Date: January-February 2005
Murphy’s Pub Draught clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyMurphy’s Pub Draught clone Murphy Brewery, Ltd., Ireland (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.038 FG = 1.007 IBU = 32 SRM = 41 ABV = 4.0% Ingredients 5 lb. 12 oz. (2.6 kg) 2-row pale ale malt 2.0 oz. (57 g) crystal malt (90 °L) 3.0 oz. (85 g) chocolate malt 10 oz. (0.28 kg)
Black Passion Porter
Digital and Plus Members OnlyPorters are easy beers to make, partly because the style is subject to widely variant interpretations. Much might depend, for example, on whether you plan to brew an 18th century porter or a contempory version. A porter from the 1750s, for instance, might be called an “Imperial Stout” these days. Porters are slightly less full-bodied than stouts (when brewed by the same brewer) but they are still very full-flavored brews. Small variations may not be easily noticed, so it’s a forgiving style.
– Byron Burch, The Beverage People — Santa Rosa, California
Northern Brewer’s New Old Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyOld ale has a caramel/nutty malt character with toffee-like,roasty overtones. It is full bodied with a smooth malty-sweet finish.The oats help build a creamy, mouth-filling body and hold a dense tan head atop the deep reddish-brown beer. The addition of dark candi sugar boosts the gravity, while adding a rich, rum-like dimension to thecomplex flavor profile.
– Chris Farley
Northern Brewer, Ltd.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Organic Dubbel
Digital and Plus Members OnlyFor a healthy fermentation, aerate very well before pitching yeast. This is a high gravity beer and the yeast needs extra oxygen to get a good start. Recipe submitted by Seven Bridges Organic Homebrewing Supply, Santa Cruz, California
The Brew Hut Dunkelweizen
Digital and Plus Members Only"The key when devising a recipe for a Dunkelweizen (or any other beer) is to make it in a manner that you believe will live up to your personal taste. That is the main reason many people homebrew.Want a hop-head Dunkelweizen? Add more hops! An Imperial Dunkelweizen? Double the extract/base grains and the bittering hops! On the other
hand, if you are one of those brewers who like to stick to a recipe, give the recipe below a try!"
– Kevin DeLange
The Brew Hut — Aurora, Colorado
House of Homebrew Brown Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyBrown ale is a very old style of beer that was brewed long before it was formally named. Many of the earliest of English ales were what we would today define as a brown ale. Today the BJCP defines a brown ale as follows: “A beer with an OG falling between 1.060 and 1.040, IBU between 24 and 30 and SRM between 15 and 35.”
– Bill Wiedmer, House of Homebrew
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Outback Amber Ale
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA smooth, easy drinking copper-colored ale with Willamette hops provided a nice floral and herbal character.
AHS Altbier
Digital and Plus Members Only"A genuine altbier is a difficult to find style outside of Northern Germany. For most homebrewers, making their own is a more attractive option than airfare. One way of looking at this style is that altbier is the opposite of steam beer. While steam beers are lagers fermented at ale temperatures, an altbier is most often an ale fermented at low temperatures and then cold conditioned like a lager."
– Jeff Schultz
Austin Homebrew Supply — Austin, Texas
Guinness Foreign Extra Stout clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyDescription of Guinness’ website describe their classic FES as “Fruit and caramel flavors begin, smoky notes and a vibrant bitterness follow. Where extra hops and a stronger alcohol percentage were once used to preserve the beer, allowing it to survive and thrive during long sea voyages, now they yield its bold taste and unique flavor profile.”
Microbrew-Style Stout
Digital and Plus Members OnlyMicrobrew-Style Stout 5 gallons/19L, extract w/grains; OG = 1.080; FG = 1.016; IBU = 70; SRM = 75; ABV = 8.3% Ingredients 3.33 lbs. (1.5 kg) Breiss Light dried malt extract 6.0 lbs. (2.7 kg) Coopers Light liquid malt extract 8.0 oz. (0.23 kg) dark crystal malt (130–150 °L) 6.0 oz. (0.17 kg) medium crystal
Dry Irish Stout
Digital and Plus Members OnlyDry Irish Stout 5 gallons/19 L, all-grain; OG = 1.040; FG = 1.008; IBU = 35 SRM = ~38; ABV = 4.1% Ingredients: 7.5 lbs. (3.4 kg) 2-row pale malt (preferably Maris Otter) 12 oz. (0.34 kg) roasted barley (400–500 °L) 2.0 oz. (57 kg) chocolate malt (300–400 °L) 1/2 tsp. baking soda (added to
Otter Creek Mud Bock Spring Ale clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyA Bock that has a nutty, chocolate malt flavor with mild hopping.