International Nutta Brown Ale

Back to brewing @ home after a 17 year hiatus the climes told me it was time to get nutty and go brown!

Grabbing a good old Black Rock Nut Brown Ale kit on the recommendation of friends @ Grain & Grape it just did not feel like enough!  Kit brewing is the cheats way out to home brew so why not chuck in some Willamette hops and a couple of Fuggles hop plugs with a Wyeast London Ale Yeast and oh yeah, why not chuck in some East Timor Organic Coffee Beans late in the boil for a great roasted nutty taste :-)

Dry hopped in the fermenter with the Fuggles hops and brewed at 18 degrees Celsius.

Brewed on: Sat 18 July 2011 Bottled on: Sat 2 July 2011 Best after: Oct 2011

It's a wonderful deep brown clear drop with a big bold hoppy head and dry hop finish.  Internationally sourced ingredients, the International Nutta Brown Ale is a winner!

It's good to be back brewing after 16 years off!  16 years too long my friends.  Brew on :-)

Xtreme Jinja Ninja

Take the kitchen sink throw that in the boil and the laundry one and your starting to get close to the Xtreme Jinja Ninja.  Brewed on a base Coopers Ginger Beer kit 980g with the goodness of Lemon Juice & Pulp, 3 limes and  the rind of Lemon, Orange and Kafir Lime Leaves.  Hold on there's more...Cinamon Sticks, Fresh Mint, Pride of Ringwood Hops, Beechworth Honey, Brewing sugar to get the abv up to 4%, large green and small red chilli, new and old ginger root, cloves, cardanom pods and lemon grass.

Pitch in a Wyeast Lambic Blend and a Coopers Ale Yeast for back up - we need this baby to brew :)

Oh yeah, why not add a pommace of dry ingredients into the fermenter to steep yet more flavour - more fresh ginger, mint leaves, lemon grass stalks, whole chilli and more Pride of Ringwood hops.

Can a ginger beer taste like ginger beer and finish like whisky with a warm glow down your throat?  I think so, but why not taste it yourself - stock is truly limited with only 29 bottles and 10 put aside from the Ginger Ninjas.

Ingredients: Coopers Ginger Beer Kit, Old & New Ginger Root, Brewing Sugar, Beechworth Honey, Lemon, Lime, Orange, Kafir Lime Leaves, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Lemongrass,  Mint, Hops, Chilli, Cloves, Lambic & Ale Yeast, Saccharin & Cyclamate.

abv 4% alc/vol

Brewed on: 3 July 2011 Bottled on: 15 July 2011 Best after: 10 Nov 2011

Brew on!