Wick's Home Brew

This will be an updated blog throughout the year. But after listening to a lot of podcasts from The Brewing Network, especially The Jamil Show or Can You Brew It. Which ever one, it is a great podcast and if you are a home brewer (which I would believe you are if you are reading this) it is a great resource.  I would recommend that every home brewer listen to these guys. The other show from them I listen to is Brew Strong. Another awesome one. So on to the reason for this blog post. Since Jamil wrote Brewing Classic Styles, he mentions the book quite a bit in his podcasts. So it was on my Christmas wish list. I got other goodies, so I picked it up shortly after Christmas. It is a great book. So I believe everything I’m going to brew this year will be either straight from this book or I will use it as a guide.  

The first one found that caught my eye was a beer called Programmers Elbow, an ESB. Two things that caught my eye, the name of the beer. Being a programmer myself, I must brew this beer. Secondly I am wanting to do an English style beer. I will not go into any more detail with the other styles I want to brew, but there they are. I am not exactly sure when I’ll brew these, but I will try my best to update my blog as much as possible this year. 

1. ESB 
2. Belgian Strong
3. American Barleywine
4. California Common
5. American Amber/Red Ale
6. Oatmeal Stout
7. Imperial IPA
8. Belgian Dubbel 

So what are you planning on brewing this year? Got any questions on brewing your own beer? Want to brew some beer this year? What is your favorite style to brew?

I will soon move my blog to another site in which you’ll be able to post comments. So send me your comments to wick at wickshomebrew dot com and I will update this blog post and respond to your comments. 

Thanks for reading!