Two beers and a new brew recipe to start

Pin It Now! Im sitting here drinking a Duvel from a lovely Duvel glass. I can not say Duvel is a beer I love, its ok but a little odd to me. Recently I picked up a few box sets at an off license in Mullingar. I got them both for the beer and for the glasses. Two of them were out of date by over a year and I got one good Tripel which my wife drank (other 3 were off) and all of the Leute went down the drain. Its a pity but I mainly wanted the glasses, though the Leute glass is a weird one with no stand, instead it sits in a block of wood. I could have obviously brought them back for a refund but I know they have no sets in stock and also, its such a great little place and probably does not get enough people buying its stock of craft beer so I will throw them a little business in the hope they get new stock in.
Anyway on to the beer.




First up is Broughton Border Gold.
I have never had a beer from this brewer before, though I have another one in my collection to try in the coming week.
It appears to be a Scottish Blonde beer.

I have to say I did enjoy it, even though blonde is not a stlye I am too excited about. It was a well balanced beer and my wife also liked it.


sight - Gold, Lager like but not very clear.
smell - Sweet, slight malt.
taste - Honey, hop aroma.
sweet - 3/5
bitter - 3/5




Next up is my last Ayinger beer the Ayinger Ur Weisse. Most of them have been wheat beers of some description. This one is a Dunkelweisse though not as dark as others of this style I have had before.

All of the Ayingers have been very carbonated and produced a massive head and this was no exception. It was a tasty beer, though not my favourite wheat beer by any means.
I would certainly drink more of it though. It was nice and spicy.

sight - Cloudy, dark amber, large fluffy white head.
smell - Typical wheat, spicy, banana.
taste - malty, slightly light in body?
sweet - 2/5
bitter - 2/5

So thats it for the beer reviews. tomorrow I start brewing another beer. This time I am brewing an IPA and again I did up the recipe myself in beer tools pro.
I am also planning a strawberry beer like Fruli for my wife and these two will be my last extract brews before going All Grain. I might get both brews done tomorrow, or I can do the second one on Monday.

Beggars Belief Pale Ale

10-A American Pale Ale

Author: Reuben (Saruman)

Size: 23.00 L

Efficiency: 75.0%

Attenuation: 75.0%

Calories: 207.9 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.062 (1.045 - 1.060)

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Terminal Gravity: 1.016 (1.010 - 1.015)

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Color: 25.71 (9.85 - 27.58)

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Alcohol: 6.14% (4.5% - 6.2%)

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Bitterness: 45.8 (30.0 - 45.0)

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Ingredients:

3000 g Dry Light Extract

500 g Dry Wheat

250 g Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt

500 g Crystal Malt

30 g Fuggle (4.1%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min

20 g First Gold (6.2%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min

15 g Fuggle (4.1%) - added during boil, boiled 30 min

15 g First Gold (6.2%) - added during boil, boiled 30 min

25 g Saaz (2.1%) - added during boil, boiled 15 min

25 g Cascade (7.6%) - added during boil, boiled 5 min

25 g East Kent Goldings (4.0%) - added dry to secondary fermenter

1.0 ea Danstar 3767 Nottingham

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