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homebrew recipie for a homebrew that tastes like coors/bud...
Very new to Homebrewing,and not looking for anything real fancy ( as of yet )
Just looking for recipies that have the taste of coors lite or bud....
thanks
Mike
BansheeBrew wrote:
Very new to Homebrewing,and not looking for anything real fancy ( as of yet )
Just looking for recipies that have the taste of coors lite or bud....
thanks
Mike
Welcome!
There are plenty of recipes that aren't fancy, and will produce a superior taste over bud or coors. I believe those styles are simple american lagrs. Lagers are harder than ales; they take longer, and require colder temps, which can be difficult to control without the right equipment. i would reccomend either a simple wheat ale, or a pale ale. Either way, both are easy enough, and will get you a great brew.
You could try the "american light" from Brewers Best. Or a cream ale from Listermann's. My brother loved that one and he only drinks Miller Lite.
Replicating a Coors or a Bud would be difficult as those styles show imperfections in the brew process quite readily.
You may want to consider brewing a Kolsch or a cream ale which would be easier to brew, but would be simple, straightforward, and very drinkable.
i second the cream ale recommendation. or is this the third mention of it. anyway. i'll back cream ale too.
Cream Ale.
Just keep in mind that cream ale is a delicate brew. To really nail it down and have the crisp clean flavors intended in the style, you really need to be on top of your game.
Good cold break, proper yeast management and steady temp control are critical factors in producing a super clean cream ale.
I'd recommend a nice light wheat. Good taste, not too heavy & really hard to screw up. Are you doing all extract, or what? What kind of equipment ?
William's makes an Old American Ale (http://www.williamsbrewing.com/OLD_AMER … 50C183.cfm) that features corn adjuncts (a la your Buds and Rolling Rocks). I've had good experience with their kits and I bet this will be a good start for you.
Or head down to your local hombrew shop and ask about making a light ale. But you definitely want to do an ale before you try making a lager.
Also, no matter how well you follow a clone recipe for Bud, Coors, etc., you will likely find that your brew isn't going to perfectly mimic the target beer. The macrobreweries make it their business to create the same exact beer in mass quantities. They do it well, much better than many of us homebrewers who are more forgiving of an imperfect five-gallon batch.
As long as you practice good sanitaiton and follow your recipe, it will be beer.
Good luck,
JJJ
Ok not trying to jump in with negative comments righ off the bat but....but i hope u didnt get into this hobby to try to make just bud/coors type beer knockoffs . I dont mean that in a bad or harsh way at all i just dont want to see u throw money down the drain to try to make cheap nasty beer that u can get at ANY store or gas station for dirt cheap . u would probly end up spendig more $$ to get all the equipment and materials to try and make a "bud" type beer that cost more than just buying it at the store .
BUT on the other hand i hope u go out on a limb and try something a step up from it and really see what beer is all about . bud and coors is in NO WAY a beer to me and i really love to see when ppl start to try diffrent beers and end up realizing what they have been drinking there whle life was crap (aka bud, coors, miller, etc etc )
ok now that my rant is over about how much i hate those beers on with the good.....
WELCOME!!! this is truely the best hobby that iv found in a while! it gives me a chance to makegreat beer and have some fun with it too 
I think you would REALLLY love the autumn amber ale from midwest , it is a GREAT beer kit . my GF who doesnt even like beer that much begs me to make more , and i also have family members who drink nothing but bud and they ask me every weekend if i have anymore yet
The closest i have got to the type of brew your talking about was an american pilsner, brewing all grain with about 33% rice. It turned out to be quite involved in the brewing process, and being a lager took a conciderable amount of time to complete fermentation. Then ageing. It really didn't taste like bud, It was much more full bodied. It really turned out to be good, but quite low in the alcohol department. Here is my grain bill for 6 gal batch:
6# american 2 row malt
4# German Pilsner malt
3# white rice
Americam Pilsner yeast
this recipe stuck during sparging, so I had to stir the mash a couple times
My effeciency was terrible, only running about 60%
Alll in all, I won't brew this beer again. I still brew pilsners quite often,but no longer use any rice.
My advice for what it's worth, if you really want bud, go buy it, and brew better beers yourself.
I just did my first brew and I too wanted an american mega brewery style beer. It wasn't because they are my favorite, far from it, but I thought it would be an easy beer to know if I screwed up. The recipe given to me by my LHBS was an extract:
3.75# Pilsner hopped LME
2# light DME
1# corn sugar
the yeast came with the LME so I am unsure of what kind, but I think it was an ale yeast cause it wouldn't ferment until I got it to about 64 F but who knows.
