Recipe Type: Extract Only
Green Zinger
MEMBERS ONLYFor the Saaz-lovers out there, an ale recipe with a healthy dose of this spicy hop. Recipe courtesy of Asheville Brewers Supply – Asheville, North Carolina
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End Run Mild Ale
MEMBERS ONLYFrequent contributor and author Horst Dornbusch provides readers with a British mild ale recipe.
Brew Your Own’s MC Hawking’s Event Horizon (Raspberry Wheat)
MEMBERS ONLYHere’s one we developed especially for this recipe collection. This beer takes less than 90 minutes to make on brewday. For best results, follow the instructions closely — even though some of the steps are a bit unusual. MC Hawking’s Event Horizon is a crisp, wheat beer accentuated by the raspberries, which add a tart, fruity note. This beer will disappear like it’s been sucked into a black hole.
Steve Piatz’s Sterling Pilsner (Bohemian Pilsner)
MEMBERS ONLYRecipe autor Steve Piatz says, “Sterling Pilsner is a Bohemian Pilsner and is unique only in the use of all Sterling hops rather than the traditional Saaz hops. The first batch was the result of winning a sample of really fresh Sterling hops from HopUnion in a contest back when Sterling wasn’t widely available. According to HopUnion Sterling was released in 1998 and is perceived as similar to a Saaz and Mt. Hood combination and is finding favor as a Saaz replacement. Since my water supply is extremely high in carbonates and Pilsen’s water is very low in mineral content, I blended 0.5 gallons (~2 L) of my water with enough reverse osmosis water to make the batch.”
Edgy Pils
MEMBERS ONLYFrequent contributor Horst Dornbusch provides BYO with a German-style Pilsner recipe. Use only the freshest ingredients as there is nothing for faults/flaws to hide under in with this beer.
Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat’s Duvel clone
MEMBERS ONLYDuvel is the classic Belgian golden ale. Although it is very strong (8.5% ABV), the beer is extremely light in color and dry in taste. The dense, white head that sits above the beer lasts until the beer is done. In the US, bottles of Duvel often show some oxidation in the aroma. Brewing it fresh at home gives you a glimpse of what it tastes like in Belgium. The yeast will not have an easy job here; they are dealing with a high-gravity, high-adjunct wort. Help them (and yourself) out by making a big yeast starter for a high cell count at pitching.
Weihen-not Hefe
MEMBERS ONLYA first wort hop recipe. While I was going for a Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier clone with this beer, I found that using just wheat and Pilsner malt lacked the malt depth when compared to the original, even when I double decocted the mash. I added some dark Munich malt and melanoidin malt to try to coax a layer of complexity which the original German hefeweizen displays. I also adjusted the hops from a low alpha acid variety, Hallertau Mittelfrüh, to the higher alpha German Magnum to minimize extraction of polyphenols considering the longer contact time with the wort.
Tudor Beer
MEMBERS ONLYRecipe author Terry Foster comments on his Tudor Beer, “Overall, it was a good crisp, fresh-tasting session beer, resembling a low-hopped version of an English summer ale. This is not so surprising when you consider that in 1503 this beer would have been in competition with the maltier and probably sweeter unhopped ale.”
King Wenceslas Dunkel
MEMBERS ONLYBefore Czechoslovakia became home of the light Pilsners, it was in the dark. Learn how to brew a Bohemian Dunkel — the beer that was king before Czechs "saw the light."
Dogfish Brewery’s Head Midas Touch clone
MEMBERS ONLYThis beer was inspired by residue found in drinking vessels that are believed to be from the actual tomb of King Midas. Some secrets of the beverage, dated to around 700 BC, were revealed by the new methods of molecular archaeology.
The residues inside the vessels belonged to a “Phrygian cocktail,” which combined grape wine, barley beer and honey mead. Starting with the ancient chemical evidence, Dogfish Head Brewery “recreated” a marvelous golden elixir, truly touched by King Midas.
Princess Theresa’s Oktoberfestbier
MEMBERS ONLYFor a paler version of this beer, you can substitute the 1 lb. (0.45 kg) of Munich malt with 0.5 lb. (0.23 kg) each of Munich and Vienna malt. Another way of “playing” with the brew’s color is to use Munich malts of different color ratings. Munich malts are available in colors between roughly 5 and 20 degrees Lovibond.
Piatz’s Basic Lambic
MEMBERS ONLYSteve Piatz is a member of the Minnesota Home Brewers Association. Steve breaks down the steps to produce a delicious lambic-styled beer using just malt extracts to make for an easy brew day.