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Clone Brews: Homebrew Recipes for 150 Commercial Beers
- Paperback
- Author: Tess Szamatulski, Mark Szamatulski
- Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
- Release Date: January 1998
- ISBN-10: 1580170773
- ISBN-13: 9781580170772
- List Price: $14.95
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryRe-creations of brands such as Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada, Guinness, Foster's, and more.
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Good book, could be better, all grain brewer here.
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Ok, I bought this book first, then moved to North American Clone Brews. The reason I start with this, is in case you don't read my whole review. I found I made good beers with this but couldn't compare them to the actual. But more importantly the part that bothered me was I was likely making the beer exactly as intended only to find out I didn't really appreciate that style of beer (ie: Belgium). I'm sure one day I'll love Belgium beers, but not now... So I opted for the North American because the beers were easier to find locally and try before I brew. This has made a world of difference in my brewing. Not only can I make beers I like but I can have a test to see how spot on the recipes are. And I will admit, they are pretty darn close. There has been more than once I would dare to give a blind taste test to anyone. Mine might taste slightly different, but I've usually been told better. (that might be biased, but my ego didn't mind).
As for the traditional Clone Brew (and North American CB) I found the recipes easy to follow for Allgrain (flysparging here). However, I did find the recipes to be a tad low on the grainbill. But if I build in 1-2lbs of extra base malt I usually hit my goal. And I found my efficiency to be at 70 percent pretty often. Maybe the program I use to figure that out is set up a little different. I'm willing to accept that I might be not getting as good efficiency as I should... but alas, I stray.
I would pretty highly recommend this book. I lowered it a star because it is a little hard to find the beers listed. I also feel the grain bill is a pound or two low on average. readers must already have a basic understanding of how to brew as this book does not explain the exact how in this. But it does make good recipes and I've probably made about 20 different styles out of the two books. Hope that helps.
Good but old recipes
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I really like the way this book is laid out and the recipes look good. Its especially nice to have extract, PM, and all grain recipes in one book. The only big downside for me is that it does not have my favorite beers. Breweries like Rogue, Dogfish Head, Left Hand, etc.. are almost totally absent. I don't have the book in front of me but I can't remember any recipes from most of the wonderful craft breweries in this country. If you more into the larger 'premium' breweries, this book is for you.
doubles are good
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The recipes are easy to follow, and tasty. Overall a great book. Try it yourself. A definite must for the zymurgist's library.
a good Idea with some limitations
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After you're done with your introductory beer book and you've made a few batches, you may find that you want to brew something that reminds you of your favorite commercial beer.
This is almost the book for you.
The selection of recipes is heavily slanted toward beer that many homebrewers may find unexciting. But the authors have a very good point: by brewing imitations (maybe we should say tributes) of commercial beers, you learn how beer tastes are built. You get to refine your own sensibilities and taste. And you can't help but end up a better brewer.
Lynn Hoffman, authorNew Short Course in Wine,The
Good Clone Book
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Although this book is slightly dated now (some of the ingredient manufacturers needing an update), I found it very useful & informative for using tried and tested recipes & formulating recipes simular to the types of brews I like to drink. I would recommend it to any novice seeking to replicate their favourite beers at home.
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