thrstyunderwater
Well-Known Member
I'm looking for a clone recipe, I want to make this for my wife for Christmas. I really liked it in the 6 pack and haven't been able to find any recipe for a clone online.
well, you could try to email the person who won the longshot.. if you can find her contact info. otherwise, try to brew a simple pale ale with maybe some honey malt (or actual honey, but that might not end up with the honey flavor/sweetness you want) and then find some dried lavender and add it in as a 'dry hop' type application or add some in in the final 5 minutes of the boil... not sure how much though, maybe an oz or two?
Wait, you want someone to hand you a recipe, but you don't want it to be the person who developed the recipe?
Well here is what the Boston Beer company told me:
"The Honey B's Lavender Ale is a basic Honey Wheat Ale with added Lavender. The specifics to the beer are unknown because we do not keep the ingredients on file plus its also to the discretion to the brewer themself which unfortunately remains classified. However, there are plenty of great forums online to brew a basic Honey Wheat Ale (heres just one example):
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/honey-wheat-ale-35188/
There are also a lot of great books and websites for homebrewers. The Complete Joy of Home Brewing (Harper Collins, 2003), a book now in its 3rd edition, was written by Charlie Papazian, founder and president of the American Homebrewers Association. The American Homebrewers Associations website is www.beertown.org. Another site, www.howtobrew.com, contains a plethora of free information.
Keep on brewin!"
I can make a honey wheat, any guess as to how to best incorporate the lavender, how much, and should it be dried, fresh, or oil?
"If the product is brought to market and made available to American beer drinkers, the homebrewer will receive a one time royalty of $5000.00. If you are a Grand Champion of the Contest, you agree to disclose your complete recipe to The Boston Beer Company and grant to The Boston Beer Company an irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to all commercial and intellectual property rights to your winning beer, subject only to your right to receive the $5000.00 one-time royalty. Entering the Contest, constitutes permission to The Boston Beer Company and its agencies to use your recipe, the name of your recipe, your name, likeness, picture, signature, voice, audio and video recordings and biographical information in any manner or media whatsoever (whether now known or hereafter devised) anywhere in the world in perpetuity for the purpose of manufacturing, promoting, advertising and trade, of any product by The Boston Beer Company without further compensation, unless prohibited by law."
So in order to be champion and have your beer sold, you need to hand over all rights of that beer, including the recipe to Boston Beer Co. for a one time royalty of $5,000. Yet, according to the email above, they do not have this recipe on file and it is up to the discretion of the brewer themselves. Sounds a bit contradictory to me..
Agreed on the lavender. It is easy to go overboard.
Make a honey wheat beer and add 1/2oz dried culinary lavender to the fermenter for a week.
Another option is to add the same amount to the boil and ferment as usual.
One and a half teaspoons in a 2.5 gallon average gravity half batch was strong, but not overpowering or 'soapy' tasting for me.
I currently have a honey ale brewing that I'm going to add lavender to not sure how much probably an oz maybe less I want just a hint of lavender
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