Here's the recipe for the current batch:

Arroyo Bitter
6 lblight dry malt extract
1 lb40L Crystal malt
1/8 lbBlack Patent malt
1/8 lbChocolate malt
1.5 ozNorthern Brewer hops (8.8% alpha)
1 ozHallertauer hops (3.8% alpha)
1/4 tspIrish Moss
1 pktEdme yeast
3/4 cuppriming sugar

Steeped malts in 3/4 gal water at 150F for 1 hour. Sparged grains into boiling pot with 1 gal hot water. Brought to a boil. Added dry malt extract and boiled for 1 hour. At 30 min to go, added 1.5 oz Northern Brewer hops and Irish Moss. At 2 min to go, added 1 oz Hallertauer hops. Sparged into 2 gal cold water using 1 gal cold water. Let cool overnight. Added yeast. Ferment at 62F in primary. Secondary ferment at 56F.

Batch started:March 7, 1999
Racked to Secondary:March 10
Bottled:March 14
Current Status:almost gone

Not quite as bitter as an India Pale Ale, but it has a nice hop bite!

Last Batch


[email protected] / May 10, 1999