Recipes
Sudwerks’ Hubsch Marzen clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyAccording to Sudwerk’s website, “Choice hops and five different specialty malts are combined to produce this rich, amber and copper-toned lager. Sweeter in flavor than Sudwerk’s other core offerings, the Märzen has a full robust character with a smooth, zen-like finish.”
Bitburger Premium clone
FREEAhh, Bitburger. It’s a long-time favorite of U.S. servicemen stationed in Germany. This beer is made in the town of Bitburg in the Eifel Lake region of Germany’s Rhineland. Bright gold in color, with a flashy carbonation and lasting pearly-white head, “Bit” is a classic northern German and Scandinavian style pilsner. All-malt Bitburger uses a proprietary yeast strain that gives the beer a super-clean finish.
Mendocino Brewing Co.’s Red Tail Ale clone
FREEOne of the classic and original American Amber Ales.
Alaskan Brewing Co’s Alaskan Amber clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis beer was first brewed commercially by Douglas City Brewing in the late 1800s and later by Geoff Larson, who in 1986 founded his Alaskan Brewing Company. His amber has won a slew of awards since then, including several Great American Beer Festival medals and a first-place finish at the 1996 World Beer Championships.
Alaskan Amber is an altbier, more in the Münster tradition than the Düsseldorfer (in other words, it’s sweeter, richer, less bitter and less dry).
Smoked Maple Brown Ale
Digital and Plus Members Only“Kick Save, and a Beauty…” by Scott R. Russell I had a fairly athletic upbringing. All of my male relatives were sports fans, and I can’t remember ever not being one myself. My great-grandmother would read me the sports pages when I was very young, and my grandmother was a huge hockey fan. I went
Rosemary IPA
Digital and Plus Members OnlyI have an alter ego, a secret identity, in short a day job. I’m a high-school French teacher. Pretty mundane, sometimes, but that’s one of the reasons I make my own beer. It’s also one of the reasons I am able to make my own beer — time. A teacher’s schedule is wonderful. I have
Smoked Wee Heavy
Digital and Plus Members OnlyLong, slow, and cool fermentation is a crucial element for this beer, which otherwise gets too fruity and bitter; the smoked malt can develop fusel and/or sulfury notes if overdone or if fermented too warm. Hop levels are deliberately low; this beer is all about malt.
Cyserale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyPartial mash with honey and fruit juice.
Braggot
Digital and Plus Members OnlyGolden colored, full-bodied, smooth, and rich. An ale to be aged well, saved for special occasions, and even then to be savored slowly.
Choctoberfest
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Charlie’s Gouden-Plenty Pils
Digital and Plus Members OnlyLicorice root provides a refreshing herbal spice for this Pilsner base beer.
Christmas Present Olde Ale
FREEThis ale is (loosely) based on a recipe for a barleywine.