Recipes
Garage Project’s Dirty Boots Pale Ale clone
Dirty Boots pale ale is what the brewery describes as a “full noise” pale ale bordering on an IPA, with assertive bitterness backed up by malt character from a grain bill of Pilsner, crystal, and Munich malt.
Sapwood Cellars’ Cosmic Rings clone
Sapwood Cellars’ Cosmic Rings clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.068 FG = 1.022IBU = 5 SRM = 5 ABV = 6% We love GalaxyTM and Citra® together, but when we can’t
Sapwood Cellars & Bissel Brothers Brewing Co.’s Field Learning clone
This beer uses fresh grapes at the end of the process to layer the flavors onto the Phantasm powder used at the start of fermentation.
Imperiale Beer Project’s Me or the Grapes clone
A hazy IPA with New Zealand hops, thiol-boosting yeast, Phantasm powder, and Sauvignon Blanc.
Trillium Brewing Co.’s Dialed-Out clone
A hazy IPA with New Zealand hops, thiol-boosting yeast, Phantasm powder, and Sauvignon Blanc.
My Special Ale
An ode to Anchor Brewing Co.’s annual holiday release Our Special Ale with advice gleaned from former longtime Anchor Brewmaster Scott Ungermann.
Cascade SMaSH Pale Ale
A single-malt, single-hop (SMaSH) pale ale recipe that’s almost as easy to brew as it is to drink.
Tettnang SMaSH Kölsch
A quick and straightforward recipe for a refreshing SMaSH (Single Malt and Single Hop) Kölsch.
Simcoe® SMaSH IPA
Let Simcoe® shine in this Single Malt and Single Hop (SMaSH) refresher!
Gordon Strong’s West Coast IPA
(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.063 FG = 1.011IBU = 72 SRM = 6 ABV = 6.9% Ingredients5.5 lbs. (2.5 kg) Pilsner malt5 lbs. (2.3 kg) 2-row pale malt1.5 lbs. (680 g)
Double-Decocted Czech Dark Lager
This beer is in the style of U Fleků, the best-known Czech example of this style, and uses the mash schedule from that brewery. It is a little different from the common schedules that I use. When pulling decoctions, take about 1⁄3 of the thick part of the mash to heat in your decoction kettle. Maintain the main mash at the current rest temperature until the decoction is finished. The recipe uses a slow, traditional lagering schedule.
Step-Mashed Kölsch
It is possible to produce a Kölsch in less time, but Kölsch yeast is notoriously difficult to clear because it is a powdery yeast. Giving it sufficient classic lagering time does help it clear, and it also helps reduce some of the sulfur notes produced by the yeast. Kettle finings or post-fermentation clearing agents (even mechanical filtration) is recommended if the beer isn’t fully clear. Kölsch should be a brilliantly clear beer, so please pay attention to this important part of the style.