Kaiser
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jeffm1000 said:I live one mile from the Bud Plant in Merrimack NH. I'll tell ya, from the store it tastes like piss in a bottle(worse in a can) but is great on tap at the brewery!
I just went to a brewery tour at this plant today. Afterward I had their IPA and I must say that I'm not very impressed. I get the impression that they cut down on aroma and flavoring hops and used high alpha bittering hops to save cost. The result was a very harsh and unpleasant bitterness.
Now back to the topic. If you can make a BUD clone you can call yourself a master home brewer. This is one of the most dificult styles to make and this alone might get me into trying to brew one. The only problem is that it might take multiple interations to get it right and I don't really care for this style to much. So I rather stick to Munic Helles, which would also be a great beer to convert BMC drinkers.
No matter what you do, in order to make a clean and crisp lager (or even ale for that matter) that can convert a BMC drinker, you need to have your process down. The recipe is mostly very simple.
Kai