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Amber Ales & Lagers Family
Amber in color, moderate in strength, with a malty caramel flavor. Amber Ales and Lagers include Irish red, Scottish schilling, Märzen, Vienna lager, among other styles.
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Magnum Blonde Ale
This recipe makes an extremely neutral blonde ale and is a great base recipe for experimenting with new ingredients. Replace a reasonable am
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Märzen: The Traditional Oktoberfest Lager
Märzen is an amber lager that was served at Oktoberfest for over a century. While not poured in tents at the festival’s fairgrounds anymo
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Gordon Strong’s Märzen
This is a competition beer. It is a bit bigger, sweeter, and maltier than many modern German Märzen examples, which judges often prefer.
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The Maltose Falcons 50th Anniversary Festbier
The Falcons and Sierra Nevada have had a long history and close relationship over the years. Something about members of the Grossman clan an
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Smog City Brewing Co.’s Sabre-Toothed Squirrel Clone
This hoppy amber ale features hop characteristics of pine, citrus, and herbal notes that pair perfectly with a maltier beer.
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Gordon Strong’s Irish Red Ale
My recipe is a middle-of-the-road example for Ireland. It uses a rather dextrinous base malt (mild malt) with a little bit of oats to increa
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Irish Red Ale
A style that has been twisted and misshapen when big, multi-national breweries started to popularize their brands, Irish red ales had for so
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Firestone Walker Brewing Co.’s Oaktoberfest Clone
Oaktoberfest has been part of the Firestone Walker lineup for about 20 years, but was originally a small volume beer brewed for Oktoberfest
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Dovetail Brewery’s Vienna-Style Lager Clone
One of the standouts in the core lineup from Dovetail Brewery is their Vienna-Style Lager. Dovetail employs a double decoction mash for it.
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Gordon Strong’s Vienna Lager
Your goal here is a smooth, standard-strength malty beer with enough hop bitterness to match the malt. It should not be heavy on the palate
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Germany’s Beers of Autumn
Fall in Germany means Märzen and festbier! Learn about the history and differences of these styles, plus get tips straight from some of the
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Festbier Is the Best Bier
A traditional festbier to be enjoyed by the liter during Oktoberfest or any fall festivities.