Recipes
Newcastle Brun Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyNewcastle Brun Ale (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.034 FG = 1.007 IBU = 18 SRM = 15 ABV = 3.6% Intrigued by a local landmark remembering a group of priests who fled to England and set up a brewpub during the French Revolution, a homebrewer tried to recreate the beer they may have served
Prairie Artisan Ales’ Vinyl clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA thick and chewy barrel-aged imperial stout with a high OG and FG, and tons of flavor.
Prairie Artisan Ales’ Okie clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyIn a space between a brown ale and a barleywine, Okie packs a punch delivering flavors of sweet caramel and dark toast led by the nuanced character used in the barrel-aging process.
Prairie Artisan Ales’ Bomb! clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyBomb! is the brewery’s adjunct-driven flagship, a 12% ABV imperial stout made with ancho chiles, cocoa nibs, vanilla, and coffee.
Prairie Artisan Ales’ Slush clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA bright red, kettle-soured ale made with strawberry and raspberry fruit puree complemented with dried sweet orange peel and dried lemon peel.
Prairie Artisan Ales’ Prairie Ale clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThe inaugural Prairie Artisan Ale, a dry, effervescent Belgian-style farmhouse saison that drinks smoothly for a beer of its size.
Sapwood Cellars’ Flaked clone
FREEThis is their Sapwood Cellars’ Flaked (2021) beer, which is described as an imperial oatmeal stout with coconut and vanilla, and weighs in at 10.5% ABV.
Blue Stallion Brewing Co.’s Dunkel clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThe mainstay of the Blue Stallion Brewing lineup is the extremely popular Dunkel. The 5.5% ABV, 25 IBU lager showcases rich, sweet aromas with bready flavors and a hint of caramel/toffee.
Gordon Strong’s Grape Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis grape ale example is based on the version I made with Cervejaria 4 Árvores in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2018.
Winter’s Imperial Stout
Digital and Plus Members OnlyImperial Stout Recipe (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.097 FG = 1.027IBU = 70 SRM = 100 ABV = 9.5% Ingredients12 lbs. (5.4 kg) U.K. pale ale malt3 lbs. (1.4 kg) Munich II malt (9 °L)1 lb. (454 g) flaked oats1.5 lbs. (680 g) U.K. roasted barley (~550 °L)1.5 lbs. (680 g) U.K. chocolate malt (~440 °L)1
Winter’s Wheatwine
Digital and Plus Members OnlyWinter’s Wheatwine (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.102 FG = 1.018IBU = 51 SRM = 9 ABV = 11.4% Ingredients12 lbs. (5.4 kg) German wheat malt3.5 lbs. (1.6 kg) German Pilsner malt1 lb. (454 g) flaked wheat1 lb. (454 g) caramel wheat malt (~50 °L)0.5 lb. (227 g) honey malt2 lbs. (907 g) white sugar21 AAU
Winter’s Barleywine
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis is kind of a hybrid English/American barleywine.