BASIC BREW™ RECIPES

Here you will find a list of our renown Basic Brew Recipes.  You will find they encompass the broad spectrum of beer styles from all over the globe.  While we are continually refining and adding new recipes, many of our original recipes from the early to mid 1990's are found within.  If you don't see a recipe for a style of beer that you would like us to produce, drop us a note.  We'll see if we can't come up with a medal winner for you!  Please note, we are trying to put a recipe sheet for each individual recipe for all of our Basic Brew Recipes, as opposed to a "general procedure" as we have done in the past.  In addition, we are also adding all-grain options to each recipe, as well.  This has proven to be a formidable task and has taken us a while. We appreciate your patience. We're now approximately 80% of the way through the recipe additions.  Please note that some of the lager recipes do not yet have the full set of instructions, just a list of the ingredients.  We're working towards completing these, as well.  We have broken down our recipes into three categories: Ale Recipes, Lager Recipes, & Special Style Recipes. Click on the hot link for the particular recipe you are seeking.

NEW RECIPES!

West Coast/Belgian IPA
Pedro The Welder Imperial IPA
Similar To The Lager
Young Pennsy Lager
Scottish Wee Heavy
Buxom Blonde Ale
Black Crack Imperial Stout

ALE RECIPES

Cream Ale
Golden Ale
Canadian Ale
Sparkling Aussie Golden Ale
Kolsch (German Light Ale)
Alt Bier (Dark German Ale)
British Ordinary Bitter
Boddy Bitter
British Best Bitter
Extra Special Bitter (ESB)
Irish Red Ale
Scottish 80/ Shilling Ale
Wee Heavy Strong Scotch Ale
English Mild Ale
English Brown Ale
Stock Old Ale
American Brown Ale
Big Ass Texas Brown Ale
Arrogant Strong Brown Ale
Texas Imperial Black Ale
India Pale Ale (IPA)
Imperial IPA
American Pale Ale (APA)
Red Otter
Northwest Red Ale
American Amber Ale
American Standard Bitter
Flat Tyre Amber Ale
Catcher in the Rye Pale Ale
British Porter
American Porter
Baltic Porter
Dry Irish Stout
Oatmeal Stout
Sweet Stout
Imperial Stout
Winter Warmer Barleywine
Third Coast Barleywine
St. Almost Amber Ale
St. Almost Brown Ale
St. Almost Christmas Ale
Old Hophead Holiday Ale (Celebration-style)

LAGER RECIPES

American Light (Pilsner) Lager
Grandad’s Pre-Prohibition Lager
Lonely Star Texas Lager
Texas Bock
Malt Liquor
Son of Sam New England Lager
Steam Beer
Mexican Cerveza Clara (Corona)
Mexican Amber Cerveza XX
Mexican Dark Cerveza
Czech Pilsner
Kiss My Heinie Dutch Lager
Dortmunder Export Lager
Munich Helles
Munich Dunkel
German Schwarzbier Black Lager
Oktoberfest
Vienna Amber Lager
German Bock
German Double Bock
German May Bock (Pale Bock)
Rauch Bier (Smoked Lager)
Baltic Porter

SPECIAL STYLE RECIPES

Hefeweizen (German Wheat Beer)
Dunkelweizen (German Dark Wheat Beer)
Weizenbock (Strong Dark Wheat Beer)
Honey Wheat Beer
Braggot (Honey Beer)
Smooth Honey Brown Ale
VZ EZ Honey Amber Ale
Texas/Belgian Wit
Beeriac’s Man For All Saisons Ale
Devil’s Den Strong Belgian Golden Ale
Ned Flander’s Brown Ale
Trappist Single
Trappist Dubbel
Trappist Tripel
Catcher in the Rye Pale Ale
Old Hophead Holiday Ale (Celebration-style)
Sugar & Spice & Everything Nice Christmas Beer
St. Almost Christmas Ale
The Great Pumpkin Ale
Rooty, Tooty, Fresh, & Fruity Ale
Smoked Porter
Mr. Coffee Porter
David’s Double Chocolate Stout