Beginner

This is a fine session beer to make for summer. It is low in alcohol at 3.4% ABV, but has plenty of malt taste and a nice hint of English hops. You could change the hops around to use what you have, but the beer will taste much more like an authentic session beer if you keep the earthy English hop profile.

This is a clone of less well known Gordon Biersch Dunkles. This extract version is for those of you who don’t have the equipment for an all grain homebrew setup.

If you are an all grain brewer, here is the all-grain version of the Dunkles that I cloned.

You can use any clean lager yeast, but Gordon Biersch uses Weihenstephaner 34/70 lager yeast. It is available dry from DCL/Fermentis as W-34/70. If you can’t find that, you can use the SafLager S-23.

American barleywine is similar to its British relatives, but like most things “American,” the American barleywine is bigger and hoppier. This homebrew beer recipe is a clone of the famous Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine.

Full of hop goodness, it is also dry-hopped for added citrus aroma. Weighing in at a whopping 85 IBU’s and 9.7% abv, this is not a beer to drink when you want to mow the lawn, at least if you want the lawn to be mowed straight!

This is an extract version of my best of show Chocolate Porter. It is almost the same as the all-grain version, and much easier.
A chocolatey version of a Robust Porter, this also does extremely well in the specialty beer category.

Food Pairing

Great for dessert and a lovely Fall beer. This also pairs well with beef dishes

My sister loves Nut Brown Ale so I made this recipe for her (yes she brews too). This has been brewed for several years and has won many awards at home brew competitions.

A homebrew clone of North Coast Brewing Company. This big Russian Imperial Stout will warm your winter nights. This beer also ages extremely well, I would save it for several years at least, but I know you can’t wait!