coors light recipe?

[Scooterkdavis]

ive actually had sex in a raft, its close, and i would have to say that the sex was better than the coors light; in fact i dont see any similarities at all except that mountains were blue that day and it was still not as refreshing as the sex. no not even close, i would say that having sex in a boat is nothing like coors light.

 

[shek]

Let's add it up.

5 gallons of horse urine
2oz malt extract
one Hallertau whole hop or two pellets
one pack bread yeast

I think I could make CL pretty damn cheap.

I'm not sure if the OP can get horse urine for free like some people....

 

[Saccharomyces]

I think you can get a really damn good American light lager, if you are willing to work at it. This should come out pretty decent:

2.5# Extra Light DME
12oz Rice Extract
.18oz Magnum 60

Use 100% RO water or "purified" bottled water. This will yield 2.5 gallons of ~1.053 wort. Oxygenate really well and ferment at 45*F with a 2L starter of American lager yeast. Ferment until attenuated then slowly lower to 34*F for lagering. After fermentation and lagering are complete, rack off the yeast and top up with RO water to 4 gallons in the keg.

 

[Yooper]

I think you can get a really damn good American light lager, if you are willing to work at it. This should come out pretty decent:

2.5# Extra Light DME
12oz Rice Extract
.18oz Magnum 60

Use 100% RO water or "purified" bottled water. This will yield 2.5 gallons of ~1.053 wort. Oxygenate really well and ferment at 45*F with a 2L starter of American lager yeast. Ferment until attenuated then slowly lower to 34*F for lagering. After fermentation and lagering are complete, rack off the yeast and top up with RO water to 4 gallons in the keg.

That actually sounds pretty good! Why the magnum? Because it's a "clean" bittering hop? Why not try using just a little hallertauer, though? Maybe 15 IBUs? Just a thought- I have plenty of both!

I'd try that- make 2.5 gallons, then taste and see if I really wanted to add water to get me to 4 gallons.

 

[MeatyPortion]

How about a honey ale? Some of those are light, cheap, and your friends would probably dig it.

 

[JesseRC]

I think you can get a really damn good American light lager, if you are willing to work at it. This should come out pretty decent:

2.5# Extra Light DME
12oz Rice Extract
.18oz Magnum 60

Use 100% RO water or "purified" bottled water. This will yield 2.5 gallons of ~1.053 wort. Oxygenate really well and ferment at 45*F with a 2L starter of American lager yeast. Ferment until attenuated then slowly lower to 34*F for lagering. After fermentation and lagering are complete, rack off the yeast and top up with RO water to 4 gallons in the keg.

Is there a reason why you add the water at the end fermentation and not before adding yeast?

 

[sudbuster]

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

 

[McKBrew]

Edited the original post I had here (It's still in the quotes below). Realized where this was posted. The OP is serious, yet posts it here. OP gets the ribbing that he knew was coming, and gets irked. Then I got irked because he was irked. Whatever. He has a valid request and I came across wrong. I thought my recipe was funny, as this is the drunken ramblings forum.

I agree. American Light Lager is a valid style. As a homebrewer, if I were going to make something similar, I'd do my best to make it unique and actually make it a good representation of said style. IMO Coors light is NOT a good American Light Lager. Sam Adams light is. Something I brewed myself, with a bit more care than a quick fermenter to can mentality would be as well.

To each his own, but if I have the skill to make something like this, I'd want it to be something more than a copy of a (IMO) substandard beer.

 

[sudbuster]

Sorry that you didn't like what you heard, but calling us ******** was a bit out of line.

Here is what he said:

>>How many beers does it take to be a complete beer snob???
please someone let me know so i can just stop drinking beer....
because if i ever turn into that kind of an ******* i dont think i want to drink anymore. .... << (emphasis mine)

So, you can see the OP did not call anyone an ******* except those who profess to be, or are beer snobs. If you fit that criteria, then maybe he called you an *******.

 

[hal2814]

Going back to the OP and his dislike of BMC jokes and his hatred of beer snobs.

Expect the jokes. There are several valid alternatives for light tasting, crisp, clear homebrew at a reasonable cost. Why not give it a shot before discounting them totally? I can think of several recipes here at HBT that fit the bill and will go over just as well as coors light.

Sorry that you didn't like what you heard, but calling us ******** was a bit out of line.

