Hey guys - here is the update from my brother for the Austin Home Brew Supply Clone:
Has anyone done the Austin Homebrew Supply All Grain clone? I would be interested to see their recipe.
Bros comments:
"Did the side-by-side comparison on the Torpedo yesterday. It was scary. I was able to duplicate the entire process - both bottles were 6 inches from each other in the garage so they started at the exact same temperature. I poured them into identical mugs nicely frosted from the freezer. I couldn't identify any difference in coloration so I actually had to put a rubber band around the base of one mug to tell them apart. Aromatically, my nose couldn't pick up any noticeable difference. I immediately did a tasting - individually sipping a few times from each with a pause in between and then back-to-back tastings. I tried one after another and then switched. After that I went to the couch and spent the next 40 minutes enjoying them. I wanted to find out what happened as each came up in temperature all the way to nearly room temp. I have to tell you, I could not pick one over the other in a blind test. At times I was convinced your brew was a little brighter but I may have just had that expectation. In my opinion, the clone is every bit as good as the original right down to carbonation level."
Just did a quick comparison of what I think the AHS All grain recipe is. I would assume the hop schedule is the same, so just the grains would be the issue.
BYO vs. AHS
Both recipes place the base grain to specialties ration very close:
BYO:
2ROW - 95.30%
C60 - 4.7%
SRM = 8.5
AHS:
2ROW - 95.05%
*C60 - 4.95%
SRM = 8.4
*I assume C60 is the specialty used from AHS since there are only two grains used in the BYO, 2row and C60.
Now I just need to compare the hop schedule from AHS extract kit to the hop schedule from BYO. I did a full boil for my AHS extract kit.