B. Stevens

TheCat’s Meow3Collected Beer Recipes FromInternet Homebrewing Forums

January 1997

Edited by Mark Stevens and Karl Lutzen

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CAT’S MEOW 3

P r e f a c eP R E FAC E

About Cats Meow...The Cat’s Meow is an archive of homebrewrecipes posted to a variety of Internet-based homebrewing forums, especiallyHomebrew Digest and the Usenet news-group rec.crafts.brewing, although somerecipes also come from the Mead LoversDigest and the Cider Digest.

HistoryThe Cats Meow began sometime around1991 when Mark Stevens and Karl Lutzenbegan archiving only recipes from Home-brew Digest. The first Cats Meow con-tained 84 recipes. The collection has grownsince then, with this version containing justover 1,000 recipes.

CopyrightThis collection of recipes is Copyright ©1996 by Mark Stevens and Karl Lutzen. Itmay not be reproduced or distributed forfee nor as part of any product or service forwhich a fee is charged without the expresswritten permission of the copyright hold-ers. Individual homebrewers, homebrewclubs, and homebrew suppliers are grantedan unlimited license to distribute copies ofthis collection free of charge by any meansconvenient to them. Internet service pro-viders may provide freely-downloadablecopies of this collection only if the collec-tion is provided intact, as a whole, andincluding this copyright notice. Copiesmay not be masked, re-named, or other-wise identified as anything other thanTheCats Meow 3.

More Recipe SourcesWhat? 1,000 recipes isn’t enough foryou?? Okay, here are some other places tofind recipes:

• Homebrew Favorites, Karl Lutzen andMark Stevens, Storey Publishing, 1994,ISBN 0882666134.Similar organization to Cats Meow, butdifferent recipes from non-Internetsources. Recipes are generally tested,solid recipes. 240 recipes.

• More Homebrew Favorites, Karl Lutzenand Mark Stevens, Storey Publishing,1997, ISBN 0882669680. 260 new andimproved recipes, with moreinformation about brewing to style andincluding tips on formulating recipesthat can win homebrew competitions.

• Zymurgy magazine. Every issuecontains dozens of recipes, mostlyribbon winners from the AHA NationalHomebrew Competition.

Future Cats MeowsAt this time, we are not sure whether wewill continue developing or supportingCats Meow. You can still contact us withany questions or comments about the col-lection, although we don’t guarantee thatthere will be a future update.

“Official” versions of Cats Meow will stillreside on the Brewery web server at http://homebrew.com/brewery/

Cheers!

Mark Stevensstevens@alpha.rollanet.orgstevens@stsci.edu

Karl Lutzenlutzen@alpha.rollanet.orgkfl@umr.edu

January 1997

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Chapter 1: Pale Ales 1

Clara Bell 1Dry Ale 1Yeast Test Recipe 1Pale Ale 1Pale Ale 2Too Sweet Ale 2KGB Bitters 2Pale Ale #2 2Pale After Math Ale 2The Drive Pale Ale 3Killer Party Ale 3Summer Pale Ale 3Perle Pale 3Mild Ale 4India Pale Ale 4Special Bitter 41990 Christmas Ale 4Decent Extract Pale Ale 5Hot Weather Ale 5Really Incredible Ale 5British Bitter 5Six Cooks Ale 5Bass Ale 6Carp Ale 6Samuel Adams Taste-Alike 6Frane’s House Ale 6Brew Free or Die IPA 6Number 23 7Striped Cat I.P.A. 7Crying Goat Ale 7Double Diamond 8Bass Ale 8India Pale Ale 8Mom’s Special Ale 9American I.P.A. 9Taking Liberty Ale 9Snail Trail Pale Ale 9Full Sail Ale 10Bass-Alike 10Brewhaus I.P.A. 10Draught Bass 11Mo’ Better Bitter 11Liberty Ale 11Pale Ale 12Goldenflower Ale 12

English Pale Ale 12American Pale Ale 12Al’s Pale Ale 13Grizzly Peak Pale Ale 13Mid-West Mild Ale 13Generic Ale 13English Bitter 14Ersatz Theakston’s OldPeculier 14Rocky Raccoon Ale 14Minnesota Wild RiceAmber 14IPA 15Sierra Nevada Pale Ale 15Winters Tavern Pale 15Cream Ale 16Citadel Summer Amber 16Northern Lights 16Taken Liberties Ale 16Granolabrau 17Pete’s Wicked Clone 17Al’s Special London Ale 17Special Bitter #9E. 17Dana’s Smilin’ Irish Eyes RedAle 18Not So Pale Ale 18Orange Blossom Amber 18Pete’s Wicked Clone 19Pale Ale 19Dans Red Ale 19Red Hook ESB 20Fullers ESB 20IRS IPA `92 20Rusty Cream Ale 20Pale Ale 21First All-Grain 21Pete’s Wicked Clone 21Best Pale Ale 21Pirate Ale 22Neshanic Bitter 22Pyle Style Pale Ale 22Red Hook ESB Clone 23Celebration IPA 23Anchor Liberty Clone 23First Ames Brew AmericanPale Ale 23Da Beer 24

