Special Issue: 250 Classic Clone Recipes
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Abita Brewing Company Turbodog
Turbodog, one of Abita’s flagship brews, is a dark brown ale with a rich body and a sweet, toffee-like flavor.
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Dogfish Head Craft Brewing: Indian Brown clone
This dark IPA is available year-round and is dry hopped similarly to Dogfish Head’s 60 Minute and 90 Minute IPAs. It is roasty, with a mild hop bitterness.
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Newcastle Brown Ale clone
Newcastle Brown Ale is actually a blend of two beers. Brewers blend a strong, dark ale that has been aged and a smaller, younger amber ale. As a consequence, this average-strength brown ale shows some plum and raisin characteristics more frequently encountered in an old ale. You can try to make the blended version and those instructions can be found in the May/June 2006 issue. Here is a more simplified single batch version.
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Great Lakes Brewing Company: Edmund Fitzgerald Porter clone
A rich, robust, complex ale that was brewed as a tribute to the legendary freighter’s fallen crew.
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Hank is Wiser Brewery’s Porter Potty Porter clone
Porter Potty Porter clone Hank is Wiser Brewery, KS (5 gallons/19 L, extract with grains) OG = 1.050 FG = 1.012 IBU = 48 SRM = 25 ABV = 5% Ingredients 6.6
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Big Time Brewing’s Goddess Porter clone
Big Time Brewing’s Goddess Porter clone Big Time Brewing, Washington’ (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.060 FG = 1.018 IBU = 33 SRM = 31 ABV = 5.5% Ingredients 9 lb.
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Ram Big Horn Brewing Co.’s Total Disorder Porter clone
Total Disorder Porter clone Ram Big Horn Brewing Co., Oregon (5 gallons/19 L, extract with grains) OG = 1.055 FG = 1.016 IBU = 17 SRM = 33 ABV = 5.1% Ingredients 6.6
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Avery Brewing Co.’s New World Porter clone
Avery Brewing Co.’s New World Porter clone (5 gallon/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.067 FG = 1.017 IBU = 44 SRM = 45 ABV = 6.5% Ingredients 9.5 lbs. (4.3 kg) 2-row
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Hook Norton Brewery’s Double Stout clone
The “double stout” in this beer’s name is not indicative of a strong beer. Actually, it’s quite low in gravity and makes a particularly good session pint. What the double means to me is that this beer literally has double the flavor of other low gravity stouts. East Kent Goldings hops lend a spicy character to the nose which blends in perfectly well with its rich, thick toasty body. The deep roast edges finish into a crisp dryness that ensures this beer’s utter drinkability. You better get this beer fast because it’s only seasonally available.
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Bison Brewing Company’s Organic Chocolate Stout clone
Bison Brewing Company’s Organic Chocolate Stout (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.058 FG = 1.020 IBU = 25 SRM = 40 ABV = 5.1% Ingredients 7.5 lbs. (3.4 kg) organic 2-row
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Desnoes & Geddes’ Dragon Stout clone
Jet black, yet showing little evidence of roast character . . . more like brown sugar like sweetness.
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Erie Brewing Co.’s Drake’s Crude clone
Erie Brewing Co. no longer brews Drake’s Crude, but that doesn’t mean you can’t. Find the recipe to re-create this beer here.
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Great Divide Brewery’s Yeti Imperial Stout clone
According to Great Divide’s website, “Yeti Imperial Stout is an onslaught of the senses. It starts with big, roasty malt flavor that gives way to rich caramel and toffee notes. Yeti gets its bold hop character from an enormous quantity of American hops. It weighs in at a hefty 75 IBUs.” There are many variants to the Yeti base beer including the famed barrel-aged version.
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Flying Dog Brewery’s Gonzo Porter (Imperial Porter) clone
Brewed in honor of Hunter S. Thomson, this beer is “big, bold, and beautiful.” It features notes of roasted chocolate, coffee, and vanilla malt flavors.
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Left Hand Brewery’s Twin Sisters (Double IPA) clone
A big, chewy, resiny, hop extravaganza. Not a brew for the feint of heart.
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Avery Brewery’s The Kaiser (Imperial Oktoberfest) clone
According to Avery Brewing Co.’s website, “. . . a traditional Oktoberfest – gorgeous, deep copper sheen, massive malty backbone and spicy, floral, pungent Noble hops – then intensified each into this, an Imperial Oktoberfest.”
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Odell Brewing Co.’s Double Pilsner clone
Like a double IPA, this is a amped up version of a Pilsner from Odell Brewing.
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Big Sky Brewing’s Slow Elk Oatmeal Stout clone
According to Big Sky Brewing’s website, “Enjoy the creamy texture, great malt complexity and the unequaled smoothness of this Northern Rockies Oatmeal Stout.”
