Beer Style: Specialty and Experimental Beer
Sunflower Seed Dark Hefeweizen
This recipe takes advantage of the head retention power of wheat to blend in some flavors of toasted sunflower seeds. Sunflower seeds are very oily, so toasting the seeds to get a large amount of the oils removed is essential.
Pecan Doppelbock
I chose a doppelbock because of its rich, full-bodied, caramel malty flavor, blanketed light hop aroma with a light ruby-hazed color. This style with the pecan addition just screams Thanksgiving to me.
Smoked Pumpkin Seed Saison
Pumpkin spice ales and lagers are the most common styles of this gourd-like brew, but the saison style has some peppery spice undertones I thought might balance well.
Candy Cap Mushroom Imperial Stout
Candy Cap Mushroom Imperial Stout (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.084 FG = 1.021IBU = 60 SRM = 41 ABV = 8.2% Candy cap mushrooms impart a distinct flavor and aroma of
To Better Times (Farmhouse Table Beer)
To Better Times (Farmhouse Table Beer) (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.035 FG = 1.007IBU = 10 SRM = 3 ABV = 3.7% This recipe was created with one purpose in mind
Crooked Nail Rustic Ale
Crooked Nail Rustic Ale (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.045 FG = 1.010IBU = No hops SRM = 9 ABV = 4.6% With no hops, homemade base malt, and recycled yeast, this beer
Traditional Umqombothi
Traditional Umqombothi (~2.5 gallons/10 L, all-grain)ABV = ~2.5% Recipes for umqombothi vary wildly. Some use double the amount of sorghum-to-maize, others use more maize than sorghum. Some start with a vast amount
Hill Farmstead Brewery’s Old World, Wild Mary Pilsner clone
Hill Farmstead Brewery’s Old World, Wild Mary Pilsner clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.048 FG = 1.010IBU = 42 SRM = 3 ABV = 4.9% According to Shaun Hill, Owner of
Gordon Strong’s Roggenbier
I’m balancing the beer to be somewhat like the original Schierlinger, a 5% ABV beer. I’ll shoot for 18 IBUs since there will be some malty sweetness to balance.
American Gravøl
American Gravøl (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.080 FG = 1.018IBU = 15 SRM = 7 ABV = 8.2% This recipe is brewed in a way that I feel pays homage to
Lindgren Craft Brewery’s Clarks Ferry Swankey clone
Lindgren Craft Brewery’s Clarks Ferry Swankey clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.030 FG = 1.004 IBU = 15 SRM = 10–15 ABV = 3.5% Ingredients1.8 lbs. (0.82 kg) 6-row malted barley1.8 lbs. (0.82
Historic Foraged Pennsylvania Swankey
Historic Foraged Pennsylvania Swankey (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.030 FG = 1.004 IBU = 15 SRM = 10–15 ABV = 3.5% Ingredients1.8 lbs. (0.82 kg) 6-row malted barley1.8 lbs. (0.82 kg) wheat bran1.7
