Blue Moon Clone

[nilo]

bowser220,TrainSafe, please enter your ratings to the pool here

 

[nilo]

Current score sheet

 

[TrainSafe]

Thanks nilo. I don't think. Should vote yet as I have only tried one recipe. While it turned out above my expectations, I need to try some more recipes for comparison.

 

[nilo]

Thanks nilo. I don't think. Should vote yet as I have only tried one recipe. While it turned out above my expectations, I need to try some more recipes for comparison.

You don't need to test other recipes to enter you vote to what you brewed already. The pool is for a comparison side by side with the commercial beer. Whenever you brew other recipes, you can go back and vote again on the new recipes. But if you want to wait to do it all, that's fine too.

 

[Felipecunha_wvu]

Hi there, im gonna try my first batch of a Blue Moon clone and i have a little question. Im gonna follow Nilos#11, but where i live (Brazil) i cannot seem to find the mccormick Orange peel. Any suggestions on what to use? fresh oranges? what type? Swee/bitter dried Orange peels?

Thanks for the help.

 

[nilo]

Hi there, im gonna try my first batch of a Blue Moon clone and i have a little question. Im gonna follow Nilos#11, but where i live (Brazil) i cannot seem to find the mccormick Orange peel. Any suggestions on what to use? fresh oranges? what type? Swee/bitter dried Orange peels?

Thanks for the help.

Hi Felipe, if you have access to regular brewing dry orange peels, I would use 2oz of sweet and 1oz of bitter peels.
You can adjust to your taste when brewing future batches.

 

[TrainSafe]

Ok, based on those simple clarifications, I was able to submit a vote. Thanks!

 

[nianticcardplayer]

The only one I have done has been Wayne's #2 and have served that to others as well the biggest comments had been the orange and coriander and has almost an identical appearance to the commercial version taste for them was very close as well I will brew the Wayne's #2 again.

 

[nilo]

Updated score as of today

 

[bowser220]

I'm doing a taste test on Thanksgiving with 20 guest. I will let you know how it goes. Blue Moon versus #8

 

[bowser220]

Everyone loved it with the exception of one person that thought blue moon was better.

 

[Crock_it_out]

Has anybody had the blue moon tongue thai'd? I would love to know the clone recipe for it.

 

[GraphixRyan]

Gonna give one of Nilo's recipes a go this weekend in a 2.5 gal batch. Would you recommend #8 or #12?

 

[Wayne1]

Haven't been around too much lately. I've been busy opening Station 26 Brewing Co. In Denver.

Come spring, I definitely will be brewing a "Tribute" to Blue Moon probably dry hopped.

Here is a shot of me playing with my new toys.

Thanks for the the interest and help in working out a homebrew version of a beer I brewed 18 yrs ago.

 

[nilo]

gonna give one of nilo's recipes a go this weekend in a 2.5 gal batch. Would you recommend #8 or #12?

#12

 

[Poobah58]

Go get 'em Wayne!

 

[KPSquared]

Thanks for the the interest and help in working out a homebrew version of a beer I brewed 18 yrs ago.

Thanks for your contribution to an awesome thread!


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[muddy1015]

I'm giving Nilos #12 a shot this week, probably Wednesday. I've only done 2 AG batches before this so we'll see how it goes. A couple things I'm wondering about, I just completed reading through all 89 pages and my head's spinning a bit!

-I've never used rice hulls before, I have a square 10 gallon cooler tun with a steel line mesh so thinking about trying them out. Would I just add ~0.5lb into the whole mix or on top/bottom etc.? (Edit: or do you think these are even necessary with just ~44% wheat?)

-The coriander seed from the LHBS is whole, is crushing it with a rolling pin ok?

-I was planning on just adding the coriander, orange peel, and corn starch into the boil without a muslin bag, would this be ok? (seems to be fine with the seed and peel as Wayne has said he does that, mainly wondering about corn starch)

-Through Beersmith (first time using it...amazingingly helpful!) I'm shooting for 5.5 gallons into the fermenter with the exact grain amounts you have in your #12 recipe Nilo, it estimates an OG of 1.056 so it seems around the volume you were thinking on that recipe?

