
Easy Budweiser Clone
Specialty Beer • Extract • 5 gal
A Budwieser Clone that is low in caleries/carbs and only $20 for 5 gals. Easily fermented with an Ale yeast at room temp (65-75).
November 21, 2004 pm 03:33pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- 3 lbs
Dry Extra Light Extract
Dry Extra Light Extract
For making very pale ales and lagers.
- 2 lbs
Corn Sugar
Corn Sugar
Use in priming beer or in extract recipes where flaked maize would be used in a mash.
- 2 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- .33 oz
Cascade - 5.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
- .33 oz
Cascade - 5.5 AA% whole; boiled 15 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
- .33 oz
Cascade - 5.5 AA% whole; boiled 5 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
- 1 tsp
Irish Moss - (omitted from calculations)
Irish Moss
-
Wyeast 1056 American Ale™
Wyeast 1056 American Ale™
Used commercially for several classic American ales. This strain ferments dry, finishes soft, smooth and dean, and is very well balanced.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 23 - Specialty Beer
Subcategory: A - Specialty Beer
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.054 | 1.026 - 1.120 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.012 | 0.995 - 1.035 | ![]() |
Color: | 1.5 SRM | 1 - 50 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 5.4% ABV | 2.5% - 14.5% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 11.8 IBU | 0 - 100 | ![]() |
Discussion
Just Brewed
2004-12-05 7:42pm
Okay, the brew came out great and I hit the OG perfect. It tasted like it will be a smooth beer. It will definatily have more flavor and body the than Bud. I did tweak the recipe a little so I need to update it. Cheerz, John
It Tasted EXCELLENT!!
2004-12-18 1:39am
I just bottled it and it tasted GOOD! This is the first beer I could not keep myself from drinking as I bottled. I drank 3 BIG glasses as I bottled. Taste & Feel: It tasted like a pilsner and had the light refreshing feel of a Lawnmower beer. I was going to tweak the recipe, but I am afraid to mess with it. I may convert it to all grain though. If you want an inexpensive smooth drinkable beer with a kick, then brew this one. I wish I would have brewed 10 gallons. Well, I think I will!
VERY STRONG!!!
2005-03-21 9:21pm
Well. I have let it age just a few month and this beer will age like a big mead. I am drinking one now and halfway through I have a hell of a buzz. Now I prefer heavy, big dark beers, but this is the one beer I make that all the non homebrewers like. And it has a hell of a kick! It just keeps getting better with age. After 110 days Budweiser starts going down hill. This beer will be great at 10 years old, what with a little over 9% alcohol. I guess you could call it a Budbraggot.
bottled and waiting
2006-09-06 10:00pm
Turned out horrible. Very watery.
BAD BEER
2006-09-11 1:42pm
Change of opinion. This beer turned out very bad. I would not recommend this recipe.
I just have to say...
2008-11-14 4:43pm
Is to be expected from a beer 55% sugar content. It is more like a fermented sugar drink.
ale vs. lager
2013-02-16 9:59am
was looking to brew a bud type clone, this recipe is for a ale though, BUD is a lager, big difference in crisp clean flavor.