im not bothering to post this in the recipe thread in fear of crucifixion, wait... going to make a long story short. every month my poker group picks a beer for me to try and clone. they are all beer drinkers, micro brews and imports, but when we play poker we are drinking to get drunk and usually drink bmc because otherwise we would be spending more on beer than the 30$ buy in. anyways got a few good ones under my belt. Anyways last night one of the DD's brought 2 Stella's and challenged me to make a stella clone. I told them that i dont have enough knowledge to do that. after a bunch of **** givin to me by everyone because ive never failed before they told be to make the simplest lauger. COORS LIGHT. Can someone help me with this one, i dont even know how to make a light extract beer, or let alone had very good luck cloning lagers. If anyone knows a clone kit for coors light please help me out. personal message me if you feel shame
I am a lager brewer, and feel no shame. If it's lager style, then I'll try to brew it. Coors Lite is a lager style beer, BJCP style 1A. Lite American Lager. Most of the razzing one gets from wanting to or brewing this style is just in fun. If there are a few posters that seriously have bought into the myth that BMC etc forced it on the public, it is only out of ignorance, and they should read Amitious Brew by Maureen Ogle, and other such beer history books.
Some of the above posts suggest that rather than attempt to brew this style, you should simply buy it for the intended porpose, and I fully agree. I have brewed this style more than any other except German Helles, and Pre-prohibition pils, and have found that to be successful, everything in your brewey and technique must be spot-on. IMHO you won't be able to pull it off without proper refridgeration equiptment dedicated to the job. Also, extracts will not do it. It must be done AG to achieve the fresh, crispness characteristic of the style. As has been mentioned above, it is one of the most difficult styles to brew.
If you have the refridgeration, and AG equiptment along with the confidence in your brewing skills, then PM me and I'll send you an American Lite Lager recipe to get started with. It's not a Coors clone, but kinda like it.
Cheers and good brewing.......
Edit: Taken from the BJCP Syle Guidlines
Commercial Examples: Bitburger Light, Sam Adams Light,
Heineken Premium Light, Miller Lite, Bud Light, Coors Light,
Baltika #1 Light, Old Milwaukee Light, Amstel Light