boozeboy
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i have heard it is almost impossable to match a homebrew beer with a commercial one is this true? because i think its quite easy providing you use the right teqneques (excuse my spelling)
kornkob said:I don't think he's talking about matching the quality. I think he's talking about a true, indistiguishible clone that one could serve to friends and have them be amazed that it was something made in a garage.
Again, large commercial brewers have the ability to carefully and precisely control every aspect of brewing to a degree that very few, if any, home brewers can.
Brewpastor said:Blind tasting is an informative way to knock the commercial guys off their perches.
Why would you want to clone a beer you can buy cheaper than you can make?Monster Mash said:I have a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone that tastes just like the real thing. If you want to clone Budweiser it would be pretty difficult and not worth the trouble.
budbo said:Why would you want to clone a beer you can buy cheaper than you can make?
Wow! 50 cents a six pack? I thought I was doing good at about $ 2.50 a six pack!Monster Mash said:Sierra Nevada is $7 a six pack. I can make it for 50 cents a six pack.
SteveM said:"As good as a brewery??" Why lower my standards!
Just kidding of course - if brewing clones is your thing, more power to you. The biggest single benefit to rolling my own is that I can make a beer that is perfectly suited to my own tastes. So far, no commercial brewery has quite matched that, though some brew pubs come close.
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