Here are both extract and all grain homebrew recipes along with a brief description of the beer. Each of these I have done and enjoyed, no untested recipes here.

* = Brewed on Regular Basis

Click Here if you need info on home roasting for some of the recipes on this page. It's just a quick temp. guide I threw together from Mosher's Book.

   

Extract Beer Recipes

  • Ridgehand Ale - My first Recipe I did on my own. I am sure it was not the best, but I enjoyed it as well as my friends. It was slightly hoppy with a nice strong malt backbone to it. Sometime I should re-do it.
  • Dads Dunkel Wit- A nice sweet caramelly cross between a dunkel and a witbier. I gotta admit it was quite good. I brewed it on Fathers day with my Dad.
  • Parker Tribute Ale - Just a run of the mill extract only ale, it was a quite Citrusy American Pale Ale.
  • Farmhouse 1871- Silver Medal winner at the 2005 Schooner Homebrew Championships. This is the extract version of 501st Vader's Fist, not quite as chocolaty but still an excellet extract chocolate stout.
  • Yeast Beast Saison - An "American Style" Saison. This one was peppery with some grapefruity citrus. It was a nice summer combination.
  • 3A's II American Amber Ale - This was a huge hit for 2 4th of July party's in a row. It is a mildly hoppy American Amber Ale, and something that Michelobe Amber Bock fans can enjoy, but of course this is a better beer and had some almost licorice notes on the end.
  • Paddy O'malley's Irish Redeheaded Ale - Again, this is an Americanized version of another classic style. This one is an extract with grains Irish Red, with cascasde hops. A dry malty low hop beer.
  • Ancient Ale - A run of the mill extract with grains Mild Ale. A nice everyday beer. Very balanced and non-offensive to even the BMC drinker.
  • Aloe Vera Ale - A neat experiment. I used 8oz of pure aloe vera juice in this ale. It was actually pretty damn good, and refreshing. It's a cool beer to brew in summer time and joke around about it's ability to protect itself from skunking.
 

All Grain Beer Recipes

  • 501st Vaders Fist Stout* (brewsheet) - Runner up at the 2007 Best of the Fest in Manitowoc WI. An extremly chocolatey stout for the dark chocolate lover. This is one of my all time favorite beers to make.
  • Land Of Lincoln Pale Ale* (Brewsheet)- 3rd Place American Pale Ales at the 2007 Tittletown Open. A nice clean pale ale with a soft bitterness, and in your face hop aroma and flavor.
  • Chandrila Common (California Common) (Brewsheet) - 1st Place for Light Ales in the 2007 Tittletown Open. A non "Northern Brewer" California common with some home roasted malts. The home roasting is easy and adds another element of homemade appeal to your beer. This beer has a very nice toasty malt quality to it along with a stiff, but not sharp bitterness.
  • Mos Eisley Pale Ale (brewsheet) - A very good Pale ale using the new Newport hops.
  • Hand of Judgement Smoked IPA* (Brewsheet) - A lightly smoked American IPA....again with the home roasted malts, and home made caramel malt. The Simcoe and Amarilo hops play so well with the 2lbs of smoked malt. The malt in this beer easily stands up to the hops. Yet is clearly an IPA.
  • Brass Monkey Pale Ale (Brewsheet) - My first APA where I used the unique "Hop Bursting" Method where you add all the hops very late in the boil. The hop profile in this beer was very floral and the malt just barely stood up to the hops. Still the balance was good enough to easily make this one of my top 10 favorite beers I've made.
  • Darth Caedus Fall Ale (Brewsheet) - A nice fall ale. The home roasted darker malts give this beer a nice soft roastyness, and just enough hops to balance the sweetness. The addition of high quality maple flavor give this beer a nice woody maple syrup background note. I think it's the perfect fall ale for my taste.
  • Emperor's Hand IPA* (Brewsheet) - Hand of Judgement was such a hit, I wanted to brew a non-smoked version as well, this is it. In my opinion another winner, although a bit on weak (ABV) side for an IPA, but hey then you can drink more!
 
         
             
 
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