Fat Tire Clone

Im an extract brewer. Does anyone have a recipe for a Fat Tire?

Adventures in Homebrewing in Dearborn Michigan has a clone kit they sell. It's currently in my secondary.

Jason

Here's a recipe from Brew Your Own. I've never tried it, but it looks pretty tasty.

Fat Tire Amber Ale (5 gallons, extract with grains)

Ingredients:

5 lbs. Laaglander plain extra-light DME
0.50 lb. crystal malt (20° Lovibond)
0.50 lb. crystal malt (40° Lovibond)
0.50 lb. carapils malt
0.50 lb. Munich malt
0.50 lb. biscuit malt
0.50 lb. chocolate malt
3 AAUs Willamette pellet hops (0.66 oz. at 4.5% alpha acid)
1.33 AAUs Fuggle pellet hops (0.33 oz. at 4% alpha acid)
2 AAUs Fuggle pellet hops (0.50 oz. at 4% alpha acid)
1 tsp. Irish moss
2/3 to 3/4 cup corn sugar to prime
Wyeast 1056 or BrewTek CL-10

Step by step:

Steep specialty grains in 3 gallons of water at 154° F for 45 minutes. Remove grains and add dried malt extract. Bring to boil and add 0.66 oz. Willamette pellet hops. Boil for 60 minutes and add Irish moss. Boil 10 minutes and then add 0.50 oz. Fuggle hops. Boil another 20 minutes, add remaining Fuggles and remove from heat. Cool to about 70° F and transfer to fermenting vessel with yeast. Ferment at 64° to 68° F until complete (7 to 10 days), then transfer to a secondary vessel, or rack into bottles or keg with corn sugar. (Try lowering the amount of priming sugar to mimic the low carbonation level of Fat Tire.) Lay the beer down for at least a few months to mellow and mature for best results.
All-grain option: Omit extract and mash 6 lbs. pale malt with specialty malts in 9 quarts of water to get a single infusion mash temperature of 154° F for 45 minutes. Sparge with hot water of 170° F or more to get 5.5 gallons of wort. Bring to boil and use above hopping and fermentation schedule.
OG = 1.050
FG = 1.011
IBUs = 16

is this what you are looking for?

http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_21_46_43_250&products_id=1113

BrewProject said:

is this what you are looking for?

http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_21_46_43_250&products_id=1113

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Out of curiosity, I checked out the kit; and I wasn't sure what to make out of the "1% Alcohol Increase" addition for $1.99. What does AHS do? Add some extra dextrose at the boil? Bigger is better right?!

Marc.

There is a clone recipe in the current (July/August 2006) issue of Zymurgy. I don't subscribe, but picked it up recently at the LHBS.

I don't think I've ever seen any beer clone attempted as much as FT...

Seriously, it's the beer that turn most people on to micro-brews...it's a good beer, yes...but there's lotsa good beers out there.

Exo said:

I don't think I've ever seen any beer clone attempted as much as FT...

Seriously, it's the beer that turn most people on to micro-brews...it's a good beer, yes...but there's lotsa good beers out there.

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No kidding.... I think I could sit down and name about 50+ other beers that I would want to clone before I would do Fat Tire...

So how's the recipe DB coming along? This has to be an FAQ, right there with Hoegaarden.

I wanted to do a Fat Tire Clone as my first brew, but it wound up being my second. I am drikning it now (and I mean now). Its a kit from Austin Homebrew...which I reccommend because it is pretty good. Not sure if it tastes like Fat Tire because I havent had it in about a year, but close to my memory of it.

I noticed the BYO All grain instructions mention a single infusion mash. Is there a need to do a protein rest or multi stop mash with the specialty grains in that recipe? Or do they not contribute enough to worry about it? The 2-row is fully modified, so there shouldnt be a need right? Just mash at desired temp and time ?

Thanks
MNBugeater

MNBugeater said:

I noticed the BYO All grain instructions mention a single infusion mash. Is there a need to do a protein rest or multi stop mash with the specialty grains in that recipe? Or do they not contribute enough to worry about it? The 2-row is fully modified, so there shouldnt be a need right? Just mash at desired temp and time ?

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Yes, Most of the grains you buy from LHBS or online shops is fully modified and doesn't need a protien rest (though some say it adds flavor) If you are using unmodified then you want the rest

veggiess said:

No kidding.... I think I could sit down and name about 50+ other beers that I would want to clone before I would do Fat Tire...

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True, but the "rarity" of the Tire on the eastcoast makes us want to clone it.

I've heard... rumors from some friends in the distribution industry that it will head further east this year. Not clear how far east, but it's coming!

Also, I made the AHS clone once so far, and it was loved so much by SWMBO I've got it on deck again next week. It's a fine, clean, easy to palette beer. I can see why people who covet it would want their own version...

I brewed the Phat Tyre Amber Ale Extract Kit from Northern Brewer as one of my first beers way back when. I didn't think it tasted much like Fat Tire, but still a good beer. This was back when they had the actual yeast from wyeast in the kit.

This is it now.
Phat Tyre Amber Ale Extract Kit -- Kit Inventory Sheet

Specialty Grains


* 0.50 lbs. Victory Malt
* 0.50 lbs. Briess Caramel 60

Fermentables


* 1 lb. Pilsen DME (boil for 60 min.)
* 6 lbs. Amber Malt Syrup (boil for 15 min.)

Boil Additions


* 1 oz. Perle (60 min)
* 1 oz. Hallertau Select (15 min)

If you choose dry yeast


* Safale US-05. Optimum temperature: 59-75° F.

If you choose liquid yeast


* Wyeast #1762 Belgian Abbey II. Optimum temperature: 65-75° F.

I just brewed the AG Phat Tyre recipe from Northern Brewer a little while ago. It's not exactly spot on, but its still a great beer. All my friends that tried it like it better than the real thing.

chumprock said:

True, but the "rarity" of the Tire on the eastcoast makes us want to clone it.

I've heard... rumors from some friends in the distribution industry that it will head further east this year. Not clear how far east, but it's coming!

Also, I made the AHS clone once so far, and it was loved so much by SWMBO I've got it on deck again next week. It's a fine, clean, easy to palette beer. I can see why people who covet it would want their own version...

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You know the guy you replied to hasn't posted on the forum since 2007, and the comment your replying to was 2006. FYI Fat tire made it to the cost March 2 of this year in North Carolina.

but we cant buy it in Oklahoma. and its not available in every state. its an awesome beer. and i can brew it instead of driving to ks or tx to buy it. though when i end up in either ks or tx i buy a couple cases