IPA Clone Series: Stone Enjoy By IPA
I love this beer. The first time I tried it, I dreamed of making an IPA this tasty. I’ll save us a lot of time blabbering on about the recipe, as I covered it pretty well here. I never did figure out which yeast to use, but WLP007 has done pretty well in the past cloning Stone beers, so I decided to roll with it.
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Chocolate Coffee Stout
I’ve been wanting to brew a Chocolate Coffee Stout for awhile now, but especially since getting my hands on some amazing coffee. Late last year, my fiance found some incredible coffee from a shop called Old Bisbee Roasters. This guy doesn’t roast the coffee until you buy it, and since Bisbee is only a few hours from Phoenix, we get the coffee the next day. Anyway, he occasionally gets this one variety, Bali Blue Krishna, and let me tell you, it’s like heaven on earth. I had to brew a beer with it.
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American Amber 3.0
West-Coast Amber Ale is one of my favorite styles of beer. They’re big, malty, hoppy, but most importantly, drinkable; what’s not to like? Since I have a pitch of Chico-like yeast ready to pitch, it seemed like a great time to brew another batch of my Amber Ale. I’m brewing nearly the same recipe as last time, only making a color adjustment, and a few hop tweaks. I’m swapping out Centennial/Amarillo for Falconer’s Flight at the 10 minute addition (just to use up some 2011 FF). I did want to play with the dry hop schedule a bit, so I employed the dry hopping test method we talked about here. I used Sierra Nevada Pale Ale instead of Bud Light, which worked fabulously well. I dosed four bottles, each with it’s own dry hop ratio.
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Scottish 60/-
I’m getting ready to brew a few beers with WLP090 – Super San Diego, so it’s time for another session beer. This time around it’s nearly the same Scottish ale I brewed here, just 8oz less base malt to hit a lower OG.
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Pliny the Younger Clone 2.0
I was going to hold off brewing this for another month or so, but screw it, I want some Younger now! Kristen and I were recently back in California, and made our way up to RRBC to try Younger; it was awesome. So I shuffled around some beers, and I’m brewing this next.
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IPA Clone Series: Firestone Walker Union Jack
Union Jack. Probably my favorite beer in the country. It’s over-the-top hoppy, but in a floral and sweet citrus sort of way. It has a big malty flavor, but it isn’t cloying in the slightest. I just love this beer. It unfortunately gets me in trouble because I have a habit of drinking it like it’s going out of style, but that’s another story.
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Contrast of Citra and Mosaic (IPA)
Three Floyd’s doesn’t distribute out west, but with all the hype around Zombie Dust, I’ve wanted to try it for some time. I did get to sample their beers at GABF in 2011, but they didn’t have ZD at the booth. The beers I did try were fantastic, so I’m left to assume that the hype around Zombie Dust is merited. As such, I’ve had a ZD Clone on my to-brew list for awhile now. This isn’t a clone post though. There are a few ZD clone recipes floating around, and while I have my own inclinations, I’ve never tried the beer. The popular one on HBT looks damn, damn close, so don’t be surprised that this looks similar.
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Standard Bitter
I’m starting to fall in love with low gravity beers, and I really want to keep one on tap regularly. To accomplish that, I’m going to start brewing a low gravity batch each time I switch yeast strains. The nice benefit to this is, I get enough healthy yeast for 2-3 subsequent ferments. Since, I have a couple batches on deck that are going to use WLP002, we’re brewing a standard bitter today.
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Farmhouse Saison
Often my inspiration for a recipe comes from odd places; this recipe started at GABF last year. The good folks at WYeast gave me a certificate for a free smack pack, and while grateful, I completely forgot about it. Around a month ago i was going through a stack of papers, and found the certificate, which was expiring at the end of the year. My regular LHBS only carries White Labs, but we do have another LHBS in town that stocks WYeast. Now White Labs and WYeast have mostly the same strains, but there are a few that are exclusive. One which White Labs simply doesn’t have an equal for is 3711.
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Cloning Enjoy By IPA and Stone’s House Yeast
Alright, it’s time to roll up our sleeves and start talking about Stone’s special release IPAs. First of all, for those that haven’t had Enjoy By IPA, do whatever you must to try this; it is incredible. Go, drive, run, to the nearest store and buy a bottle if it’s available in your city. I’m not a BJCP certified judge, but this beer would get 48-49/50 if I were to sit down with a scoresheet. I think my single improvement would be 5-10 more IBUs, but it’s quite literally a perfect DIPA. No seriously, Perfect.
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