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Interesting - I believe my can indicated a FG of 1.014 or maybe 1.016 ---- hard to believe the FG would vary that much from batch to batch unless they altered the recipe recently....

Well, I couldn't wait so I tried one of my brews today from my recipe earlier - Version 2 -- Wow this is a great beer! Even if it hasn't fully matured. I will definitely be doing a comparison with my last can of Epiphany in about a week or two! Cheers, Joe

So did you brew this recipe? It sounds like you did and it came very close! Please advise.

Well, the beer is in the bottles and it tasted darn good prior to carbonation. I will probably try one this weekend. I'm not sure if its going to be close enough to be considered a clone - I have one can of Epiphany left - so may open it up to compare with this brew... Hoping I can get a...

Color of the 2nd attempt -

I realize there is no mention of crystal/caramel malts - but I just don't see how they can get that color with just those ingredients. Unless maybe they are toasting or roasting one or more of the ingredients - maybe toasted oats??? Have you tried a recipe based on this yet? I am currently...

Here is a pic of my color at this point - 10 days in the fermenter...

Beer Color

Various Beer Related Photos

Well, I finally got the opportunity to try my first brewing and thought I would give a shot at trying a recipe for cloning this beer. Here were my ingredients: 10 lbs American Pale Ale 3 lbs of German Pilsner 1 lb of Oat Flakes 5 Hops Columbus - added at 5 min left Citra - added...

Just wondering yeastylad if you used any beer software to come up with your recipe? Just curious - plugged your recipe into the brewer's friend software online and it came out with much different results.... ?

Will be curious to see how your recipe comes out. I'm new to brewing so can't really lend any information but I have recently been up to Maine and picked up a few 4pks of this before leaving. It is great! I was also pleasantly surprised with Bissell Bros. IPA - Substance... not quite as bold...