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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.
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