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Redhook Ale Brewery’s Double Black Stout clone
Double Black Stout clone (Redhook Ale Brewery, Washington) (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.069 FG = 1.016 IBU = 70 SRM = 62 ABV = 7% Ingredients 9 lbs. (4.1 kg)
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Rocky River Brewing Co.’s Chocolate Jitters
Rocky River Brewing Company: Chocolate Jitters (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.071 FG = 1.018 IBU = 21 SRM = 33 ABV = 6.9% Ingredients 10 lbs. (4.5 kg) 2-row pale
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The Portsmouth Brewery’s Navish’s Oatmeal Stout clone
Navish’s Oatmeal Stout clone The Portsmouth Brewery, New Hampshire (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.065 FG = 1.025 IBU = 50 SRM = 35 ABV = 5.3% Ingredients 11 lbs. (5
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Old Dominion Brewing Co.’s Oak Barrel Stout clone
Old Dominion Brewing Co.’s Oak Barrel Stout clone (5 gallon/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.056 FG = 1.017 IBU = 52 SRM = 61 ABV = 5.1% Ingredients 8 lbs. 1 oz.
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Lagunitas Brewing Co.’s Cappuccino Stout clone
Lagunitas Brewing Co.’s Cappuccino Stout clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.080 FG = 1.014 IBU = 30 SRM = 45 ABV = 8.7% Ingredients 11.6 lbs. (5.3 kg) 2-row pale malt
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Sand Creek Brewing Co.’s Oscar’s Chocolate Oatmeal Stout clone
Oscar’s Chocolate Oatmeal Stout clone Sand Creek Brewing Company, Wisconsin (5 gallons/19 L, partial mash) OG = 1.056 FG = 1.020 IBU = 30 SRM = 20 ABV = 4.75% Ingredients 6.6 lbs. (3.0 kg)
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Haines Brewing Co.’s Lookout Stout clone
Haines Brewing Co.’s Lookout Stout clone (5 gallons/19 L, partial mash) OG = 1.061 FG = 1.018 IBU = 20 SRM = 37 ABV = 5.6% Ingredients 6.6 lbs. (3.0 kg) Muntons
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Young’s Double Chocolate Stout clone
Young’s Double Chocolate Stout clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.053 FG = 1.013 IBU = 28 SRM = 35 ABV = 5.2% Ingredients 7 lbs. (3.2 kg) pale ale malt
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Beamish Genuine Irish Stout clone
Beamish describes their classic Irish dry stout as having a rich, roasted flavor with coffee and dark chocolate undertones.
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Murphy’s Pub Draught clone
Murphy’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.
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Rogue Shakespeare Stout clone
Rogue’s Shakespeare Stout is a classic example of the style. Rogue describes it as, “Ebony in color with a rich creamy head, earthy flavor and a mellow, chocolate finish.”
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Fuller’s London Porter Clone
According to Fuller’s website, “A modern take on the 19th century porter style, Fuller’s rich, chocolatey London Porter recaptures the brooding beauty of pre-Victorian London. It’s evocative of simpler times but it’s a wonderfully complex pint.”
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Fuller’s ESB Clone
This recipe is for the bottled version of ESB. The cask version in the UK is 5.5% ABV.
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Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA clone
This innovative IPA employs Dogfish Head’s method of adding hops continuously over the entire boil. Showcasing a big US Northwest hop bill, 60-Minute is the session beer sister of 90-Minute IPA.
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Stone Brewing Co.’s 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout clone
This beer is bursting with decadant chocolate bitterness and balanced with a big oatmeal mouthfeel.
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Stone Brewing Co.’s Imperial Russian Stout clone
According to Stone’s website, “This massive and intensely aromatic beer abounds with notes of chocolate, coffee, black currants, anise and roastiness, and its heavy palate is nothing to be trifled with.”
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Stone Brewing Co.’s Smoked Porter clone
This smoky porter brewed with peat-smoked malt features hints of chocolate and coffee.
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Stone Ruination IPA (1.0) clone
This recipe is for the original formulation of Ruination, a West Coast IPA that defined the style with resinous pine, a big malt backbone, and a lovely orange amber color.
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Stone Brewing Co.’s IPA clone
According to Stone Brewing Co.’s website, “. . .this golden beauty explodes with tropical, citrusy, piney hop flavors and aromas, all perfectly balanced by a subtle malt character. This crisp, extra hoppy brew is hugely refreshing on a hot day, but will always deliver no matter when you choose to drink it.”
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Stone Pale Ale (1.0) clone
This is a recipe for the original Stone Pale Ale. According to the farewell post to the 1.0 version, Stone Brewing Co. posted this about the beer, “Maltier and more full-bodied than most American pale ales—not to mention tons hoppier than most beers at the time—it was a bold direction to go with the only beer in a fledgling portfolio.”
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Springfield Brewing Co.’s Mueller Wheat
Our wheat is dry, crisp and refreshing — and has a certain ‘snap’ from the malted and raw wheats used, as well as a spicy hop nose from the Liberty hops. The foam has a rich, creamy and rocky appearance. Our wheat beer has been our number one seller since we opened in December 1997 and won a gold in the American-style wheat beer category at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in 2003 and a bronze in the same category in 2004. — Ashton Lewis – Springfield Brewing Co.
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Brewery Ommegang Hennepin clone
Hennepin is Brewery Ommegang’s flagship Belgian-style golden ale. Brewed with coriander, ginger root, and bitter orange peel, this beer is full-bodied, hoppy, and crisp.
