One of my best friends favorite beer style is black IPA. When he and his girlfriend decided to get married, I know what to do. I already started to research the style and brewed a few test batches exactly for this situation, but now I had to switch gears and go all in. After ten test batches and a good amount of research behind me, I came up with a recipe that was satisfying. I wanted this beer to be dry, hop forward with little to no chocolate and coffee flavor, but with jet black color.
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I read in forums and social media groups that many people had successful brews with wild hops. I live in an area where wild hops are not a common sight. When one of my friend approached that they have some wild hops in their backyard, I immediately took the opportunity to try them out. This recipe was an ad hoc one, only used spare ingredients that I found at home. The batch size is 15 liters because of the amount of wild hops I could get.
Read MoreFőzőház [Monyo - American Beauty] recipe kit | Review
I brewed the recipe kit without using RO water, reading the mash pH or measuring the pre-boil gravity and used the water ratio defined by the manual. The purpose of this was to test how the beer will taste if a beginner makes it.
Read MorePeople of the Rye | Experimental Recipe
I was curious how would rye impact this otherwise refreshing german style. To achieve a noticeable impact, I used both rye malt and flaked rye, with a combined 18.8% of the total grist.
I planned to use Mangrove Jack’s M20 yeast, which has a much higher temperature tolerance. When I started the brewday and checked for the yeast, I was surprised that it was nowhere to be found. This never happened to me, but I guess there's a first time for everything. I quickly checked my fridge to find an alternative strain, and this is when I found WB-06. I always wanted, but never actually used this yeast. With my hands tied, this looked like just the perfect opportunity to finally try it out.
Read MoreThe Dragons Kneecap Holiday Ale | Brewday
In collaboration with Főzőház, I wrote an article about Christmas beers (it’s only available in Hungarian). At the end of the article there was co-designed recipe. In this piece, I will document the brewing of that recipe and see how good it fits the style.
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