But suggesting he start with horse urine was in line? The OP obviously did expect the assault and was trying his best to avoid it. He even made it plain in the original post. He laid out his reasoning and asked for help with a very legitimate beer style. And thankfully, most people here actually helped. Everything about the light American lager is "valid." And Coors Light firmly fits that category. Was the OP out of line? Yes, but he was merely responding in kind. Expect if if you're going to be the one cracking the jokes. Why not try to help a brewer pursue topics they are actually interested in instead of expecting them to drop it so they can adhere to your worldview?

Back to the original question, x2 that it's going to be hard to do with extract. I'd go with Saccharomyces's suggested recipe with late extract addition but be prepared that it won't be a dead ringer.

 

[mitch171]

Maybe try a Belgian Pale Ale if you don't feel like going through the hassles of a lager?

 

[budbo]

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.

Thanks

Why would you even bother? It is actually cheaper to buy it than to brew it. I made an MGD clone for a friend It was a light lager considering the ingredients, time in the lagering fridge etc. I told him not doing it again, next party it is cheaper and easier to buy it on sale than to make it.

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.......

I too make American style light Lagers, but to try and clone a BMC is not cost/time effective, when you can get 30packs on sale for $14. If you are going to do one, design or find a recipe that gives you something you can't buy dirt cheap. I actually led friend mentioned above to the understanding that Homebrew can be better than MGB and doesn't have to be dark beer.

 

[DeathBrewer]

Who said anything about cost-effective? It seems everyone has missed the OPs point.

 

[Tonedef131]

I have an American Lager on tap right now that is pretty much a dead ringer for Coors. The only things I would change to get it closer to Coors would be take out the bit of 6-row I have and make it all 2-row and sub in corn starch in place of the corn. These practices are both done by Coors and I think it would be hard for even a Coors fan to tell the difference after those changes.

 

[hal2814]

I have an American Lager on tap right now that is pretty much a dead ringer for Coors. The only things I would change to get it closer to Coors would be take out the bit of 6-row I have and make it all 2-row and sub in corn starch in place of the corn. These practices are both done by Coors and I think it would be hard for even a Coors fan to tell the difference after those changes.

Could I get your current recipe?

 

[Tonedef131]

Could I get your current recipe?

Yeah, I will check when I get home to be sure but it went something like this for the 10 gal batch:

7lbs 2-row
7lbs 6-row
3lbs flaked corn
3lbs flaked rice

ounce of willamette (Glacier would work well too) at 60 and another ounce at 30

Pitch at 45 and ferment at 48-50, filter and carbonate very highly.

Keep it simple and keep it clean, have a nice big pitch of yeast and serve it as cold as you can. This is for a Standard American Lager, if you want to get closer to a lite I would just reduce the 2-row by five pounds or so. This will increase the adjuct percentage and lower the gravity. I would also delete the 30 min hop addition for a lite lager.

Edit: If you want it closer to a specific company here is the approach I would take:

Bud: take out the 2-row and use all 6-row, use rice syrup solids for all of the adjunct.

Coors: take out the 6-row and use all 2-row, use refined corn starch in place of the corn at about 10oz per lb of corn but leave the rice as is.

Miller: Use brewers corn syrup for all of the adjunct, I know AHS carries this.

 

[Tonedef131]

I checked it and that is the right recipe. I had some people over for a game night last night and one of my friends who drinks Bud exclusively said that she likes that one better than Bud. Take it for what it's worth but I think I'll keep this recipe and it would be a good one to build off of for a premium lager too.

 

[McKBrew]

I re-read the OP's original post again.

Just to make sure I'm clear, he wants to make an EXACT clone of Coors light to prove that he can do it.

I'm going to give the simple answer this time, now that I know what he is looking for.

With extract brewing methods, an exact clone of Coors light is pretty much impossible.

 

[Tonedef131]

With extract brewing methods, an exact clone of Coors light is pretty much impossible.

I think you could get pretty close. These beers are more a showcase of how clean you can brew and how well you can handle the fermentation. An extract batch would likely be missing that "grainy" flavor but I don't get that nearly as much out of Coors as I do Bud. It won't be exactly the same, but I think with good yeast handling and a very clean process you could get pretty darn close. I think the hardest part would be getting it to go dry enough since you don't have control over the fermentability. You would probably have the best results using an enzymatic malt extract or adding some amylase to your wort for a while before boiling.

I would do this:
The lightest DME you can find 60%
Brewers Corn Syrup 20%
Rice Syrup solids 20%
6-8 BUs with something very clean like Glacier

OG in the 1.030s and pitch plenty of yeast. I might even do a shorter than normal boil to keep the SRMs down.

 

[RichBrewer]

I'll be the first to admit that I have made my fair share of BMC wisecracks. I'm here to tell you though that I can enjoy all three of these beers at times. Nothing better on a hot summer day than to have an ice cold American light lager.

