How to Triple Hop a Miller Lite Clone!

[Schlenkerla]

LMAO!!!! That just Priceless!

That one hop pellet was just for the starter. They dump the good stuff before pitching it into wort.

 

[Schlenkerla]

I did the deed. I have a Miller Lite Clone made with cascade. I said the hell with bittering using just cluster. Fricken cascade all the way. Thanks for HG hops!!

@ 60 Min 1/2 oz Cascade
@ 0 Min 1 oz cascade


7 days from now 1 or 2 oz will be dry hopped.

Then the beer will be really triple f'n hopped!!

 

[Schlenkerla]

OK - Here some pictures of the final and "3rd" hopping.

Here's 2 oz in a 5 gallon carboy.

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Here's my Doritos-like fingers (covered with lupilin) My fingers have more hop potential than what goes into a barrel of Miller.

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The final tripple hopping now completed.

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[Schlenkerla]

Oh-yah,

Miller Brewing eat your frickin heart out...

Here's a look at the beer at 8 days after pitching. The corn taste is there, hoping the amylase enzyme will dry that out and clean it up.

FYI - Got a 92% extraction efficiency. Hoping this will be very dry.

 

[z987k]

wow, all those leafs in a carboy, looks amazing!!!!


But on a serious note on brewing a bmc like product, you need to go with rice, not corn and instead of using hops at all, get the isomerized extract. Hop Extract | MoreBeer
On the plus side the extract won't skunk and it will increase the shelf life of your beer since it doesn't have any nitrogen compounds.

 

[Schlenkerla]

wow, all those leafs in a carboy, looks amazing!!!!


But on a serious note on brewing a bmc like product, you need to go with rice, not corn and instead of using hops at all, get the isomerized extract. Hop Extract | MoreBeer
On the plus side the extract won't skunk and it will increase the shelf life of your beer since it doesn't have any nitrogen compounds.

That's for Budweiser. This is Miller! The recipe came from Charlie Papazian after ML won gold at the World Beer Cup. (1996) Rather dated but I'm guessing the recipe hasn't changed much. Even with the "New" Triple Hopped marketing campaign.

 

[Saccharomyces]

Did you get a gravity reading after primary? I'm curious what your attenuation was... before the amylase...

 

[Schlenkerla]

Did you get a gravity reading after primary? I'm curious what your attenuation was... before the amylase...

No I didn't. I might have enough in that mason jar to do that! (stashed it in the fridge for cold drinking)

OK - Its right at 1.009 @ 60F.

The activity had just about ceased prior to racking on top of the hops and amylase. Right now its passing a bubble a every 10-20 seconds. In fact, I could have used a blow-off. I did this racking and left for an hour only to find a 1/2 pint of beer on the floor when I got back.

 

[jmo88]

looks good but where are your "lock-in" hops?

 

[Schlenkerla]

looks good but where are your "lock-in" hops?

Huh?????? Whats that?

 

[Otis The Drunk]

Does putting an emblem with three hop cones on the can count as triple hopping?

No they are telling you exactly how many hops are in a BBL of their beer.

 

[jmo88]

Huh?????? Whats that?

Exactly. If you really don't know what I'm talking about check millerlite.com

Watch the video. What a joke.

 

[Pangea]

Dude, you guys are all way off on the triple hops. It's not about when you add the hops - its more about what the hops do to the beer. For example:

First Step - FLAVOR. Or in other words, HAPPY TOWN. That's right. HAPPY TOWN. Screw bittering or aroma hops. These hops are for HAPPY TOWN. Better aks somebody.

Second Step - BALANCE. "You appreciate a good body. So you're welcome". I can't beleive that this isn't a sticky - to balance the beer you need to add hops for body... wait... I'm confused.

Final Step - LOCK IN - Something we homebrewers haven't learned yet is how to create a GREAT TASTE by using LOCK IN HOPS (not to be confused with great flavor in step one. Tase and flavor are different. Try to keep up). This is a secret trick learned by Miller brewers taught only to a select few who climb to the eastern peak of everest to pick a blue flower and return to tibetan monks. This knowledge is of a secret lock in hop frozen in the artic ice cap. They don't grow any more, but if you can get one and use in your beer - it will yield a ROCKIN BEER MUSTACHE, which in the end is what Miller Lite is all about my friends.

 

[DeathBrewer]

That doesn't work unless you sport the whole mullet.

 

[SnickASaurusRex]

Oh no! I just octotupel hopped my Copper Head Venom IIPA. Is it ruined, should I dump it?

 

[Schlenkerla]

Exactly. If you really don't know what I'm talking about check millerlite.com

Watch the video. What a joke.

OK - Thanks to Pangea I remember watching that.

