This is my first recipe design! I've brewed a couple of extract and all-grain batches, with moderate success. This time around I will be trying to clone an apricot wheat ale. The original is a very easy drinking, light ale with prominent apricot flavour. Looking to do an extract brew for a simple pragmatic recipe and efficient brew day. Here is my recipe so far: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/587917/apricot-wheat-ale-clone Planning to brew 5 gallons of beer. I'm aiming to get as close as …
My recipe calls for a 4 to 5 week secondary fermentation, which falls on Christmas when I will not be around. It also calls for pitching additional yeast 3 days before kegging. Should I keg the beer at 3 weeks or go to almost 6?
I'm going to attempt a clone of a commercial beer. I already know the hops used and base malt. Obviously I know the ABV too. My question is if I take a gravity reading of the beer from the bottle would that be the FG of the beer as it was produced or would there be a difference eg if there was any bottle conditioning involved. If I have the FG then I could extrapolate the OG and from there …
A lot of commercial brewer's websites give grain bills and hop profiles for their various beers. I was wondering if there is a way to take that information, perform some calculation on it (whether using software or just pen and paper), and figure out how much of each ingredient I'd need (% of mash as well of how much of each grain I would need) for a batch of a particular volume (1 gal, 5 gal, 10 gal, etc.). If …
I had this beer over the weekend and really enjoyed it and I would love to brew an all grain clone of it myself. Is anyone familiar with this beer? if so does anyone know of a recipe that would come close. The ABV is 8%.
This may be too specific but I will ask anyway. I love Fat Tire but would like to modify a little. The holy grail of beer would be a Fat Tire but more biscuit, more toasty caramel taste and fuller mouth feel. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Even if it isn't a recipe, perhaps grains that present these specific tastes would help.
Has anyone found a decent clone recipe for the Widmer 'Brrr' seasonal? This is the second year I've seen it in their sample 12 packs. But in the sample pack, it only has 3 'Brrr's, I'd like to make more, if anyone has a recipe.
I really want to make an extract SN Torpedo Clone. During my hunt for recipes, this one in my opinion sounds great and I would really like to try it. Recipe OP here O.G. 1.076 (actual) F.G. 1.016 (est) ABV 7.0 (est) IBU 82.7 (Tinseth, est) SRM 8.8 (est) 23 lbs Great Western 2-row 2 lbs Cara-Pils Dextrine 1.5 lbs Crystal 60 70g Magnum 10.5% 90 minutes 28.3g Crystal 3.3% 90 minutes 50g Magnum 30 minutes 50g Magnum 10 minutes …
Can anyone guess at how to build a clone recipe? Its for Duclaws Sweet Baby Jesus, a friend requested a clone. Their website only says it's a Black beer, a Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter. Their website only lists the types of grains and hops, but not the amounts. I'm guessing there would be various adjuncts, probably both in the boil and "dry hopping" with the coffee (I've done dry coffee grounds before). I'm not sure where the peanut butter flavor …
Anyone ever tried to make a beer like Linenkugels Summer Shandy? Its a beer brewed with lemonade... and very tasty on a hot day!! Any suggestions on how it might be made?
What makes a good breakfast beer? Thinking of brewing something for an upcoming eggs and kegs event. Any clones of Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout out there?
For being a commercial beer, I find it not too bad. For the few info I collected it seems that Pelforth uses ale yeast. Is it correct? From wikipedia En 1935, Jean Deflandre, fils d'Armand, parvient à assembler deux malts d'orge et utilise la fermentation haute, avec une levure anglaise In english: In 1935 Jean Deflandre [...] uses high fermentation, with English yeast. But I have no info about any possible change after 1935.
In some industries, I can see the practice of providing tools and instructions on how to create a knockoff product being frowned upon though beer culture beats to a different drum. That and homebrewers probably aren't going out & selling their clones for profit. But the homebrewing shop is making money off of a brewery's work in a way.
I am about to brew a clone recipe of Dogfish Head's 60 minute IPA and I was wondering if I should do some water treatment on it. I've heard of people adding gypsum to their water to achieve a dryer flavor and I think I read something about it helping hop utilization. I haven't done any water treatment before, and I usually just use straight tapwater. Would it be a good idea to do some water treatment for this beer? …