A twist on Drew’s classic Saison using YCHops new product “American Noble”. These are the left overs from the Cryo hop process and promise American hop characters, but in a more subtle, muted fashion. Naturally, that intrigues me! So I took the peppery, citrusy Loral “American Noble” and used it in a batch of Saison. Works like a charm! (Thanks to YCH for sponsoring the podcast and providing the debittered leaf/American nobles for this brew)
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Nick’s award winning – no really – AHA NHC Overall Winner
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A dark mild full of flavor, but not the alcohol. This is about the biggest sort of “modern” mild I’ve made. Just a touch roasty, but full of malt and toffee flavors.
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Inspired by the tradition of Samichlaus, this is the biggest, baddest, boldest lager around. Brewed and aged for 1 year before service and really shines at about 3-5 years.
In Episode 24 of the Brew Files, we talked with Craig Gravina of the Albany Ale Project about the forgotten style – here’s one of his recreations of a weaker 1840’s version.
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Tiffany Ashrafi’s “Mother’s” beer, designed to taste like porter and cookies and help nursing moms with the whole nursing thing.
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The very definition of a crushable beer that will leave you feeling like a respectable beer drinker the next day. It’s seriously a great damn American classic
The one, the only world “famous” Bourbon Vanilla Imperial Porter. Born for Christmas – well loved any time! AKA.Denny’s BVIP
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Big complex kitchen sink Russian Imperial Stout flavored with licorice, galaxy hops and cacao as discussed on Episode 31 of the show!
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A Tropical Stout as rich and warm as the island of Maui – think a bigger version of a milk/cream stout as discussed on Episode 31 of the show!
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This is the stepped up cousin to our American Pale Ale. More hops and a touch more gravity. Continue reading
This is a straightforward, no nonsense, classical American Pale Ale. It’s whole purpose provide you a pop of American hop character with just enough malt to keep you going
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This is Denny’s classic Barleywine recipes – packs a wallop and makes you feel a little stoned!
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A pale dry Saison perfect for playing around with your yeasts! I also use this as a basis for a number of my Saisons and usually have a variant or two laying around
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A simple clean, blonde ale designed to be both drinkable and aromatically bland enough for yeast experimentation and yet enjoyable as a beer for drinking!