Did it ever occur to you that you can replicate your favourite beer at home?! Home brewers would probably love this idea because not only is it genius but it’s also possible and easy to make. With the huge range of beer brewing ingredients available on the market, you can easily replicate the aroma, taste and appearance of your favourite beers. With the use of the same ingredients and ratios, you can create the perfect substitute and enjoy it.
Benefits of Using Clone Beer Recipes
Brewing your beer, especially a clone one is one of the most challenging but most enjoyable journeys you can have. Thanks to the many beginners’ beer recipe clone kits you can easily replicate your favourite beverage. Practice is the key to success, so even if you don’t succeed initially, you’ll certainly do it the next time you try. According to home brewers, when brewing your beer and replicating your favourite one for the first time, there might be a slight difference in the taste, but the more you brew it, the better you’ll become.
Beer recipe clone kits are the ideal way to expand your ability to appreciate beer. The more attempts you make to obtain the best beer replica, the more you’ll improve your ability better to recognise the beer’s aroma, taste and appearance. In the end, you’re just an amateur who’ll need to learn more to become better and there’s nothing wrong with that.
How to See If You Have Succeeded?
Well, first things first, you should certainly compare both the original and replica when tasting your beer. This is one of the ways to be sure that you’ll get the closest replica next time you try, and who knows, you may be able to achieve this the first time if you’re a natural.
As you may know by now, the key to becoming successful is to never give up. Attempts and errors are completely normal things because, without them, you won’t be able to improve your skills. The more you try, the more you’ll become better. One thing is certain, don’t limit yourself to trying just one beer clone recipe from one manufacturer only. Instead, experiment and see which beer clone recipe will be the closest one to the original. In the end, it isn’t possible to get 100% of the same taste in a clone. The main reason for this is the many factors like hops, malts, etc. Even original producers cannot reproduce the same beer in every batch because ingredients can change slightly each season, so allow yourself to take a deep breath and make peace with yourself that it isn’t possible to produce a 100% clone beer, but a ‘close’ beer.
Some Popular Clone Beer Recipes
Those of you who aren’t sure that they can source the ingredients by themselves, then you should certainly invest in a ready-made beer clone kit. Once you have the kit, it would be great if you stock yourself with the right equipment as well to have a successful outcome.
Morgan’s Recipe Pack Corona Style
If you are a fan of the all-time favourite Corona beer, then you should certainly try this kit coming from Morgan’s Brewing, an Australian-owned and operated company. According to the manufacturer, everything you need to make a Corona is here in this pack. All you’ll need in the end is to just add a slice of lemon and have a blast!
The Morgan’s Corona beer recipe kit contains Morgans Canadian Light, Morgans Booster Bend, 1kg dextrose, Morgans Dr Rudi Finishing Hops 12g, Morgans Premium Lager yeast and of course, instructions about how to achieve the best blend.
German Hefeweizen – All Grain
This German-style wheat beer recipe is an extremely popular recipe kit. It includes a single addition of Northern Brewer hops, 60% white wheat malt and 40% 2-row malt, and precisely the Northern Brewer hops provide just enough bitterness to obtain the perfect balance between the yeast and malt. For those of you who want to create a little twist on this recipe, you can try adding 8 oz of Caramunich and 4 oz of chocolate malt to make a Dunkelweizen. The latter is known for its sweet maltiness and chocolate-like character.
Irish Red Ale – All Grain
If you have ever tried the red Irish ale, then you should certainly love to try this clone recipe. This beer has a distinctive caramel flavour, however, it’s the malt that dominates this beer’s profile. It contains Crystal malts, Special B and a little bit of roasted barley for achieving that deep, red colour and caramel flavour. It also includes Northern Brewer and Willamette hops and it’s estimated at 4.5% ABV.
Haze Craze IPA – All Grain
This type of beer recipe is a clone of the hazy New England IPA recipe which is also known as North Eastern IPA or Juicy IPA. It’s one of the most popular beer styles in the United States, and it’s less bitter than the classic West Coast IPAs and much more softer. The Haze Craze type of beer is characterised by its hops while maintaining its smooth and creamy mouthfeel. Unlike some other beers, this one has a light colour because of its heavy dry hopping, oat, wheat and its unique yeast selection. It’s estimated to have 6,04% ABV.
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