15 minutes
0.5 oz Chinook – Boil 15 minutes
3 oz Wet Cascade – Boil 5minutes
1 pkg S-05
Mash: 66°C, 60 minutes
Add Rice Hull (1:4 ratio) to the mash tun to help filtration of the Rye.
CENTENNIAL PALE ALE RECIPE
Alcohol Content: 5.0 ABV
Bitterness: 40 IBU
Hops: Centennial
This is a nice single-hopped pale ale using Centennial hops. Centenniel are the most popular in North America, and provide a unique balance of the aromas of flowers and citrus.
Beer Recipes for Home Brewing - Centennial Ale
INGREDIENTS- 10 GAL
10 lbs 2-Row US
4 lbs Munich Malt
4 lbs Vienna Malt
3 lbs. Caramel/Crystal Malt – 30L
1 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine
3 oz Centennial – Boil 60 minutes
2 oz Centennial – Boil 15 minutes
1 oz Centennial – Whirlpool
2 oz Centennial – Dry Hop 7 days
1 pkg Nottingham
Mash: 66°C, 60 minutes
Beer Recipes for Home Brewing - Brown Ale
INGREDIENTS – 10 GAL.
11.5lbs English Pale Ale Malt
2.3 lbs Simpsons Crystal T50
2.3 lbs Carared
0.15 lbs Roasted Barle
1 oz Chinook – Boil 60 minutes
1 oz Chinook – Boil 30 minutes
2 oz Chinook – Whirlpool
1 pkg S-04
MASH STEPS:
Mash at 66°C, 60 minutes
ENGLISH BROWN ALE RECIPE
Alcohol Content: 4.5 ABV
Bitterness: 30 IBU
Hops: Chinook
A sweet brown ale with citrus and pine scents from the Chinook hops combined with light malty and toffee flavouring from the Malt.