Traditional Recipes

[TipsyDragon]

I know there are many many sites out there with thousands of user submitted recipies on them. ( this site included) what I was wondering was if there where any sites that had standard traditional recipites for the various beer styles.

 

[Revvy]

I'm not sure what you mean by "standard traditional recipes."

Honestly since there is not a "brew biible" of ancient recipes, there is really no single "core" recipe for any style...Every brewer has their own twist or way they approach a particular style.

Even Jamil, and Palmer's Brewing Classic Styles book will really only give you their versions of those styles....

 

[jsullivan02130]

If you want "standard traditional recipes for the various beer styles" then you want to get a copy of Brewing Classic Styles. It is an excellent book, with recipes for each of the BJCP styles, 80 of them, I think. Most have won numerous medals in competitions.

 

[masonsjax]

I have Brewing Classic Styles on my list of books to acquire. Are all of the recipes in there targeted near the middle of each style, or do the brewers put their own preferences and flair into them?

 

[Yooper]

I have Brewing Classic Styles on my list of books to acquire. Are all of the recipes in there targeted near the middle of each style, or do the brewers put their own preferences and flair into them?

Most of them are "to style" and middle of the road, but there are a couple that Jamil admits are hoppier, or maltier, than the style actually dictates. He's very clear on them, though, and what puts them over the top of the style quidelines. At the beginning of each recipe, there is a section on that style with a little of the history of it. Then, he gives you the OG/FG/IBUs/SRM of the guidelines and the same on the recipe he's giving.

All of the recipes are extract, full boil recipes. He gives the all-grain conversion, and also tells you at the beginning of the book how to compensate for a partial boil.

I love the book, and I refer to it often when I make a new style. I prefer Ray Daniels' Designing Great Beers for more information on the styles, though.

 

[BigJay13]

In the Joy of Homebrewing (I think--all of my books are in storage at the moment) there is a table that gives an ingredient outline for each style for a 5 gallon batch. I can't remember if it includes all of the styles but I do remember that it includes traditional ingredients and boil times.

 

[TipsyDragon]

If you want "standard traditional recipes for the various beer styles" then you want to get a copy of Brewing Classic Styles. It is an excellent book, with recipes for each of the BJCP styles, 80 of them, I think. Most have won numerous medals in competitions.

actually that's pretty much what i was looking for.