Writer: Dave Green
Sour Mashing
MEMBERS ONLYSoured beers are gaining popularity among beer lovers and brewers alike. There are several methods you can employ to create a soured beer. Simple techniques include adding lactic acid to your brewing water or including acidulated malt to your grain bill. More advanced techniques include adding either cultured lactic acid bacteria or Brettanomyces, a mixed
Step Mashing
MEMBERS ONLYStep mashing is a mash program in which the mash temperature is progressively increased through a series of rests. The ubiquity of well-modified malts has virtually eliminated the need to perform a step mash in most situations. So why should you learn more about the process and science behind step mashing? Simple, you can produce
At Wits’ End IPA
MEMBERS ONLYRecipe inspired by Collaboration #2, a collaboration between Boulevard Brewing Co. and Deschutes Brewery. Part witbier, part IPA, loaded with character.
Leaf Peeper Imperial Red
MEMBERS ONLYA fall time classic in my house. A big citrus blast of hops with a nice malt backdrop.
Amarillo Sunset Red IPA
MEMBERS ONLYAmarillo® hops can be a tough one to find in the market these days. If you do happen upon some, this is a great red IPA for using them.
Lawson’s Finest Liquids’ Toast clone
MEMBERS ONLYLawson’s Finest Liquids’ Toast clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.059 FG = 1.013 IBU = 70 SRM = 33 ABV = 5.9% Ingredients11 lbs. (5 kg) 2-row pale malt 8 oz. (0.23 kg) toasted barley flakes 8 oz. (0.23 kg) toasted rye flakes 6 oz. (0.17 kg) Weyermann Carafa® Special III malt 6
The Alchemist’s Holey Moley clone
MEMBERS ONLYJohn Kimmich says that this beer was “dry hopped extensively with Cascade and Amarillo® hops,” which makes me believe he either used a lot of dry hops in one stage or dry hopped this beer in two stages.”
Over the Topper DIPA
MEMBERS ONLYThis is my attempt to clone one of my favorite double IPAs coming out my home state of Vermont, Heady Topper from The Alchemist Brewery.
Longmont Pale Ale
MEMBERS ONLYThis was my attempt to pay homage to the beer that put cans on the craft beer scene, to which I will always be a faithful and loyal admirer to Oskar Blues Brewery and their Dale’s Pale Ale. Now if only I could get my homebrew in a can to take with me skiing, canoeing and bike riding, I would be all set.
Dort the Export
FREEThe midwestern part of the United States has become chock-a-block with incredible breweries, but Great Lakes Brewing Company is easily near the top of that list in my opinion. Here was my attempt to re-create their Dortmunder Gold, a true standard in the field.
The Bruery: Mash clone
MEMBERS ONLYThe specifications for this English-style barleywine are all pre-barrel aging numbers. After aging in a bourbon barrel, the beer is above 13% ABV.
Sun King Brewing Company: Tequila Barrel-Aged Fistful of Hops clone
MEMBERS ONLY“Fistful of Hops is a quarterly rotating seasonal IPA, which means every three months the hops change. We usually combine two to three varieties of hops together for each new release. The same varieties and proportion of hops are used all the way through the recipe including dry hopping.” – Dave Colt, Sun King Brewery