Strong Bitter

An unconventional English-style bitter. This recipe is identical to my yearly winter warmer, the Burton Ale, with the exception of the hops and boil length. This beer is a standard 60 minute boil and there is a whirlpool hop addition at the end (which shows up as 5 min aroma addition on this page for some reason). The grain bill, including Golden Naked Oats and brown malt pushes this beer outside of a conventional bitter style beer, but like my Rye, Bitte the general concept stays within the bounds of a strong bitter. [Read more…]

An English-style bitter with a portion of the grain bill made up of rye malt. You may have noticed that I rarely name my beers, yet this one has a name – sort of. I view this beer as an English style bitter, as it relies on Maris Otter, English hops, and English ale yeast as a big part of the profile, yet it is made with a healthy portion of rye malt in the grist. Bitte in German means please (in this context), and using it as a double entendre for Bitter is a nod to delicious roggenbiers that inspired the use of rye in this recipe. [Read more…]