Writer: Derek Dellinger
The Brewing Lair
The Brewing Lair in Blairsden, California, is tucked away on 30 acres in the Plumas National Forest. Visitors can connect with nature, play a round on their disc golf course, and then enjoy a BLT outside.
Ursa Minor Brewing
Ursa Minor beers run the gamut from IPAs and stouts, to Belgian styles, fruited sours, and a fan-favorite cream ale. They also offer hard seltzers and non-alcoholic beer options so everybody can find something to fit their tastes in the tap room. Bear Hop IPA has been a staple at Ursa Minor almost since its beginning in 2018.
Ursa Minor Brewing’s Bear Hop IPA clone
While pineapple from SultanaTM hops are a huge part of Bear Hop IPA, those flavors are complemented by notes of mandarin orange from Centennial and Amarillo® hops.
Fontana Farms
We head to a farm brewery in Indiana to learn about a beer that packs a citrusy punch.
Fontana Farms’ Orange Mountain Pale Ale clone
Here’s the clone recipe from a farm brewery in Indiana for their blood orange pale ale that packs a citrusy punch
Abolitionist Ale Works
The Replicator travels to West Virginia to get the story and recipe behind a unique saison with homebrew roots.
Abolitionist Ale Works’ Shenandoah Saison clone
A no-boil saison from Abolitionist Ale Works in Charles Town, West Virginia.
Working Draft Beer Co.
The Replicator heads to Wisconsin to find an honest-to-goodness helles that is the first to remind a reader of authentic examples previously enjoyed in Germany.
Working Draft Beer Co.’s Keep ‘Em Honest clone
A German-style helles from Working Draft Beer Co., in Madison, Wisconsin.
Smog City Brewing Co.
New beer releases are cycled through breweries so often these days that a favorite one week at the tasting room may never be found again. That isn’t the case for this hoppy amber ale that Smog City has been brewing since opening in 2011. Fourteen years in and there’s no getting rid of a Sabre-Toothed Squirrel.
Smog City Brewing Co.’s Sabre-Toothed Squirrel clone
This hoppy amber ale features hop characteristics of pine, citrus, and herbal notes that pair perfectly with a maltier beer.
Deviant Wolfe Brewing Co.
Deviant Wolfe Brewing Co. in Sanford, Florida, brews for their hot climate — meaning lots of crisp lagers and refreshing fruited kettle sours. They also utilize kveik yeast in a hazy IPA that caught the attention of a reader. Lucky for us, they were happy to share the recipe.
