Molson Canadian or Labatt's Blue recipe

[AlfA01]

Anyone have a good AG recipe for Molson Canadian or Labatt's Blue? Two of my top fifteen beers. I used to be able to buy these on the military bases when I was in the service. Over here in Greece they are pretty much unheard of.

I'd love to have a batch of these to take fishing during the summer.

Cheers,
AlfA01

 

[Beer_Eugenics]

AHS has a clone
http://www.austinhomebrew.com/Beer/L/Labatt-Blue-1C.html#.U6YSZvldWSo

 

[Yooper]

Remember that those are lagers, and are fermented at 50 degrees for about 10-14 days, and then raised to 60 degrees for a day or two, and then held at 34-40 degrees for about 4 weeks. They also require either multiple packages of yeast, or a yeast starter.

For lagers, I make a HUGE starter, then add the yeast when the wort is 48 degrees and the yeast is about 45 degrees. I stick the yeast starter in the fridge for a few days, so that I can decant the spent wort, and then pitch it into the wort.

 

[AlfA01]

Remember that those are lagers, and are fermented at 50 degrees for about 10-14 days, and then raised to 60 degrees for a day or two, and then held at 34-40 degrees for about 4 weeks. They also require either multiple packages of yeast, or a yeast starter.

For lagers, I make a HUGE starter, then add the yeast when the wort is 48 degrees and the yeast is about 45 degrees. I stick the yeast starter in the fridge for a few days, so that I can decant the spent wort, and then pitch it into the wort.

Certainly going to well plan the brew. I have available a refrigerator to control brew temps. I don't know the exact temp range, so I may have to go down the to storage room and test it over a couple days to see what temps it is capable of.

I had it my mind to use the BrewFerm yeast for Lagers: http://www.beer-deli.gr/brewferm-lager-12gr.html

Its for fermentation at 12- 15 Celsius.

Any inputs?

Cheers,
AlfA01

 

[DaNewf]

Growing up in rural Newfoundland, Canada buying beer pretty much meant buying either Molson Canadian or Labatt's Blue (most of my family prefer Molson). I started home brewing beer to get away from drinking them. To see a post on here looking for a clone recipe kind of threw me for a loop.

Familiarity breeds contempt I guess because I'd never want to make either of these beers myself. But come to think of it on a hot summer day (fishing perhaps) nothing cuts the thirst like an ice cold Molson Canadian. Maybe I should get over myself and admit it's a decent beer.

 

[seanybubbles]

Feeling the same as DaNeuf. Living in Quebec I do anything to avoid these beers as they are the only 2 we can get on tap here and I don't find them great. For simplicity sake I would brew a cream ale with fresh ingredients. Might be better. Good luck!


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[MN_Jay]

Growing up in rural Newfoundland, Canada buying beer pretty much meant buying either Molson Canadian or Labatt's Blue (most of my family prefer Molson). I started home brewing beer to get away from drinking them. To see a post on here looking for a clone recipe kind of threw me for a loop.



Familiarity breeds contempt I guess because I'd never want to make either of these beers myself. But come to think of it on a hot summer day (fishing perhaps) nothing cuts the thirst like an ice cold Molson Canadian. Maybe I should get over myself and admit it's a decent beer.

I'm a Newf living in Minnesota and I crave them! You can buy them here but it doesn't taste the same. It would be fun to brew a Molson clone





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[DaNewf]

I'm a Newf living in Minnesota and I crave them! You can buy them here but it doesn't taste the same. It would be fun to brew a Molson clone





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Forget the Molson clone, if someone produced a clone recipe for Black Horse or Jockey Club my Newfie/homebrewer pride would demand I give it a try at least once.

 

[AlfA01]

I'm a Newf living in Minnesota and I crave them! You can buy them here but it doesn't taste the same. It would be fun to brew a Molson clone

Agreed. Drank a lot of these when I was out in Newfoundland and also the times I went o Abbotsford. We could also buy them, but they were just much better in Canada.

Same scenario as the other guys are saying happened to me once....I went to a military base with some German guys and all they wanted was Budweiser. What???? Budweiser? You have all your amazing German beers and you want Budweiser? I was shocked!

Anyway, I suppose its a preference thing....

 

[jwwbrennan]

Sometimes experience makes the beer rather than the other way round. Newfoundland is a place that can do that.

 

[AlfA01]

Sometimes experience make the beer rather than the other way round. Newfoundland is a place that can do that.

Very true....and, they had this horrible mindbending liquor called Screech (if I spelled it correctly), very similar to Yukon Jack...it was 100 proof and sneaks one hell of punch!

Cheers,
AlfA01

 

[jwwbrennan]

Very true....and, they had this horrible mindbending liquor called Screech (if I spelled it correctly), very similar to Yukon Jack...it was 100 proof and sneaks one hell of punch!

Cheers,
AlfA01

The burn-blue-leave-the-glass-clean screech is an experience for sure, the ouzo in Palaiochora, Crete was a contender. I spent a few months there (part of me never left) when time was endless and there were no rental accommodations.

 

[AlfA01]

The burn-blue-leave-the-glass-clean screech is an experience for sure, the ouzo in Palaiochora, Crete was a contender. I spent a few months there (part of me never left) when time was endless and there were no rental accommodations.

One Ouzo...Two Ouzo...Three Ouzo...Floor!

Cheers