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View Poll Results: Which Fat Tire Clone is the more accurate?
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March/April 2010 BYO Issue Clone
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December 2010 BYO Issue Clone
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Neither, mine is better...
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12.96% |
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Who the fv<k cares? Fat Tire is crap beer.
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38.89% |
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12-15-2010, 01:40 AM
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Which BYO Fat Tire Clone is more accurate?
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BYO published two Fat Tire clone recipes this year. One in the March/April issue and one in the December issue. Has anyone made either of these? If so, what did you think of them? If not, which do you think looks more accurate? Or, provide your own clone if you think it's that good.
Fat Tire Clone (March/April):
5 gal, OG = 1.050, FG = 1.013
IBU = 20, SRM = 14, ABV = 4.8%
8# 10 oz. 2-row Pale Malt
8 oz. Munich Malt
8 oz. Carapils Malt
8 oz. Crystal Malt (20L)
6 oz. Biscuit Malt
1 oz. Chocolate Malt
0.8 oz. Willamette (90 min.)
0.4 oz. Fuggle (20 min.)
0.4 oz. Fuggle (0 min.)
Wyeast 1272 or WLP051 Yeast
Mash at 154F for 45 minutes. Ferment at 68F.
Fat Tire Clone (December):
5 gal, OG = 1.050, FG = 1.013
IBU = 19, SRM = 14, ABV = 4.7%
8# 10 oz. 2-row Pale Malt
1# Munich Malt
8 oz. Crystal Malt (80L)
6 oz. Victory Malt
0.4 oz. Target (60 min.)
0.5 oz. Willamette (10 min.)
0.5 oz. Goldings (0 min.)
Wyeast 1272 or Wyeast 1792 or WLP051 Yeast
Mash at 154F for 45 minutes. Ferment at 68F.
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12-15-2010, 03:57 AM
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I'm assuming that since the second recipe came from New Belgium themselves, it's probably more accurate.
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12-15-2010, 10:48 AM
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I was thinking the same thing, but wanted to check to see if anybody had brewed either of these before. I'm wanting to make a 10-gallon batch of Fat Tire clone as my first All-Grain endeavor come spring and was looking for a little input.
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01-30-2011, 05:43 AM
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I just brewed the December recipe tonight. Overshot the OG by almost 10 points doing a partial mash! The color is quite brown, however, I imagine it will clear up and (hopefully) get some caramel/amber color. I'll report back in a few weeks to let you know how it went.
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01-30-2011, 07:27 AM
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the byo clone's edition has one as well.. ill find it to compare.
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01-30-2011, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by knuckledragger
I just brewed the December recipe tonight. Overshot the OG by almost 10 points doing a partial mash! The color is quite brown, however, I imagine it will clear up and (hopefully) get some caramel/amber color. I'll report back in a few weeks to let you know how it went.
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Good to hear! Definitely post your end results as I'm looking to brew the December version this Spring.
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the byo clone's edition has one as well.. ill find it to compare.
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It will be interesting to compare, thanks for the input!
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01-30-2011, 01:07 PM
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I'd also second the one from the brewery in the Dec issue. Anyone know of a place to get their yeast? Anyone have a slant perhaps?
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01-30-2011, 08:18 PM
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the Mar/Apr recipe is the same as in the 150 clones edition.
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"Back when I was in the pen, I used to beat my meat..."
"Damn ye, yellow-bellied sapsuckers; I'm a better man than all of ye milksops put together" - Blackbeard
"...I have really good sex moves; that I learned in China. I'm a sexual tiger; and feed on va-gine-a." - Jon Lajoie
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02-06-2011, 09:35 PM
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Took a gravity reading today. Down to 1016. Sample tasted a tad fruity, I fermented at 69-70 so that's probably why....
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02-08-2011, 05:39 PM
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I've brewed the BYO clone and it wasn't very close in my opinion. I'll have to check my notes when I'm back at home, but I think I overshot the gravity by 5 or 6 points. That probably had an effect. I remember thinking the hops weren't quite right.
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