So I was at Island's recently (it is a surfer/Hawaiian themed burger restaurant in SoCal, maybe other places too, not sure) and they have 3 'craft' beers on their menu - a Golden Ale, Brown Ale and IPA. I had the Golden and the IPA. IPA was mediocre, but I liked the Golden Ale a lot. It was yummy. I want to brew something like it for people who think they don't like beer. (I asked our server who makes their beer, and she said 'We do... not here, but we do! and I said, 'Well your menu says somebody else brews it for you...' so she went and asked and came back and said Firestone makes it.)
So how do you clone a beer? Can some of you drink a beer and distinguish which hops and malt are in it? I mean, I've read plenty and I know which malts give which color, and I know which hops are bittering/aroma/special hops. But I don't really know what I would put in a recipe to make it taste like the Golden Ale at Island's, for instance.
Where do you start?
So how do you clone a beer? Can some of you drink a beer and distinguish which hops and malt are in it? I mean, I've read plenty and I know which malts give which color, and I know which hops are bittering/aroma/special hops. But I don't really know what I would put in a recipe to make it taste like the Golden Ale at Island's, for instance.
Where do you start?