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Been planning this for a while now, and later today I'm gonna brew it; a 100% oat malt ale, lightly hopped with EKG, OG 1.100. It's an approximation of the old Edinburgh Oat Ale found in a few 19th century brewing manuals. I'll update with notes if people are interested.

Hey guys, I don't know how many of you are as fascinated as I am by historical brewing manuals, but while searching for information about a lost style known as Yorkshire Oat Ale, I've just stumbled upon a couple that I wasn't previously aware of which are readable in their entirety via Google...

Grains of Paradise, Ginger, Licorice, and Coriander have all been used widely in English ales, particularly in the 18th and 19th century. Personally I think that coriander is best if you're looking for subtlety, either toasted or not, lightly crushed and added to the end of the boil...

Glad you enjoyed it! I thought it was so nice, I posted it twice. Didn't realize there was a delay on my posts, guess I thought the first one didn't go through.

If you're at all interested historically, sources indicate that grains of paradise were quite popular with British brewers in the late 18th-early 19th centuries, and in most cases were paired with coriander or licorice root. I quite like the balance in early 19th century British ale recipes...

If you want an historical perspective, I'd recommend checking out this book (free e-book on Project Gutenberg): The Project Gutenberg eBook of The American Practical Brewer and Tanner, by Joseph Coppinger It was written by an English brewer who emigrated to America in the early 19th century, so...

My bass player got into brewing a bit after I did for the sole reason that he wanted to do a bacon beer. I was fairly new to the craft and I remember gently advising him against it, but eventually going along regardless. I'm trying to remember the method we used. Started off with a basic...

Hi guys, long time lurker, first time poster here. I'm currently in the middle of a bit of a SMaSH experiment wherein I'm brewing four identical brews using Optic, Halcyon, Pearl, and Golden Promise, with a touch of Fuggles and that's it. Nottingham yeast for all. Golden Promise is sort of...