Jeff’s ESBB Extra SpecialBasenji Bitter 24Fullers ESB Clone 24Boddington’s Bitter 25American Pale Ale 25Liberty Ale Success 25Erik’s American IPA #1 26Trolleyman ESB 26Roger’s Real Ale 27Flaherty’s Red 27Sierra Nevada Clone 27IPA 28Amber Ale 28My ESB 28Bob’s Sandia Pale Ale 28Arizona Pale Ale 29Full Sail Amber 29Richard’s Red 29Et Tu Brute? 30Tyrant Ale 30Pete’s Wicked Red Clone 30Pale Ale 30Pale Ale 31Bass Ale Clone 31Sister Star of the Sun(1993) 31Sister Star of the Sun 32Fullers ESB Clone 32Rick’s Wicked SummerAle 33Mittelfrueh Brew 33American Pale Ale 33Fullers London Pride 33Light Pale Ale 34Hot Summer Nights 34American Light 34Heavy Weather 34TGIF Pale Ale 35Too Much Head 35Bass Clone 35Celebration Ale Clone 35Pale Ale 36Light Ale 36Pete’s Wicked Ale Clone 36Cooper’s Sparkling AleClone 36Dr. Bruce’s Skull andCrossbones Old Ale 37

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Delightful IPA 37Too Sweet Clone 37Alex’s Delicious E.S.B. 37Groovy Time Pale Ale 38Nebraska Red 38Liquid Sunshine 38India Pale Ale 39Pete’s Wicked Ale 39Honey Bitter 39Basmati Pale Ale II 39Sierra Pale Ale 39Red Ale 40IPA 40This Pete’s Wicked RedAle 40English Special Bitter 41Diaper Pail Ale 41Clean Out the Closet 41Marginally Pale Ale 42First All Grain 42Potluck Ale 42Simple Recipe 43Vail Pale Ale 43Weets Best Bitter 43America DiscoversColumbus 43Floyds IPA 44Frosty Toad British Ale 44Ordinary Bitter 44Bass American Style 44

Chapter 2: Lager 47

German Malz Bier 47Munich Style Lager 47Lager 47B.W. Lager 48Lager 48Twelfth Lager 48Pilsner 48Number 17 48Maerzen Beer 49Helles Belles Maibock 49Dos Equis 49Pilsner Urquell 49Beat Me Over the Head with aStick Bock 49Light Wheat Lager 50Munich Beer 50High-Gravity Bock 50Burst Bubbles, No TroublesMunich Dunkel 51Brewhaus Golden Lager 51Maibock 51Surprised Frog Lager 51

Moretti Amber Lager 52Bock 52Red Hickory Lager 52Ersatz Pilsner Urquell 52Chuckweiser 53Crystal-Malt Fest 53Munich Fest 53Sam Atoms 53Ersatz Baderbrau 54Fakin’ Gammel Brygd 54Bohemian Pilsner 54Boxing Day Bock 54Sierra Nevada HellesBock 55Samuel Adams Taste-AlikeBeer 55Pilsner-Urquel!!! 55Snowbound Pils 56The Haircut Beer 56Oktoberfest 56George’s April’s FoolBock 56Maibock 57Your Father’s Mustache 57American Pre-ProhibitionLager 57American PremiumPilsner 58Munich Madness 58Sand In Your ShortsPilsner 58Light Lager 58Octoberfest 59Munich Lager 59Red Bock 59Bulwark American Lager 59Honey Amber 60Pilsner 60Sam Adams 60Hurricane Helles 60Swill Clone 61Shiner 61Piss Yeller 61Marly’s Wimp Beer 62Honey Ginger Lager 62Oktoberfest Ale 62Lazy Saturday Lager 63Octoberfest 63Big Bang Pilsner Ale 63

