December 2010 Archives - Brew Your Own

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New Belgium Brewing Trippel clone

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New Belgium Brewing Co.’s Ranger IPA clone

This was the first in New Belgium Brewing Co.’s Ranger series. This has since been replaced by the Voodoo Ranger line of IPAs. This is a smooth drinking IPA with a nice orange glow and strong hop character provided by Chinook, Simcoe and Cascade hops.

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New Belgium Brewing Company: 1554 Black Lager clone

This unique dark lager uses a recipe that was destroyed by a flood in 1997 and the recreated by the researcher Phil Benstein and New Belgium Brewmaster Peter Bouckaert, based on ancient Belgian beer texts.

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New Belgium Brewing Company: Abbey clone

Abbey is one of the first beers brewed and released by New Belgium back in 1991. Since then it has been one of the brewery’s most award-winning beers. This Belgian-style dubbel is designed to represent the monastic beers of Belgium.

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Sleigh Fuel

This recipe by Dean Priebe placed Best of Show, Novembeerfest 2007 (133 entries). An English winter warmer base with vanilla, orange, and cinnamon added.

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dark specialty stout in a stemmed tulip glass

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Better Not Pout Stout

This recipe by Ben VanderMeer placed Best of Show, Great Arizona Homebrew Competition 2010 (151 entries)

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Bad Santa

This recipe spiced winter ale by John Zelazny placed Best of Show, 2010 New York State Open (282 entries).

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Star Anise Stout

This recipe, by Reed Vander Schaaf, won Best of Show, Santa Cruz County Fair 2008 out of 85 entries.

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Holiday Prowler

Gordon Strong is President of the Beer Judge Certification Program. This recipe won Best of Show, Ohio State Fair 1997, out of 90 entries.

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Selin’s Grove Brewing Shade Mountain Stout clone

Shade Mountain Stout, which is 100% organic, definitely meets the style guidelines for a true oatmeal stout. The aroma exhibits roasted grain characters followed by coffee and chocolate notes. A rich, light brown head tops the nearly opaque liquid and holds all the way to the bottom of the glass. The flavor exhibits a smooth roast grainy profile combined with chocolate and a slight nuttiness. The high percentage of oats contributes to a full bodied mouthfeel and silky smoothness. A higher temperature and somewhat thick mash produces a slightly sweet finish. The one hop addition serves to be just enough to balance the residual sugars.

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Brewing Light Lagers

Brewing light lagers that have very subtle flavors atop a stark white canvas is difficult. Little flaws in the recipe balance and off-flavors easily masked by bigger beers stick out like a

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Mixing Priming Sugar

I think this is an example of “six of one, half dozen of the other.” There is no “right” time to add priming sugar to the bottling bucket; both times work fine.

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