Beer Style: Pale Ale Family
Deschutes Brewing Company: Gluten Free NWPA clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA hop-forward gluten-free pale ale cleverly brewed with brown rice syrup and Belgian candi syrup for a beer that gluten-free and non-gluten-free drinkers can all enjoy! Brewed exclusively at Deschutes’ Portland Public House in Portland, Oregon.
Lagunitas Brewing Company’s New Dogtown Pale Ale Clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis beer is pleasantly cosmopolitan, fusing European and American malts with American hops and English yeast to generate a firmly bitter and malt-balanced hoppy ale.
Thunder Island Brewing Company: Vitamin K Kölsch
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis light yellow German-style ale is no longer brewed by Thunder Island, but you can brew it at home for a fresh, crisp brew for the summer.
Rogue Ales: Honey Kölsch clone
FREERogue’s Honey Kölsch is a big time, award-winning honey beer (2016 & 2015 Honey Beer Competition – Gold & Best in Show, 2015 World Beer Championships – Gold, etc.) that represents a true labor of love. As the name suggests, Honey Kölsch benefits from the 100+ colonies of honey bees raised in Rogue Farms own apiary. In addition to the “Rogue Hopyard Honey” and “Rogue Wildflower Honey” used, the recipe also draws upon other ingredients grown on Rogue premises.
Timothy Taylor Brewery: Landlord clone
FREEAccording to the brewery’s website: “A strong classic ale with a golden amber colour. It has a scent of caramel, light fruits and roasted malt hints.”
Timothy Taylor Brewery: Boltmaker clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyFormerly known as Best Bitter, this classic English bitter was renamed in 2012 but retains its classic copper/amber color, citrus and fruity hop character, and a roasted, malty bitter finish.
Coach House: Post Horn Premium Ale clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis extra special bitter pours a gold color and features a light, floral hop aroma.
Anchor Brewing Company: Anchor Small Beer clone (2nd Runnings)
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis beer is brewed using the second runnings from a batch of Old Foghorn. Estimating the efficiency in such a scenario is quite challenging so be prepared to make some gravity adjustments upwards with dried malt extract or downwards by dumping some wort and topping off with water.
Worth Brewing Co.’ Belgian Grand Cru clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyIowa has a 5% alcohol by weight (ABW) limit — this works out to just over 6% alcohol by volume — for native brewers, so Belgian ales are a challenge. Here is a favorite that hits the limit but isn’t quite as strong as most Belgian ales. — Peter Ausenhus
Red Rock Brewing Co.’s Pecome Blonde clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis beer has since been retired, but you can still brew up this Belgian blonde ale with this recipe. Feel free to allow fermentation temperature to rise if you would like the yeast to be more expressive.
The Lost Abbey: Devotion Ale clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis Belgian-style blonde ale is light bodied and hop driven. It has a low level of yeast phenols and instead a lot of the spicy character comes from the aromatic hops.
Archers Golden Bitter clone
FREEArchers Golden is a superb ale that has won a number of awards. Sadly, at the time of writing, Archers is under administration so the future of their Swindon brewery is in some doubt. We can only hope that a buyer is found for the brewery so that brewing of their fine ales may continue.