Beer Style: Pale Ale Family
Three Floyds Brewing Company: Alpha King clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA bold yet balanced American pale ale with slight caramel sweetness and aggressive citrus hoppiness.
Squatters Pub Brewery: Full Suspension Pale Ale clone
FREEThis rich, Northwest-style pale ale is all about balance and sessionability. Maybe that’s why it won gold at the Great American Beer Festival in 2001 and 2002.
Deschutes Brewing Company: Mirror Pond Pale Ale clone
FREEDeschutes leans on Cascade hops in this classic pale ale to give this beer lots of floral and citrus notes.
Crooked River Brewing Co. Settler’s Ale ESB clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis English style extra special bitter gets the American hop treatment with a big boost of Cascade.
Terrapin Brewing Co.’s Rye Pale Ale clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyDry hopped with Amarillo®, this American rye pale ale is perfect for summer enjoyment.
BruRm @ BAR’s Pale Ale clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyToeing the line between American and British-styled pale ale, the BruRm’s pale ale is hopped with both American and British hops and fermented with a British yeast strain. It’s a thirst-quencher no matter how you classify it though.
Wells and Young’s Ltd: Young’s Special London Ale clone
FREEYoung’s Special London Ale is a well-balanced, bottle conditioned premium bitter brewed with 100% British ingredients.
Bass & Co’s Pale Ale clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyMichael Jackson claims that Bass uses a single addition of Challenger and Northdown hops. This is an attempt to clone the bottle version found in the United States.
Merriman Old Fart clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlySadly, Merriman’s Brewery in Leeds is apparently no longer brewing. The information that I have for this beer is: OG: 1.050. Malt bill: Halcyon pale malt, crystal malt, wheat malt, pale chocolate malt, roast barley. Hops: Liberty, Progress. IBU: 32. When one has no information about malt bill proportions, the only option is to guess. However, we are aware of the usual style guideline ranges for using specialty grains, so we can use these as a starting point.
Oakhill Brewery’s Yeoman Strong Ale clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThe Oakhill Brewery in Somerset closed down when the owner retired. This beer has obviously been renamed during its history and the information that I have for it is: OG: 1.049–1.050. Malt bill: 91.5% Triumph or Halcyon pale malt, 8.5% crystal malt. Hops: Bramling Cross, Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings. In this case, we have malt bill proportions, but no IBU, so again we have to guess. However, style guidelines are a good guide to expected ballpark IBU.
Long Trail Brewing Co.’s Double Bag Alt clone
FREEA German Style Alt. Long Trail Brewing Co. describes this beer on it’s website, “This double altbier features a distinct malt presence balanced by a subtle hop backbone that delivers a smooth, complex drinking experience. At 7.2 percent alcohol by volume, this is one brew worth milking.”
Elk Grove Brewery and Restaurant: Otis Alt clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis beer should be bitter and have a nice “Spalty” nose to it. But to keep the hops from overwhelming the palate the malt has to come through as well. The roasty undertones of the Munich and Vienna malts complement the aggressiveness of the hops very well.
— Bill Wood, Brewmaster