Liberty Ale Clone

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Does anyone have this recipe? This is one of my favorite store bought brews. I searched the site, but had no luck. I didn't get very many hits or clues googling it as well. Austin Homebrew sells a clone kit, but its around $35.
 
I have some recipes for Anchor Liberty saved on my thumb drive I think.
I will post them in the morning. Can't remember where I got them though....

It was from some site that had 2 different versions of it--but not a recipe site. Some homebrewer with a pretty nice web site if I recall.....:confused:
 
Anchor Liberty Clone

6 lbs. Pale LME
1 lbs. Pale DME
8 oz. Crystal 40°L
8 oz. Toasted 25°L
3 oz. Cascade (whole leaf) 5½%, 60 minutes (Partial Boil)
½ oz. Cascade (whole leaf) dry hop, one week
1 tsp. Gypsum
1 tsp. Irish Moss
1 pkg. Wyeast London

SG: 1.053
FG: 1.010

Notes:
Primary ferment one week at 68°F.
Secondary ferment one week.
For the dry hop, just throw them in the secondary.

Good luck,
Wild
 
I know the guy who ran that site, and I think he still has the code for it. I think I may get it and put it back online.
 
wild said:
Anchor Liberty Clone

6 lbs. Pale LME
1 lbs. Pale DME
8 oz. Crystal 40°L
8 oz. Toasted 25°L
3 oz. Cascade (whole leaf) 5½%, 60 minutes (Partial Boil)
½ oz. Cascade (whole leaf) dry hop, one week
1 tsp. Gypsum
1 tsp. Irish Moss
1 pkg. Wyeast London

SG: 1.053
FG: 1.010

Notes:
Primary ferment one week at 68°F.
Secondary ferment one week.
For the dry hop, just throw them in the secondary.

Good luck,
Wild
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WY1272 is Anchor's yeast. I am befuddled by the London Ale?
 
wild said:
Anchor Liberty Clone

6 lbs. Pale LME
1 lbs. Pale DME
8 oz. Crystal 40°L
8 oz. Toasted 25°L
3 oz. Cascade (whole leaf) 5½%, 60 minutes (Partial Boil)
½ oz. Cascade (whole leaf) dry hop, one week
1 tsp. Gypsum
1 tsp. Irish Moss
1 pkg. Wyeast London

SG: 1.053
FG: 1.010

Notes:
Primary ferment one week at 68°F.
Secondary ferment one week.
For the dry hop, just throw them in the secondary.]
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I'm drinking a Liberty right now. I'm not getting any specialty malt character in this at all. Man, this brew is DRY! I think you could really simplify this as follows...

6lb Light DME
1oz Cascade @ 60min
1oz Cascade @ 10min
1oz Cascade @ Flameout
Wyeast 1272 American Ale II (fermented on the cooler side - 63˚-65˚)
1oz Cascade in Secondary Fermenter for 5-7 days
 
The liberty ale really only has Cascade hops in it? This surprised me, as I remember it being very fruity, but not terribly citrusy.
 
Wait, I thought it was so named because it is made with Liberty hops. I don't even see Liberty in these clone recipes.

Edit: What a fool I was to make such an assumption. From the Anchor Steam Website: "Liberty Ale was first introduced on April 18th, 1975 to commemorate the bicentennial of the famous ride by Paul Revere." And Liberty hops were not introduced until the early 90's.
 
Im actually just now listening to a Sunday Session podcast with the brewmaster from Anchor and he says Liberty is made with only Cascade hops and Pale Malt, and OG of 1.056.

Looks like headfullofhops recipe would be close, the only question is the hops schedule and amounts, but I am sure that will get you close.
 
kpr121 said:
Im actually just now listening to a Sunday Session podcast with the brewmaster from Anchor and he says Liberty is made with only Cascade hops and Pale Malt, and OG of 1.056.

Looks like headfullofhops recipe would be close, the only question is the hops schedule and amounts, but I am sure that will get you close.
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Ha! Not bad for a guess. I need to learn to trust my palette more often. It's funny how a lot of these iconic beers and their associated flavors come from VERY simple recipes (some of them are of the SMaSH variety)
:mug:.
 
Heres what I came up with for AG, similar to headfullofhops. Sorry for the formatting, I used TastyBrew's recipe formuation site.

I would use Wyeast 1272 American Ale II on the cool side:

06C. American Pale Ales, California Common Beer All-grain

Color

Stats
OG 1.055
FG 1.014
IBU 36
ABV 5.3 %
SRM 4

Specifics
Boil Volume 6 gallons
Batch Size 5 gallons
Yeast 75% AA

Style Comparison
Low High
OG 1.044 1.055 1.055
FG 1.011 1.014 1.014
IBU 35 36 45
SRM 8 4 14
ABV 4 5.3 5.5



Fermentables
% Weight Weight (lbs) Grain Gravity Points Color
100.0 % 10.00 American Two-row Pale 55.5 3.6
10.00 55.5

Hops
% Wt Weight (oz) Hop Form AA% AAU Boil Time Utilization IBU
25.0 % 1.00 Cascade Pellet 6.6 6.6 60 0.263 26.0
25.0 % 1.00 Cascade Pellet 6.6 6.6 10 0.096 9.4
25.0 % 1.00 Cascade Pellet 6.6 6.6 0 0.000 0.0
25.0 % 1.00 Cascade Pellet 6.6 6.6 DH 0.000 0.0
4.00 35.5
 

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