Recipes

MWP 9 — In Progress

Pretender to the Crown (2026)

English Bitter (sort of) — v2

ABV5.4%
OG1.055
IBU31

A slightly different take on the 2025 original. Still pretending. Still knows it.

Full recipe → MWP 9 — Tentative

A Taste of Thunder

Smoked Pineapple Cream Ale

ABV~5.5%
OG1.052
IBU~16

Tropical meets bonfire. Pineapple smoked with whiskey barrel pellets on a clean cream ale base. A nod to A Sound of Thunder.

Full recipe → MWP 8 — 2025

Pretender to the Crown (2025)

English Bitter (sort of) — the original

ABV~4.2%
IBU~32

The original. An English Bitter assembled from whatever was on hand. It's pretending, and it knows it.

Full recipe → Failed → Vinegar

Pretender to the Crown (Failed)

English Bitter → Malt Vinegar

A small lacto infection turned this batch sour. Prompted the replacement of the counterflow chiller with the Scyla. The beer found new life as malt vinegar.

The full story →