Best Source For Recipes?

[bondra76]

Just curious where you guys find most of your recipes


I've tried a lot of them on here, and looking for more. I get Zymurgy but I have tried a few of theirs and I wasn't incredibly impressed.

I have been pretty impressed with BYO Magazine's.

Curious what other sources are out there? Beersmith's cloud is tough with very little reviews. I have heard some people using Reddit...Our home-brew club has some posted online.

Are there other places out there? Not looking for clones but unique ones...

 

[thekraken]

Don't mind me, just subbing so I don't miss peoples responses.

Being able to google and pick food recipes that are rated 4+/5 stars rated by 500+ people has really helped my cooking... I just wish there were enough home brewers that more homebrew recipes could get that kind of vetting.

 

[bondra76]

amen that's what I want too

 

[Trox]

My two main sources are the recipe section here, and Northern Brewer. At Northern Brewer I will find a kit similar to the style I am looking for, and check out the recipe they supply. A third source I use quite as bit is BeerSmith; they also have a good recipe selection.

Between those three I can usually find what I am looking for, or get a good direction on creating my own.

 

[C-Rider]

I make all of mine myself after reading Designing Great Beers and using BeerSmith.

 

[sburnt]

I often start with Brewing Classic Styles, then cross-reference HBT, NB, and Google, before designing a recipe.

 

[CA_Mouse]

I use Designing Great Beers and Brewing Classic Styles as a references. I will grab an appropriate amount of single grains to match my recipe ratios, crack them and steep them to get an idea of the flavor and then modify as needed. For an example of an Amber that I am working on is 90% 3L Pale Malt, 8% C-120 and 2% carapils, I would grab 1 carapil, 4 C-120 and 45 3L Pale Malt and see how they taste.

 

[Qhrumphf]

I use Designing Great Beers and Brewing Classic Styles as a references. I will grab an appropriate amount of single grains to match my recipe ratios, crack them and steep them to get an idea of the flavor and then modify as needed. For an example of an Amber that I am working on is 90% 3L Pale Malt, 8% C-120 and 2% carapils, I would grab 1 carapil, 4 C-120 and 45 3L Pale Malt and see how they taste.

These are my go-tos as well.

I haven't tried using single grains in that fashion. I've smelled and chewed plenty of single grains on their own to get an idea of flavor, but never tried doing it in the proper ration. That's a great idea. I'm going to start using that.

I typically brew my own recipes. DGB is a good resource for learning how to do that properly. And its got some good style information in there as well. Typically I'll come up with something on my own, and if it's a style I haven't brewed before I'll check myself against the information in DGB and BCS to make sure I'm in the ballpark.