Writer: Josh Weikert
Forgotten Boardwalk Brewing Co.’s Funnel Cake clone
Forgotten Boardwalk Brewing Company, located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, describes their Funnel Cake sweet cream ale smelling like “old-fashioned Nilla wafer” and tasting like classic Jersey Shore boardwalk funnel cake.
Conshohocken Brewing Co.’s Glazing Saddles clone
This is a creamy, blonde “krapfen-style ale” (from the German word for “donuts”) recipe that includes donut as an ingredient!
Not-Quite-Amber Waves of Grain
The American wheats I’ve been tasting at competitions lately take the best of American pale ale, add some nice low-Lovibond character maltiness and wheat, and back off the IBUs so you can actually appreciate the flavors. This one was a silver medal winner at the Philly Homebrew Cup.
Summer Cellar BdG
Biére de Garde’s are a remarkably flexible beer that can be brewed as a pale, amber, or brown, depending on your preferences, pairings, or the season of service. This recipe aims right down the middle in terms of the style and its color/flavor options, and is a gold-medal-winning amber Bière de Garde (at the 2012 BUZZ Off, hosted by the BUZZ Homebrew Club in West Chester, Pennsylvania).
Grantham Mild
The best thing about brewing a mild is that you get to dial up pretty much all of your favorite malt flavors, in whatever ratio you’d like, in a session-strength beer – and all you need to do is back out the black barley and sub in a bunch of fun character malts. You can still have a touch of roast in there (if you want), but you also get biscuit, toffee, nut, molasses, toast, plum, raisin . . . you get the picture.
Epic Brewing Company: Replicator
Dear Replicator, It’s been fun to watch the growth and maturing of a local brewery: Epic Brewing Co. One beer that they put out which really stands out to me is Utah
Epic Brewing Co.’s Utah Sage Saison clone
The initial aromas are all herb, with a low floral and fruity hops aroma underneath. I didn’t perceive much in the way of grist aromatics until I took my first sip, and then it all really came together. The rich malts lingered on the tongue and the savory herbs filled the nose, with peppery phenols accenting everything beautifully.
Crazy Mountain Brewing Co.’s Crazy Mountain Amber Ale clone
This amber ale is somewhat of a hybrid between a hops-forward American pale ale with a big-time floral nose and flavor, and a roasty/malty American brown ale.
Crazy Mountain Brewing Co.: Replicator
Dear Replicator, I am an avid homebrewer and especially enjoy trying to replicate the great beers I come across in my journeys. I recently fell in love with Crazy Mountain Brewing Company’s Amber Ale
Brewpubs Not Bottles
Some of the best beers in the world can only be had on draft. We clone four US brewpub-only beers.
Barren Hill Tavern & Brewery Justa Porter clone
Barren Hill Tavern & Brewery Justa Porter clone Erin Wallace re-opened one of the oldest taverns in the United States two years ago, as a logical next step from her successes running
Wrecking Bar Brewpub Boomslang IPA clone
A potent hop driven American IPA with the help of Citra®, Simcoe® and Nelson Sauvin at the driver’s wheel.
