The Confederate Celt Brewery

The Confederate Celt Brewery and Hop Garden

The Confederate Celt Brewery brews the finest Historic Celtic style Ales. We are now also growing our own hops.

The Confederate Celt Brewery

The Confederate Celt Brewery is a "home brewery". Home brewers brew for their own consumption and to share with friends & family. In most states and under Federal law, up to 100 gallons per individual per year or 200 gallons per family per year of beer or wine may be legally brewed tax free.

Of course, it may not be sold.

The following fine ales are on our list of recipes:

140 Shilling Wee Heavy

140 Shilling Heather Ale (a "Gruit")

Argyll Stout

Aulde Ale

Dragon's Fire Ale (a "Gruit")

Wizard's Ale (a "Gruit")

1750 Porter

Golden Promise Ale

Copperhead Ale

Presbyter Ale

Whigamore Ale

Welsh Porter

Blockade Runner Stout

Beach Pirate Pale Ale

Tennessee Ale

Most of these ales are the first runnings from the partigyle mash. They are massive, rich in both taste and alcohol, and require extensive aging to mature properly.

There are also ale's from the second runnings from the partigyle method of mashing. They produce a much milder ale which matures quickly and which may be enjoyed in copious quantities. Other styles may also be created in the second runnings simply by adding crushed crystal or roasted malts to the mash after the "big beer" has been sparged out of the mash tun. The addition of these other malts to the "small beer" contribute additional flavor and body without increasing alcohol. We'll be looking at adding sugar, honey, fruit concentates, or molasses to the second runnings to make the second runnings more interesting than just a simple "mild" or "bitter".

We also have several ales where all of the gyles are combined into one boil.

"From the bonny bells of heather, they brewed a drink longe syne, Was sweeter far than honey funny, was stronger far than wine, they brewed it and they drank it, and lay in blessed swound, For days and days together, In their dwellings underground."

Robert Louis Stevenson

This is not light beer from an industrial brewery!

Stout

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2008 will be an exciting and pioneering year for the Confederate Celt Brewery. We are further exploring "history" in search of what might have been. For example, two batches of 1750 Porter have been made (both are in the secondaries and will be for quite a while). In addition to the usual hops, both included wood smoked malt and were finished with a touch of the mugwort herb. The two WYeast Brett yeasts were added in the secondaries (Nottingham in the primary). Medium toast French Oak chips were also added in the secondary.

Our Argyll Stout is also in the secondary. In addition to an extra touch of roasted malts along with the peat smoked malt, a pound of dried Juniper Berries was added to the Stout in the secondary.

Our "Second Boils" (or what would be "small beers") have, so far, been used to make "Skeachen", or "Molasses Ale". Some also have mugwort, some just hops. The Target ABV has been 8-9% ABV.

We have a couple "Pot o' Three Threads", remeniscent of the old custom of blending different ales at the pub. Actually, this is just a polite way of using up the leftover ale which won't fit in the secondary or cornie!

The Welsh Porter, which included peat smoked malt, was split into two secondaries, both of which included medium toast French Oak. One of the secondaries is also home to the two WYeast Brett yeasts.

Two of the 140 Shilling Heather Ales are in the secondary fermenters. They was done with Heather Tips and Bog Myrtle. The second boil of the first, besides molasses and hops, included also wormwood and yarrow! They smelled delicious! The second skeachen was done with hops!

140 Shilling Heather Ale

The Wort at a Boil

Heather tips, bog myrtle, wormwood, yarrow, & hops

All but hops are foreign to modern ales!

This site (Confederate Celt Brewery) was last modified on 5 July 2008.


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