Favorite recipe websites/blogs?

[kh54s10]

I use the recipes on HBT, Northern Brewer's kits and Beersmith. I usually look at a couple that are close to what I want to brew, then substitute to use what I have on hand. I rarely brew a recipe exactly as published anymore.

 

[AzOr]

I use the recipes on HBT, Northern Brewer's kits and Beersmith. I usually look at a couple that are close to what I want to brew, then substitute to use what I have on hand. I rarely brew a recipe exactly as published anymore.

I’m with you. The only time I follow a recipe is if it’s a style I’m not too familiar with and even then there’s a little wiggle room to customize.
I swear I have this rare undiagnosed disorder. I can’t sit by my kettle without throwing in last minute hops or half pound of honey, orange peels etc.

 

[kh54s10]

I’m with you. The only time I follow a recipe is if it’s a style I’m not too familiar with and even then there’s a little wiggle room to customize.
I swear I have this rare undiagnosed disorder. I can’t sit by my kettle without throwing in last minute hops or half pound of honey, orange peels etc.

That is something that I don't do. I think out my recipe and once I get it where I think I will get what I expect, I stick to it.

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

You can also try this to find all the recipes from the old AHA wiki...
https://web.archive.org/web/20170619030836/http://wiki.homebrewersassociation.org/Recipes

A couple of months ago, I was curious about recovering broken links in "NHC GOLD MEDAL HOMEBREW RECIPES 2004-2017". Back then, I started with the page you mentioned and ended up at .../AHA-National-Homebrew-Competition-Winners-Circle. This page has links to winning recipes by year. Close, but I want them by category. Also, the links on that page are currently broken, so that doesn't help either.

Recently, I had some spare time, so I thought programming against the internet archive API would be interesting. So I filtered the html on the web page to extract the "wiki" URLs, then used internet archive web API to convert those URLs into "internet archive" URLs.

I was pleased with the large number of recipes that I could find and thought the results, organized by style, might be useful to others.

For those who have AHA membership, the recipes can also be found here: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipes/ (filter by "Winners Only" and desired beer style).

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

I also posted this in a related topic (since it placed higher in various search engine results). Wanted to add it here so that those following the current topic would see it as well.

"NHC Gold Medal Winning Recipe Breakdown 2004-2014
"[reddit poster] spent the past few weeks compiling all of the gold medal winning recipes that are posted on the AHA website from 2004-2014. I put them in a spreadsheet and calculated the recipes based on percentage of grains, hops used, OG, FG, mash temp and yeast used."

https://www.reddit.com/r/Homebrewin...gold_medal_winning_recipe_breakdown_20042014/

 

[kevin58]

A couple of months ago, I was curious about recovering broken links in "NHC GOLD MEDAL HOMEBREW RECIPES 2004-2017". Back then, I started with the page you mentioned and ended up at .../AHA-National-Homebrew-Competition-Winners-Circle. This page has links to winning recipes by year. Close, but I want them by category. Also, the links on that page are currently broken, so that doesn't help either.style).

Actually no, they are not all broken. In the spirit of the title of this thread this link may be of great help to other brewers. I was merely offering and addition to the thread.

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

In a broader context, the internet archives can be certainly be both interesting and helpful. In the short term, it can help extend the life of dead resources (e.g. AHA wiki) and almost dead resources (e.g. 'Gold Medal Recipes').

It takes a while for dead resources to disappear from discussion, but they do disappear (remember when BYO offered some good content for free and those links were often seen in discussions?).

Over time forum discussion has also shown that it can enhance good resources - current data on current recipe sets, similar to 'Designing Great Beers': https://www.reddit.com/r/Homebrewin...gold_medal_winning_recipe_breakdown_20042014/).

Forum discussion also brings out new alternative resources (https://beerandbrewing.com/search/?q=make yourbest&hPP=20&idx=cbb_web&p=0).

For me, finding good links for 'Gold Medal Recipes" in the internet archives was an interesting programming exercise (and use some of my hobby time). If the result is valuable to others (or inspires someone to build on the idea), that's an additional benefit to some/many us as well.

 

[AzOr]

Update
I recently brewed a session pilz-
https://beerandbrewing.com/summer-session-pilsner-czech-pale-lager-recipe
I’ve made this recipe four times now and it has become one of my faves. Each time I tweak the hops just a bit.
Great session beer with tons of flavor. Perfect camping beer. The flavors of this beer really come together after about 6 weeks of lagering.
The latest batch I threw an oz of ginger and the peel from one lemon in the boil and it’s great.

I currently have a session IPA fermenting now. The recipe was inspired from Craft Beer and Brewing site as well.

 

[AzOr]

Lately I've been watching more youtube brewing clips and have added these two to my to-brew list. The rosemary IPA will be brewed this next week (hopefully). I'll be using Imperial Loki for the first time so I'm not sticking to the original recipe but I'm fermenting in my garage so I'm looking forward to messing around with kveik.
Btw- the guys from Basic Brewing are hilarious. The show reminds me of older PBS shows, only brewing beer and they are actually funny. It's refreshing to watch a yt clip without tons of background music and weird special effects.