Budweiser clone

[DrunkleJon]

It all depends on your tastes. The Cream of 3 Crops is great. I made up 10 Gal cheaply and it is very Bud-ish. To start out though, decide on one style (preferably an ale over a lager) and make that a few times. The darker, more roasty beers will cover over any off flavors better, but brew the type of beer you like. Brown Ales, Red's a simple Stout, even a Pale Ale or an IPA all are reasonably easy to make if you maintain fermentation temps and pay attention to sanitation. Basically clean everything thoroughly and sanitize anything that touches the cool wort/beer.

Let us know if you have any specific process related questions, we are happy to help, and happy brewing. Just because it is your first beer brew, doesn't mean it will be awful.

 

[tommyg595]

Thanks. Ill be geting a few things this weekend.

 

[cheezydemon3]

If you can't lager, leave out all but 1 lb of the pilsen. When not lagered, pilsen malt is flavorful!

I would go:
8 lbs of pale 2 row
1 lb pilsen

.5 oz hallertaur 60 minutes

Kolsch yeast

 

[daksin]

White Labs Cry Havoc yeast is the Budweiser yeast.

Source on this?

 

[bscott1011]

Yooper's Fizzy Yellow has been a hit with my BMC friends and family. Easy to brew and is also my go to lawnmower and home repair beer

 

[rgarry]

Yooper's Fizzy Yellow has been a hit with my BMC friends and family. Easy to brew and is also my go to lawnmower and home repair beer

I second this. I just made this for my parents 50th wedding anniversary. Same story, most people won't appreciate my taste in beer. It's carbing now but taste good flat.

 

[ShootsNRoots]

You can easily brew a 5 gallon batch of Bud...

For a 5-gallon batch:

O.G. should be around 1.030.
F.G. should be < 1.008, preferable about 1.000.

2lbs 2-Row Pale Malt
2lbs 6-Row Pale Malt
2lbs Flaked Rice
1oz. Saaz (3.5AA) 60 min.

Mash @148 for 90mins.

Boil for 90mins.

Perform lager fermentation using Wyeast Pilsen Lager 2007 (The Budweiser Strain).

When time comes for diacetyl rest add 1 tsp of Amylase Enzyme to fermenter (rest for about 3 days).

Total time on aformentioned steps should be about 2 weeks (14 days).

Lager for 14 days and keg or bottle.

Enjoy a tasty brew! It's amazing that Bud goes from grain to glass in 28 days.

You might also try using 'TetraHops' or HopExtract as an alternative to the real thing!

 

[tommyg595]

Thank you. Sounds good. Ill get the stuff and give it a try

 

[shoshin]

You can bottle it however you want - I use a mix of 330ml, 500ml and 660ml bottles, I understand in the US you have 75cl and 2l "growlers" you can use too. I also have a couple of 5l mini-kegs which are pretty good.

I bottle into growlers when I can, they hold ~1/2 gallon of beer. They're much easier to handle than bottles, just make sure to use 'flip-top' growlers with thick lass, NOt the thin-glass screw-top ones

 

[bobmcstuff]

I bottle into growlers when I can, they hold ~1/2 gallon of beer. They're much easier to handle than bottles, just make sure to use 'flip-top' growlers with thick lass, NOt the thin-glass screw-top ones

I wish we had those! I mainly use a mix of 500ml flip tops and regular crown sealers, being able to bottle 2l at a time would save time on bottling day...

I've never seen them in the UK though.

 

[shoshin]

that's a real bummer they sell them on the northernbrewer web site (though at a step price ... $25 is too much, imo), but it doesn't look like they ship across the pond, do they? if you can get your hands on them, you should totally get some! They make bottling a breeze

 

[PosterGuy]

You can easily brew a 5 gallon batch of Bud...

For a 5-gallon batch:

O.G. should be around 1.030.
F.G. should be < 1.008, preferable about 1.000.

2lbs 2-Row Pale Malt
2lbs 6-Row Pale Malt
2lbs Flaked Rice
1oz. Saaz (3.5AA) 60 min.

Mash @148 for 90mins.

Boil for 90mins.

Perform lager fermentation using Wyeast Pilsen Lager 2007 (The Budweiser Strain).

When time comes for diacetyl rest add 1 tsp of Amylase Enzyme to fermenter (rest for about 3 days).

Total time on aformentioned steps should be about 2 weeks (14 days).

Lager for 14 days and keg or bottle.

Enjoy a tasty brew! It's amazing that Bud goes from grain to glass in 28 days.

You might also try using 'TetraHops' or HopExtract as an alternative to the real thing!

Don't forget the Beechwood chips in your secondary and micron filtration.

 

[TylerGuy]

You can buy that crap for less than it would cost you to make it, what's the point?

where i live beer is 43 bucks for 24 beers. and hence im a home brewer.

 

[Tiber_Brew]

You can easily brew a 5 gallon batch of Bud...

For a 5-gallon batch:

O.G. should be around 1.030.
F.G. should be < 1.008, preferable about 1.000.

2lbs 2-Row Pale Malt
2lbs 6-Row Pale Malt
2lbs Flaked Rice
1oz. Saaz (3.5AA) 60 min.

Mash @148 for 90mins.

Boil for 90mins.

Perform lager fermentation using Wyeast Pilsen Lager 2007 (The Budweiser Strain).

When time comes for diacetyl rest add 1 tsp of Amylase Enzyme to fermenter (rest for about 3 days).

Total time on aformentioned steps should be about 2 weeks (14 days).

Lager for 14 days and keg or bottle.

Enjoy a tasty brew! It's amazing that Bud goes from grain to glass in 28 days.

You might also try using 'TetraHops' or HopExtract as an alternative to the real thing!

This looks spot on if you're looking for a Bud Heavy clone.

 

[rico567]

Leaving aside the obvious responses, which have probably already been made in this thread anyway, I'll just state that my son, whose father-in-law is a big Budweiser fan, just uses the Midwest Cream Ale recipe when he visits. The guy swears it's just as good as the InBev product, and swills it like a bathtub drain. This is a man who would drink soy sauce before he'd touch a stout.

 

[Marquez]

Source on this?

Look here for its pedigree from a very trusted source:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/cry-havoc-125345/#post1398010

 

[daksin]

Ah, see I had heard that story before (I have no idea how true it is) but no matter where Cry Havoc came from, it doesn't make a beer anything like a Budweiser yeast anymore- it's been taken out so many generations before stabilizing the culture at Wyeast that it's mutated into something unrecognizeable. It's a strange animal, that.