Real Ales for the Home Brewer - recipes based on commercial real ale for the home & craft brewer

On this page you will find listed all the real ale & beer recipes contained in "Real Ales for the Home Brewer".

All the recipes can be made using the full mash (all grain) method or partial mash method (using diastatic malt) and many can be made using plain malt extract.
The recipes which can be made using plain malt extract are shown in green text

SCOTLAND

Belhaven: 60/-
Belhaven: 70/-
Belhaven: Sandy Hunters Traditional Ale
Belhaven: 80/-
Belhaven: St. Andrews Ale
Belhaven: 90/-
Borve: Borve Ale
Borve: Tall Ships India Pale Ale
Borve: Aberdeen Union Street 200
Harviestoun: Waverley 70/-
Harviestoun: Original 80/-
Harviestoun: Montrose Ale
Harviestoun: Ptarmigan
Harviestoun: Schiehallion
Harviestoun: Old Manor
Maclay & Co.: Maclay 70/-
Maclay & Co.: Broadsword
Maclay & Co.: Kanes Amber Ale
Maclay & Co.: Maclay Scotch Ale
Orkney Brewery: Raven Ale
Orkney Brewery: Dragonhead Stout
Orkney Brewery: Dark Island
Orkney Brewery: Skullsplitter
Tomintoul Brewery: Tomintoul Caillie
Tomintoul Brewery: Tomintoul Wild Cat
Tomintoul Brewery: Tomintoul Stag
Tomintoul Brewery: 80/-

NORTH EAST ENGLAND

Castle Eden: Castle Eden Ale
Castle Eden: Whitbread Porter
Castle Eden: Winter Royal

YORKSHIRE

Malton: Malton Pale Ale
Malton: Double Chance Bitter
Malton: Pickwick’s Porter
Malton: Owd Bob
Marston Moor: Cromwell Bitter
Marston Moor: Brewers Pride
Marston Moor: Porter

CENTRAL ENGLAND

Burton Bridge: XL
Burton Bridge: Bridge Bitter
Mansfield: Riding Bitter
Mansfield: Old Baily
Oakham Ales: Jeffrey Hudson Bitter
Oakham Ales: Hunky Dory
Oakham Ales: Old Tosspot
Parish: Parish Special Bitter
Parish: Poachers Ale
Springhead Brewery: Springhead Bitter
Townes: Sunshine
Townes: Lockoford Bitter
Townes: IPA
Townes: Pynot Porter
Townes: Double Dagger

EASTERN ENGLAND

Crouch Vale: Best Dark Ale
Crouch Vale: Woodham IPA Bitter
Crouch Vale: Best Bitter
Crouch Vale: Millennium Gold
Crouch Vale: Strong Anglian Special
Crouch Vale: Santa’s Revenge
Crouch Vale: Willie Warmer
McMullen: Original AK
McMullen: Country Best Bitter
McMullen: Stronghart

SOUTH WEST ENGLAND

Poole Brewery: Dolphin Bitter
Poole Brewery: Bosun Best Bitter
Ushers: Best Bitter
Ushers: Founders Ale
Ushers: 1824 Particular
Wadworth: Henry Wadworth IPA
Wadworth: 6X
Wadworths: Old Timer
Whitbread: West Country Pale Ale
Whitbread: Fremlins Bitter
Whitbread: Whitbread Best Bitter
Flowers: IPA
Flowers: Original Bitter

WEST COUNTRY

Mildmay: Colours Best Bitter
Mildmay: Old Horse Whip

NORTH WEST

JW Lees: Lees Bitter
JW Lees: Moonraker

The following recipes are ones we came up with, now some of them maybe based on commercial brewers who didn't want to be in the book or some of them may not be! :-) You'll have to brew a few and see if you can spot any similarities to a particular ale (but we will never tell).

How did we get the names is a question is something I have been asked many times, some of the names were just "because" or make reference to Wales' mining past but others were named after specific places or people. These are shown in bold below.

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AMBER GAMBLER

ANOTHER PINT - named for Ivor White because of his stock question "shall we have another?"

BITTER BITTER

BOROUGH BITTER

BBB – BRIDGEND BEST BITTER

BSA – BRIDGEND STRONG ALE

COITY BEST BITTER - named for David & Sonia Evans landlord & landlady of the Six Bells in Coity. Much of the book was finalised here with a pint of Hancock HB.

COLLIER BITTER - named after the Colliers Arms pub, why? Because it was a favorite of my grandads.

COUNTRYWIDE LIGHT ALE

DAN YR AWEL SPECIAL - name of parents house

DRUID’S ALE

DUNRAVEN STRONG BITTER

GEMMA’S GOLDEN ALE - named for my daughter

GLAMORGAN BITTER

GLAMORGAN’S GLORY

INGLENOOK

IONIAN ALE - named for my mother

JOHN’S PREMIUM PALE ALE - after my step dad

KAREN’S BITTER - named for my wife

LAST CHANCE BITTER

MAHOGONY

MARC’S PALE ALE

MARKET BEST BITTER - after the Rhiw Market & its traders, in Bridgend where the stall was.

NO REGRETS - named for my father.

OLD LINGUIST

OLD RAMBLER

OLD RUBY ALE

PEN y BONT BITTER - literally means "head of bridge", which is Bridgend

PITHEAD BITTER

PITSHAFT ALE

PLOUGHMAN’S BEST BITTER

POLITICAL ALE

PREMIUM ALE

REFERENDUM ALE

RIVERSIDE BITTER - an area of Bridgend

SCOTTISH HEAVY

STRONG DRAUGHT ALE

STYRIAN STUNNER

THORSHEAD - originally meant to be two words. With a nordic surname I thought I'd make reference to it.

TOP NOTCH BITTER

TOWER PIT - recognition of what these guys did

VALHALLA - see Thors Head

WYNDHAM WINDER

COUNTRYWIDE MILD

HODDESDON DARK - I used to live here

BLACK DIAMOND

BLACKNESS

COAL FACE DARK

COAL SEAM

MARKET PORTER - after Tommy & Pete of the Rhiw Market in Bridgend

Notes
The following information has been sourced from the internet, if any part of it is inaccurate or incorrect then please contact me and I will be happy to correct it.

Borve - Brewing here was suspended during the summer of 2001
Maclay & Co - brewery closed. Draught ales now brewed by Forth Ales and bottled ales are brewed at Belhaven.
Tomintoul - was taken over in 2000 by Aviemore.
Castle Eden - taken over by Camerons in 2002
Malton Brewery - closed 2004. Ales are brewed under contract by Hambleton & Brown Cow
Marston Moor - taken over by Rudgate brwery
Mansfield Brewery - taken over by Wolverhampton & Dudley
Poole Brewery - became the Brewhouse and production believed to have ceased early 2000's
Ushers - brewery closed and beers now brewed under contract by Wychwood for UK Refresh
Flowers - bought up by Interbrew - need I say more:-(
Mildmay - believed to have closed sometime in 1999

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