Recipe Type: Partial Mash
Choc clone
MEMBERS ONLYThis beer has had many different variants. This clone recipe is close to the current version, which is a cloudy, unfiltered wheat/barley beer with some funky ale flavors, 4.0% alcohol, lots of fruitiness from a warm fermented Hefeweizen yeast. Choc is bottle conditioned, and not filtered prior to bottling, so it can have large amounts of sedimentation at the bottom of the bottle. There is also a bit of lemony flavor to Choc, typical of a wheat beer.
Dixie Brewing Co.’s Dixie clone
MEMBERS ONLYDixie is an American Pilsner style beer, with adjunct levels a bit lower than most of “Grandpa’s beers.” This extra maltiness gives a bit more robust flavor to it, and a slightly darker color. Its yeast flavor leans more toward the Pilsner style, but uses American hops so that their characteristic citrus flavor comes through.
Olympia Premium Lager Beer clone
MEMBERS ONLYOlympia has a very clean flavor, a little malt flavor, a little corn flavor and a little rice flavor, with just a bit of citrus from American hops. There is debate whether the “new” version brewed in California is as good as the original version brewed in Olympia, WA. Afterall, supposedly: “It’s the water.”
Not-Quite-Amber Waves of Grain
MEMBERS ONLYThe American wheats I’ve been tasting at competitions lately take the best of American pale ale, add some nice low-Lovibond character maltiness and wheat, and back off the IBUs so you can actually appreciate the flavors. This one was a silver medal winner at the Philly Homebrew Cup.
The BISness Belgian Imperial Stout
MEMBERS ONLYKyle Larson, Brewer at Double Mountain Brewery in Hood River, Oregon provides a recipe to BYO from his homebrew collection.
The Driveway Barley Wine
MEMBERS ONLYMitch Steele, former Head Brewer and Production Manager at Stone Brewing Co., and now Brewmaster and Co-Founder of New Realm Brewing in Atlanta, Georgia, provides BYO with a recipe. “I brewed this beer with the Manchester Area Society of Homebrewers (MASH) homebrew club at my home in Bedford, New Hampshire when I was an Assistant Brewer at Anheuser-Busch in Merrimack, New Hampshire.”
Weird Beard Brew Co.’s Black Perle Coffee Milk Stout clone
MEMBERS ONLYBlack Perle is one of the first beers Weird Beard produced commercially and still forms part of their core range in bottles and traditional cask. It takes its name from German Perle with which it is single-hopped. It’s a sweet stout with a rich coffee backbone.
Cologne Kölsch
MEMBERS ONLYThe word Kölsch has several connotations in the German language. If used as a noun, it refers to the distinct Cologne dialect and accent. As an adjective, it means “anything from Cologne.” Thus, it is a local joke that Kölsch is the only language that you can also drink!
It’s Fun to Stay at the RyeMPA
MEMBERS ONLYIt’s Fun to Stay at the RyeMPA (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.075 FG = 1.015 IBU = 60 SRM = 10 ABV = 8% Ingredients 10 lbs.
Zea Mays Hayes (Creamed Corn Ale)
MEMBERS ONLYZea Mays Hayes (Creamed Corn Ale) (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.044 FG = 1.007 IBU = 15 SRM = 6 ABV= 4.7% Ingredients 3 lb 12 oz. (1.7 kg) 6-row
Gordon Strong’s London Porter
MEMBERS ONLYThis recipe took first place at the SODZ British Beer Festival, and is fairly straightforward. It is meant to be in the style of Fuller’s London Porter (my personal favorite), with brown malt being the key flavor ingredient. It was entered in the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) Brown Porter category.
Gordon Strong’s American Robust Porter
MEMBERS ONLYThis is a more modern take on an American robust porter, although it probably falls in between the BJCP Brown Porter and Robust Porter categories. Note the general similarity with the second recipe in this collection. It also is a nice base beer for a smoked porter; add a half pound of German rauchmalz and lower the bitterness to about 25 IBUs. For a more ‘robust’ American version, double the black malt, add 2 more pounds (0.9 kg) of base malt, and increase the late hops.