I was told that boiling wasn't necessary but I did anyways for 5 minutes.
I just racked it to the secondary and I tried alittle of it and the closest thing I can think of to it was Keystone cause it had a little sweetness to it. Its not going to be my favorite beer, but it was easy to do for a first batch.
Here is a simple recipe you can brew and you will not care if you ever drink another coors or budweiser.
2.5 lbs. muntons dry malt extract (extra light)
1.5 lbs light honey ( I use Tupelo but any light honey will work)
1.0 oz cascade hops (pellets) (6-7 %) (.25 oz for 60 mins, .25 oz for 30 mins .5 oz for 2-5 mins)
1 tsp irish moss (optional)
1 pkg wyeast 1056 (dry safale us 5 can be used)
makes 5 gallons
Bring 3-4 gallons of water to boil, turn off heat, add dry malt extract
and honey and dissolve well......bring back to boil add .25 oz hops
boil 30 mins add .25 oz hops boil 15 mins add irish moss boil 10
mins add .5 oz hops boil 2-5 mins remove from heat and cool
poor into fermenter and pitch yeast at 70 F.
can be racked into secondary fermenter and dry hopped with .5 oz cascade hops (optional)
bottle with 3/4 cup corn sugar
age 3-4 weeks and enjoy, very similar to popular pilseners but no lagering required
As close as it gets........I used the Rocky Mountain Lager yeast strain and pitched cold.....50 degrees......I got the wort to 60 and then set it in my lager fridge till it hit 50 and then pitched.......fermented at 52 ......no dicetyl rest because of pitching cold......3 weeks primary and about 6 weeks lagering at 36......then transferred to kegs and carbed......
Coors Light
Brew Type: All Grain Date: 3/12/2008
Style: Lite American Lager Brewer: Brian Kunkle
Batch Size: 5.25 gal Assistant Brewer:
Boil Volume: 8.18 gal Boil Time: 90 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 90.00 %
Brewing Steps Check Time Step
3/12/2008 Clean and prepare equipment.
-- Measure ingredients, crush grains.
-- Prepare Water (9.15 gal total)
Amount Item Type
1.05 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
-- Prepare Ingredients for Mash
Amount Item Type
4.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain
2.00 lb Rice syrup solids (3.0 SRM) Grain
-- WARNING: Preheat Mash Tun - No equipment adjustments made!
2 min Mash Ingredients
Mash In: Add 7.50 qt of water at 159.1 F
90 min - Hold mash at 148.0 F for 90 min
2 min Mash Out: Add 4.80 qt of water at 203.8 F
10 min - Hold mash at 168.0 F for 10 min
-- Sparge with 6.08 gal of 168.0 F water.
-- Add water to achieve boil volume of 8.18 gal
-- Estimated Pre-boil Gravity is: 1.027 SG with all grains/extracts added
Boil for 90 min Boil Ingredients
Boil Amount Item Type
60 min 0.50 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00 %] (60 min) Hops
15 min 1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
15 min 1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
0 min 0.50 oz Tettnang [4.50 %] (0 min) Hops
-- Cool wort to fermentation temperature
-- Add water (as needed) to achieve volume of 5.25 gal
-- Siphon wort to primary fermenter and aerate wort.
-- Add Ingredients to Fermenter
Amount Item Type
1 Pkgs Wyeast Lager Blend (Wyeast Labs #2178) Yeast-Lager
3/12/2008 Measure Original Gravity: ________ (Estimate: 1.039 SG)
3/12/2008 Measure Batch Volume: ________ (Estimate: 5.25 gal)
14 days Ferment in primary for 14 days at 55.0 F
3/26/2008 Transfer to Secondary Fermenter
14 days Ferment in secondary for 14 days at 48.0 F
4/9/2008 Measure Final Gravity: ________ (Estimate: 1.010 SG)
-- Keg beer at 38.0 F at a pressure of 11.2 PSI
4.0 Weeks Age for 4.0 Weeks at 35.0 F
5/7/2008 Sample and enjoy!
Taste Rating (50 possible points): 35.0
Notes
Only use 2-2.5 gallons of water to sparge and then add the rest of measured sparge water to boil kettle......
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It's actually a lot lighter in color than the picture and clearer....
Great, now I have nose and tongue prints on my monitor!
Thanks for the pic!
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