Today's my B-day, was planning on a nice long MTB ride, but way too smoky, so may as well brew up a long overdue batch. Doing a Newcastle style brown ale roughly based on a recipe in a book I can't...

Used to brew quite a bit but haven't done a batch in a couple years. Mostly stouts and dark ales as there's less margin for error. My lighter beers always seemed to turn out too bitter or sour. ...