Beer Style: Pale Ale Family
Düsseldorf Altbier
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThe grain bill of the classic copper-colored altbier — which is internationally also known as a German Brown Ale — is almost Munich-like, but with a slightly less “caramelly” character than a Märzen, and less dark than a dunkel. It differs from a Munich brew, however, in its much more pronounced hoppiness. This creates a wonderful blend of malt-and-hop aromas in the finish, which is often described as bitter-sweet. The uniqueness of this beer — an ale after all — comes from the clean fermentation of a relatively cold-tolerant, top-fermenting specialty yeast.
Bone Idle Bitter
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA schwarz’ed version of an English bitter.
Tafelbier
Digital and Plus Members OnlySimilar to Trappist single, Tafelbier is a low-gravity session style beer with a nice Belgian character in the background that is a great beer to drink on brew days when you need to keep your wits about you but would also like to have a few beers. It also has a quick turnaround, so it’s perfect for brewing when you need a beer for a fast-approaching event.
Bombing Range Brewing Co.’s Medusa Dry Hopped Pale clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis beer from Bombing Range Brewing (Richland, Washington) had limited availability but was easily one of the best using MedusaTM that I personally had. Founder and Head Brewer Mike Hopp describes it as a smooth, easy drinker with huge stone fruit and apricot flavors and aroma.
Oskar Blues Brewery’s Dale’s Pale Ale clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyDale’s Pale Ale is an iconic American pale ale, balancing caramel and biscuit malt and fruity, citrusy, piney hops. The first craft beer in a can comes with a little extra oompf at 6.5% ABV — just enough to cap off a solid day in the mountains!
Ichetucknee Pale Ale (Vermont Version) By Danny Coenen
Digital and Plus Members OnlyBOS-winning homebrew recipe, brewed by Danny Coenen. Winner of First Coast Cup (Jacksonville, Florida: 548 entries)
Horst’s Kölsch
Digital and Plus Members OnlyOne of Germany’s summer session beers, Kölsch is a fairly recent development by beer-historical standards. The style has no exact birthday, but instead emerged gradually as a beer style in Colgne shortly after World War I. Frequent contributor Horst Dornbusch provides BYO readers with a recipe for this style of beer.
Deschutes Hop Trip Fresh Hop Beer clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyLooking for a wet-hopped (fresh hops) beer recipe? Lucky for us homebrewers, Deschutes was willing to share their recipe for their awesome Hop Trip Fresh Hop Beer. According to their website, “Vine to kettle in less than four hours, we wait restlessly all year for the hop harvest celebration. After bagging these aromatic jewels, we hustle back and toss them into the brew kettles within hours of picking. It’s our one chance to capture the bright citrus and pine essence of fresh hops.”
Brown Rice Pale Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA gluten free pale ale with plenty of character.
A Bitter to Be Proud Of
Digital and Plus Members OnlyJamil Zainasheff provides readers with an English Bitter that they can be proud of. Find ingredients and step by step here.
Cowboy Alt
Digital and Plus Members OnlyJamil Zainasheff provides a classic Düsseldorf altbier recipe for readers here. You can find the full Style Profile column in the articles section to delve deeper into this style.
Fugglemania Pale Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyLooking for a Fuggle-focused English pale ale recipe? Well this maybe what you are looking for.