Having said that, I don't think making this style or trying to clone a BMC is practical or even possible for the average homebrewer. As stated by others, this is probably the most difficult beer in the world to brew. Any flaws would stick out like a sore thumb. I find it amazing that mega breweries can produce consistent, flawless light beers in massive quantities. I say just buy some Coors light for this one!

Oh, by the way, I don't care what anyone thinks of me because I drink a BMC now and then...

 

[Mutilated1]

Yeah, I will check when I get home to be sure but it went something like this for the 10 gal batch:

7lbs 2-row
7lbs 6-row
3lbs flaked corn
3lbs flaked rice

ounce of willamette (Glacier would work well too) at 60 and another ounce at 30

Pitch at 45 and ferment at 48-50, filter and carbonate very highly.

Keep it simple and keep it clean, have a nice big pitch of yeast and serve it as cold as you can. This is for a Standard American Lager, if you want to get closer to a lite I would just reduce the 2-row by five pounds or so. This will increase the adjuct percentage and lower the gravity. I would also delete the 30 min hop addition for a lite lager.

Edit: If you want it closer to a specific company here is the approach I would take:

Bud: take out the 2-row and use all 6-row, use rice syrup solids for all of the adjunct.

Coors: take out the 6-row and use all 2-row, use refined corn starch in place of the corn at about 10oz per lb of corn but leave the rice as is.

Miller: Use brewers corn syrup for all of the adjunct, I know AHS carries this.

Thats pretty close to what I usually make, but if you're going for Bud/Miller/Coors you've got way to much gravity to begin with.

I do like 3.5# 2 row, 2.5# 6 row, 2# flaked rice.

You need to be right around 5-1/2% ABV at the most when you make this kind of beer.

 

[Tonedef131]

Thats pretty close to what I usually make, but if you're going for Bud/Miller/Coors you've got way to much gravity to begin with.

I do like 3.5# 2 row, 2.5# 6 row, 2# flaked rice.

You need to be right around 5-1/2% ABV at the most when you make this kind of beer.

You're thinking of the diet BMC that they call "lite", what I made is more along the lines of Coors Original, Budweiser, or High Life. this beer finishes in the 1.007 range which leaves it below 5.5% anyway. But I do have pointers in there for those of you trying to make the diet counterpart to the standard BMC fare.

Edit: Perhaps you didn't see that this is for a 10 gallon batch size. The OG comes in right at 1.048 when I brew this.

 

[Mutilated1]

No I wasn't thinking of light beer, and yes I saw it was 10 gallon recipe.

What kind of efficiency do you get ? I don't need anywhere close to that much to come in around 1.050.

Anyway, if it tastes good to you - drink it.

Brew on!

 

[Tonedef131]

I get 75%, that is 20lbs of grain resulting in 11 gallons in the fermenters after boil. If you are getting 1.050 out of 8lbs of grain that is damn near 90% efficiency.

 

[Mutilated1]

Yeah, I usually get a little better than 90% as I figure it. 8-8.5 pounds seems to be the sweet spot for me, I can mash 11.5-12 pounds with my setup but then I don't get as good efficiency -- no idea why really.

I didn't realize you got 75%, I thought my 90%+ was typical.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

[78kombi]

I did a brew that was 3 lbs extra light dme and 1 lb honey 1 0z hallertau and i used Safale 04..
it pretty much had no flavor. was very colorless , pretty close to coors light.
the problem people face with corporate light beer, is they can drink alot of it, so there is more opportunity for judgment, now with a heavy beer, your tastebuds are all sexed out after one beer. less opportunity for criticism .

 

[jhenderson27]

Talk about bringing back a zombie but anychance you have the diet cersion of the coors recipe and what yeast. Im doing this as a challenge to myself. Coors is a sponsor of mine in racing and i want to see if i can duplicate it. Idc whatto people think im testing my brewing abilities.

 

[Shawnylocks]

just piss in a bottle??

 

[jhenderson27]

So original, its just as east to not post and not sound like a db. If you dont want to advance your abilities fine, but some of us choose to challenge ourselves with brewing the hardest style.

 

[millaj92]

For those who are interested...a recipe for an all-grain version of the BMC American light lager. It's not a "clone" of any, but it's close to all.

(6.5 gallon batch, 75% efficiency)

7 lbs American 2-row base
2 lbs flaked corn
1 lb flaked rice

1 oz any 4% alpha acid hop @ 60 min

SafLager dry yeast

simple, easy, cheap. 4.3% ABV