The Vorpbrew Rooster dressed as a maester. Potential label artwork. |
I get bored of brewing the same type of beer over and over. If it was up to me, I would just brew stouts, IPA's and sours. All day everyday. But I want to learn more about brewing. Sometimes that means you gotta step outside of what is comfortable and brew something new.
I asked a friend at work what kind of beer he liked.
"Newscastle Brown".
Well, OK then. "I'll brew one for you"
Since I have said that we have learned that we both liked Game of Thrones. He is a huge GoT nerd. I am just learning. He is the Maester and I am the Samwell in this story.
So I went to the Citadel to learn how to brew a proper brown in the Newcastle tradition. I learned that it is mixed from old ale and new amber ale to create the Brown Ale we all know.
I planned to do this in the proper tradition but I thought that I had to make it my own. I had to make it a bit more American while retaining some of those traditional English flavors.
I brewed up a brown ale that I am calling the Maester's Mahogony - An Ale from the Seven Kingdoms. My recipe was a mix between Newcastle and Moosedrool, the American Brown Ale that gets the most attention, and a light stout.
All of my malts where from England, I used English yeast and added a few more ounces of black patent (for that stout twist - along with some brown sugar) and hopped the beer with American hops with English ancestry.
It's currently bubbling away in the primary fermentor and I can only wonder if any of the Game of Thrones characters would like to have a pint of this ale once its done.
Thanks for many interesting posts over the years! I have only found your blog today. Would have enjoyed seeing the continuation!
ReplyDeleteAll the best, Jesper - Dane in Ukraine