Recent content by cdpilkington

Background: this is when I worked at a reasonably large UK craft brewery. We got in Polaris 2 years ago and did a Single hop beer with it. Simple pale ale recipe, except with IPA levels of late hop additions (only about 35 IBU). Utterly undrinkable. Like a mint, grass, and onion mouthwash. We...

Hi all, Has anyone attempted to brew the "wee twinkling winkie", randy mosher's recipe for the long-gone Scottish Sparkling ale style found in radical brewing? Seems to be a stronger (og 1.075-1.084) sparkling ale with sour malt to bring in a lactic acid taste that would traditionally have been...

Awesome, cheers for the pointer. I'll let you know how it's tasting after the oaking. You've found a real winner with this recipe here I think!

I've just brewed up an AG beer based on this, and the post boil sample by itself tastes incredible, can't wait for the finished product! Do you remember much oak you used for secondary, and for how long? I'll be going by taste, but a ballpark to go on would be a great start. I've made a 40l...

The brewery I work in just got this season crop of simcoe in, straight off doing a single hop IPA. They smell *amazing* - 2011 might have been the year simcoe came to the fore, but if this batch we got is any judge look for it to be an even more prominent hop this year!

I came across a traditional cask-ale style microbrewery on the isle of Islay in Scotland; asked them if they'd ever experimented with dry-hopping. They then replied that it seemed like a fad brewers did a decade ago, but they tried it and didn't understand what it added - not even derisively...