-Apparently the last Hallertauer batch was a bit off so it's only 2.2%, is just doubling the amount to 2oz of those the same as 1oz of 4.4% or are there other effects?

Thanks guys!!

 

[jhenderson27]

I've done Wayne's recipe to the t a few times, wife loves it and says it's better than the current iteration of blue moon, better flavor and mouthfeel.

 

[nilo]

I'm giving Nilos #12 a shot this week, probably Wednesday. I've only done 2 AG batches before this so we'll see how it goes. A couple things I'm wondering about, I just completed reading through all 89 pages and my head's spinning a bit!

-I've never used rice hulls before, I have a square 10 gallon cooler tun with a steel line mesh so thinking about trying them out. Would I just add ~0.5lb into the whole mix or on top/bottom etc.? (Edit: or do you think these are even necessary with just ~44% wheat?)


-The coriander seed from the LHBS is whole, is crushing it with a rolling pin ok?


-I was planning on just adding the coriander, orange peel, and corn starch into the boil without a muslin bag, would this be ok? (seems to be fine with the seed and peel as Wayne has said he does that, mainly wondering about corn starch)


-Through Beersmith (first time using it...amazingingly helpful!) I'm shooting for 5.5 gallons into the fermenter with the exact grain amounts you have in your #12 recipe Nilo, it estimates an OG of 1.056 so it seems around the volume you were thinking on that recipe?


-Apparently the last Hallertauer batch was a bit off so it's only 2.2%, is just doubling the amount to 2oz of those the same as 1oz of 4.4% or are there other effects?


Thanks guys!!

=> I don't use rice hulls. It depend on your mash tun and how easy you get stuck mashes. Remember that the hulls will draw heat from the strike water, so you have to consider that to reach your target mash temp.

=>Yes, crush it slightly

=>I use a bag for the peel and coriander, not for the starch

=>My recipe is for 5gal

=>Yes. You can also play with your brewing software to get same IBU's.

Good luck.

 

[akconant]

Where do I find Nilos #12 recipe?

 

[nilo]

Where do I find Nilos #12 recipe?

HERE

 

[muddy1015]

Ok, another result for any interested! Just poured the first of Nilo's #12 out of the keg. Nilos #12 on the left, Blue Moon on the right. The color's almost spot on, with the clone being maybe a little bit darker. I think I carbonated a bit too much, hence the much larger head on mine and it tastes a tad bit too much. Most important part -> the taste is pretty dang close! Mine is giving me more flavor (I think maybe coriander, still a noob with using that though) on the back end but overall I would say pretty similar. I'm doing a blind taste test with some friends for it this Saturday, pretty hopeful I'll get a few votes towards the clone!

Big thanks to everyone that contributed to this I'm very excited about how it came out.

 

[nilo]

Looking good

 

[scampbellatc]

Sorry, can't sift through 90 pages (holy jeez). Did anyone decide if there was an acceptable extract recipe for Blue Moon? Love it and would like to take a shot at it.

Cheers!

 

[jhomburger]

Adventures in homebrewing has a good blue moon clone recipe I have made it and my friends say it is actually better. Just google their name and find it under clones. Their ingredient sheet is on the webpage so you can grab the ingredients wherever is convienent for you

 

[Wendol]

So much to read lol...

My main question that i might of missed was when brewing this clone do you put the orange/coriander in a mesh and pull it out after the boils done or leave the orange/coriander in the primary and just let it settle on the bottom for the extent of the fermentation?

 

[jhomburger]

Added orange marmalade and orange peel and coriander last 10min of boil. Turned out great

 

[nilo]

So much to read lol...

My main question that i might of missed was when brewing this clone do you put the orange/coriander in a mesh and pull it out after the boils done or leave the orange/coriander in the primary and just let it settle on the bottom for the extent of the fermentation?

I add the spices in a paint strainer bag (re-useable) during boil only. I guess you can dump in boil and leave in primary also but will need to correlate fermentation time to flavor. Like a week in primary will produce less spice flavors than 3 weeks in primary, for the same recipe. my 2c.

 

[jhomburger]

My funnel has a strainer so basically the same the thing I don't transfer it to the primary fermenter