Well, it’s almost that time of year again where the weather starts to cool down, the days start to get shorter, and the beer starts to shift back toward maltier and darker styles. With that comes the annual Oktoberfest and this year my homebrew club has decided to do a competition. We had to either […]
Read More →With the hot weather of the summer coming up I wanted to take a stab at a nice lawnmower session beer. I also learned about a new Japanese lager yeast from Imperial Yeast that I wanted to try. With this in mind I went looking for how to clone Sapporo. I threw together a quick […]
Read More →Years ago when I was newly married to my beautiful wife, I challenged myself with making a Bud Light clone in order to finally make a beer my father-in-law would drink. It turned out quite well, though not perfect. I haven’t done any lagers since then, but this year I finally got my fermentation chamber […]
Read More →Well, I finally got to try Friend Not Heavy (Bud Light Clone). I got it lagering at about 37°F in the fermentation chamber for about 6-7 weeks after primary fermentation stopped. I made sure to ramp up the temperature to about 70°F toward the end of primary to get rid of the buttery taste and mouthfeel. […]
Read More →Well, my father-in-law is one stubborn beer drinker. He thinks anything but Bud Light is pretty terrible. Well, being a homebrewer I felt like that was a great excuse to challenge myself and decided to come up with a Bud Light clone to see if I could make a beer he would willingly drink. To […]
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