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To one hogshead of strong ale take a heaped bushel of elderberries, and one-half pound of juniper-berries beaten. Put in all the berries when you put in the hops, and let them boil together till the berries break in pieces, then work it up as you do ale. When it has done working add to it one-half pound of ginger, …

Take five gallons of ale, and a large cock, the older the better. Parboil the cock, flay him, and stamp him in a stone mortar till his bones are broken (you must craw and gut him when you flay him), then put the cock into one quart of sack, and put to it one and one-half pounds of raisins and …

Take four and one-half gallons of water and boil one half, putting the other into a barrel; add the boiling water to the cold with one quart of molasses and a little yeast. Keep the bung-hole open until fermentation ceases.

Fill a boiler with green shells of peas, pour on water till it rises half an inch above the shells, and simmer for three hours. Strain off the liquor, and add a strong decoction of wood-sage, or hops, so as to render it pleasantly bitter; ferment with yeast, and bottle.

Description: Here’s a recipe for a Wiezenbock that I really liked, it was very much like one from our local micrbrewery. This beer was delicious and went very fast(1 week in the bottle and to the fridge ). Ingredients: 1can (3lb 10oz) of Glenbrew Brewmart Austrailian Dunkelbock 3 lbs of wheat DME 11/2 light DME 1 oz Hallerteau hops(3.7 alpha) …

Description: light refreshing honey undertones with a light floral fragrance Ingredients: 1 can coopers wheat or similar 1kg unhopped wheat malt 250 grams dextrose 200 grams tasmanian leatherwood honey hersbrucker hops steeped 1 dry enzyeme 1 saf wheat yeast or whitelabs OG: 1050 approx FG: 1010 approx Primary Ferment: 7 -10 days on the lower end of temperature range Secondary …

Description: I used a 50/50 wheat/malt xtract for the base with 1 quart of grade A Vermont maple syrup. (Vermont = #1 syrup) I kept the flavor/aroma hops low so that the flavor of the syrup would shine through. Ingredients: 6 lbs malt/wheat extract 1 qt. VT grade A maple syrup .5 oz Nothern Brewers hops 60m = 9.8 IBU …

Description: After 2 weeks in the bottle, this was a VERY hoppy beer. In my opinion it was too hoppy for the style. The color was a beautiful amber and it was very clear. After 2 months the hop bite subsided somewhat and it is now an excellent brew—crisp, clear and aggressive with a very white white head considering the …

Description: Hey, I’m new to the game, so I keep things very simple. This beer is very drinkable, smells great, tastes great, and looks like any other cloudy wheat beer. Ingredients: Yields 2 gallons of brew: A little over 2 gallons of spring water (no tap!!! get some freakin’ Ozarka) 1.5 lbs of dry wheat/25% barley extract 2 tbls pellet …

Description: I’ve gotten a number of complements on my extract wheat beer, and a request for the recipe, so I thought I’d post it here. This is about he simplest recipe I’ve ever made, and it tastes great. Clean and refreshing, and a little on the light bodied side. I might lower the lovibond rating of the crystal malt to …