Is it sunrise or sunset? I wanted to brew a breakfast stout – oatmeal and coffee – that would fit well with both. This is the first oatmeal stout I’ve brewed, so I followed the advice of Palmer, etc. to keep it at ~10% of the grain bill. I used steel cut oats from Trader [...]

The first beer of 2011 is aiming to be a nicely balanced honey IPA. I wanted to take the hop boldness of beers like Bells Hopslam but tone down the (boozy) intensity slightly to make it more session-friendly. I am also trying to emphasize the use of the ahtanum hops which I have never brewed [...]