It so f'ing dumbed down, it has to be because there is nothing to brag about other than the lack of taste.

Since you mentioned this here's the website.

http://www.millerlite.com

 

[Schlenkerla]

I can't believe that sucker is still crankin' after adding the hops & amylase!!!

Not to mention that I needed a blow-off. I had at least 1" of space in carboy and it blew through the airlock.

 

[Saccharomyces]

I can't believe that sucker is still crankin' after adding the hops & amylase!!!

Not to mention that I needed a blow-off. I had at least 1" of space in carboy and it blew through the airlock.

Sweet... tripple hopped AND blown off! I think you have a new marketing slogan.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Sweet... tripple hopped AND blown off! I think you have a new marketing slogan.

You were asking about the gravity yesterday. It was 1.009

I hope this gets down to 1.000. If it does I'll be doing this on ALL of my lawnmower beers!

 

[Schlenkerla]

This sucker is still crankin' at 7 days in the 2ndary? Its taking a long time for 9 points. Ah, maybe not. Right now its as clear as can be.

Smelled the airlock..... awesome smelling cascade! :rockin:

 

[Schlenkerla]

OK - I have a glass of flat Miller Lite Tripple Hopped with Cascade. Its pretty much what you would expect watery and extremely light. Without a doubt it has a very noticeable hop aroma, which is citrusy. The corn flavor I mentioned earlier is now completely gone. You wouldn't know it has any corn in this recipe. There is only a slight bitterness from the hops, but this beer is also SUPER DRY at 1.001. The only taste in this beer is the hops. - Which is fine by me.

I just kegged it and its getting about 12psi at about 42F. Now to wait and see what happens as it carbs. I appreciated venting this keg, the cascade blast was a bit refreshing.

I am rather pleased with this so far. Looks like a Chardonnay in this wine glass. Its very clear. What little taste it has is good (has no flaws), smells pretty good, should be a good hot weather quaffer. Not to mention its really damn cheap.

$8.36 Grain
$2.50 Hops (I also used homegrown hops)
$1.50 Yeast
$12.36 Total for this beer.
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[MacBruver]

$12.36 Total for this beer.

Aaaaaand now you know why they push this stuff so hard. If you could make it for $2.50 per gallon, you know the big brewers can make it for $1 per gallon- or LESS. Now that is some profit margin, even when the 30 pack cans are on special...

 

[Schlenkerla]

I brewed another batch of this yesterday. Now triple Sorachi...

 

[Schlenkerla]

Ok - Just racked over batch #2 onto 1oz of sorachi ace. Damned if it don't smell good!! Quite lemony.

 

[Ewalk02]

What kind of yeast did you end up going with....my guess is Safale - 05 just looking at your price for yeast. Also what temp did you ferment at...this could be a good SWMBO beer for me.

 

[Schlenkerla]

What kind of yeast did you end up going with....my guess is Safale - 05 just looking at your price for yeast. Also what temp did you ferment at...this could be a good SWMBO beer for me.

I used S-05 and fermented 65-68F. Using amylase enzyme (in the 2ndary) to dry this out to 1.000. Its not a lager yeast but its gonna be so light and dry nobody will notice or care.

 

[Synovia]

Aaaaaand now you know why they push this stuff so hard. If you could make it for $2.50 per gallon, you know the big brewers can make it for $1 per gallon- or LESS. Now that is some profit margin, even when the 30 pack cans are on special...

I worked for a concert arena a couple years back (maybe 10 now...yikes), and we were paying <$10 per 1/2 keg for Bud/Bud Light, so they're probably doing $.25/gal or lower.


We were buying about three hundred kegs a night, IIRC.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Here's a picture of the beer. Its got the citrus smell & taste of cascade. A notable grapefruit-like taste. Pretty much the only taste. This beer is really different than miller lite or the average hoppy pale ale. The flavor is all hops virtually no malt character to speak of when I drank this. It a very thirst quenching beer. I think the average BMC person would NOT appreciate the hops but I might be wrong. Its got hop flavor & aroma without any bitterness.

Despite all the condensation on the glass, this beer very clean and clear.

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[Schlenkerla]

I had two of these for lunch... easy quaffers they are... :rockin: Almost too easy.


Gotta go try the one made with German hops...(hallertauer, tettnanger, perle, spalt) A buddy made the same but used all leftover German hops.

Damn just as good...

 

[Schlenkerla]

John D------ /Mark F------​

"Triple Hopped" Miller Lite Clones​

60 Minutes, 0 Minutes, & Dry​

Happy Town, You Like Body, The Lock-in​

1. Tastes Great - (Iowa Cascade) John's
2. Less Filling - (German Nobles) Mark's
3. Apfelwein - (German Cider) John's