Date: September 2015
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales: Biere de Mars clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis amber ale features a fluffy white head, medium body, and crisp dry mouthfeel.
Firestone Walker Brewing Company: Double Barrel Ale clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyDouble Barrel Ale utilizes the Firestone Union system, which will be very difficult to duplicate at home. But here is our best attempt at getting a Double Barrel Ale clone.
Anchorage Brewing Company: Love Buzz clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlySaison brewed with rose hips, peppercorns, and fresh orange peels. Second fermentation with Brettanomyces in Pinot Noir barrels. Dry-hopped with Citra® hops after an extensive time in the barrel.
Trillium Brewing Company: Fort Point Pale Ale clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyTrillium’s website describes this beer as, “Layers of hops-derived aromas and flavors of citrus zest and tropical fruit rest on a pleasing malt backbone. Dangerously drinkable with a dry finish and soft mouthfeel from wheat. Our year round hoppy pale ale culminates in a restrained bitterness and dry finish.”
The Alchemist: Moose Knuckle clone
FREEThis is an American pale ale recipe pulled from the old files of The Alchemist Pub & Brewery, prior to the devastating 2011 flood from Hurricane Irene that badly damaged the original brewpub property in Waterbury, Vermont and forced the closure of that location.
Starr Hill Brewery: Jomo clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis year-round offering from Starr Hill is fermented with Southern German lager yeast, its crisp, clean taste, and noticeable hop aroma are effectively balanced with a slight malty sweetness. Jomo has won multiple awards, including two gold medals (2004, 2011) at the Great American Beer Festival.
Maine Beer Company: Dinner clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyMaine Beer Co.’s iconic New England-style IPA features an intense citrus, grapefruit, tropical fruit, lemon, and pine hop profile.
Right Brain Brewery: Black “Eye” PA clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyRight Brain’s Black “Eye” PA is a traditional American IPA darkened with toasted malts that add chocolate notes to a classic hoppy brew. Right Brain’s offering was an early pioneer of this now-popular take on IPA.
Fortside Brewing Company: Black RyePA clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis is a black IPA that is enhanced with some rye malt. It pours a very dark brownish-black color with a nice billowing light tan head. Big tropical fruit and citrus rind aromas mix with sweet brown sugar and subtle rye notes. Lots of silky body creates great mouthfeel that showcases the rye and roasted malts. The silky body of this beer also delivers loads of tropical hop flavor with slight pine resin to the middle of your tongue. It finishes very balanced with a soft bitterness that goes well with the dark malt framework.
Ithaca Beer Company: Flower Power IPA clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyAccording to Ithaca Beer Co.’s website, “Enjoy the clover honey hue and tropical nose. Simultaneously Punchy and soothing with a big body and a finish that boasts pineapple and grapefruit. Flower power is hopped and dry-hopped five different times throughout the brewing and fermentation process.”
Bozeman Brewing Company: Bozone Hefeweizen clone
Digital and Plus Members Only2010 North American Beer Awards bronze medal winner is an American version of a German classic wheat beer. Bozeman uses Montana-grown malted pale barley, but if you can’t source that, any 2-row should work.
Surly Brewing Co.’s Bender clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyBender is a category-bending American brown ale brewed with oat crystal malt. It is described by the brewery as “crisp and lightly hoppy, complemented by the velvety sleekness oats deliver. Belgian and British malts usher in cascades of cocoa, bitter coffee, caramel, and hints of vanilla and cream.”