Chapter 3: Wheat Beers 65

Weizen? Why Not? 65Weizen 65

Blow Me Away HolidayAle 65Wheat Amber 66Casual Dunkelweizen 66Wheat Beer 66Rocket J. Squirrel HoneyWheat Ale 66Alcatraz Wheat Beer 66Hoppy Amber Wheat 67Wheat Beer #1 67Wheat Beer #2 67Berliner Weisse 67Australian RedBack 68Day After 1040A Wheat 68SunWeiss 68Simple Wheat Beer 68Simple Wheat Beer 68Hefeweizen 69Bavarian Wheat 69Weizen Schmeizen 69Bavarian Weiss 69Franko’s MagnificentEichenweizzen 70Red Wheat Ale 70Drew’s Brew Wheat 70American Wheat 70Al’s Amber Wheat Beer 70Weiss Bier 71#8 Weizen II 71German Hefe Weiz 71Wacky Weizenbock 72Cat Claw Wheat 72Dunkelweizen 72Dunkelweizen 73Maple Wheat Ale 73Old Bavarian DunklesWeissbier 73German Weisen Beer 73Hefeweizen Dunkel 73Honey Wheat Beer 74Weizenbock 74Dunkelweizen 74Franken-weizen 74Weissbier 75R Squared American HoneyWheat 75Wheat Ale 75Honey Wheat 75Weizen Heimer 76Mad Monk Oatmeal HoneyWheat 76Improvisational Wheat 76Anglo-American WheatBeer 76100% Wheat 77

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Chapter 4: Steam, Smoked,Sourmash, etc. 79

Ole Bottle Rocket(Steam) 79Rauchbier 79Anchor Steam-StyleAmber 79Not-So-Sweet Beer(Steam) 79Steam Beer 80Desert Storm American SteamBeer 80Frahnkensteam 80Sour Mash 80Lazy Sunday Steam Beer 81Steam Beer 81Sourdough Beer 81Southside Steam Beer 81Clubhouse Smoked Porter 82Rauchbier 82Mongrel Ale (Smoked) 82Rauchbier 83Ginger Steamer 83Batch #10 Gary’s OregonSteam Beer 83Peach Smoked Porter 83Kentucky Sour Mash Beer 84Sour Mash Beer 84California Common Beer 84

Chapter 5: Stout and Porter85

Oatmeal Stout 85Mackeson’s Stout 85Mackeson’s Stout 85Basic Stout 86Crying Over Spilt Stout 86David Smith’s Porter 86Mackeson Triple StoutClone 86Oatmeal Stout 86Halloween Stout 87Cream of Oats Stout 87Russian Empirical Stout 87Oatmeal Wheat Stout 88Mega Stout 88Ursa Major Stout 88Porter 88Dextrinous Porter 89Crankcase Stout 89Tina Marie Porter 89

Baer’s Stout 89Black Cat Stout #1 90Colorado Crankcase Stout 90Martin’s Porter 90Double Stout 90Chocolate Point Porter 91Partial Mash Porter 91Stout 91All Grain Porter 91Sweet Darkness 91Broglio’s Quaker Stout 92Original Oatmeal Stout 92Second Try 92Not So Oatmeal 92Most Recent OatmealStout 93Mocha Java Stout 93Alcatraz Porter 93Speedball Stout 94Mach Guinness 94Lutzen’s Pleasing Porter 94Double Stout 94Christmas in Ireland 95All-Grain Stout 95Stout Stout 95Bitch’s Brew OatmealStout 95Rainy Day Porter 96Sweetport Porter 96Black Dwarf ImperialOatmeal Stout 96Josh’s Better Xingu 97Dark of the Moon CreamStout 97Kahlua Stout 97Oatmeal Stout 98Stout ala Guinness 98Clean Out The ClosetPorter 98Gak & Gerry’s #23: AnteaterPorter 98Rat’s Darkness 98Brewhaus Porter 99Joan’s Potholder OatmealStout 99Stout or Is It Porter? 99Pumpernickel Porter 100Really Bitter Dregs 100Porter? Porter? 100Oatmeal Cream Stout 100Oatmeal Stout 101Watson’s AlementaryStout 101Irish Stout 101Full-Moon Porter 102Krudge 102

Modified Redcoat’s RevengePorter 102Summer Chocolate Stout 102Imperial Stout 102Maple Syrup Stout 103Smooth Stout 103Vanilla Bean Stout 103Hop Along Xmas Stout 103Fissurin’ Porter 104Full Figured “North-of-the-Border” Porter 104Spread it on Toast ImperialStout 104Independence CherryPorter 104Oatmeal Stout 105Al’s Medium-dry Stout 105Dry Rye Stout 105Sierra Nevada PorterClone 106Paul’s Chocolate Porter 106Clydesdale Stout 106Independence Porter 107Yeltsin’s Best ImperialStout 107Sierra Nevada Porter 107Sweet Tooth’s Sheaf & VineStout 108Full Figured “North-of-the-Border” Porter 108Amy’s Stout 108Pumpernickel Stout 108Guinness Pub DraughtClone 109Revival Porter 109Blackstrap Stout 110Chocolate Stout 110Generic Stout 110P-Guinness 110Grant’s Imperial StoutClone 111Sand Pit Special 111Black Gold Stout 112China Cat Stout No. 2 112Historic Porter 112Midnight Moon 113Brown Malt Porter 113Maple Leaf Porter 113Foggy Day Jumpin’ Java 114Sally MacLennane Stout 114Honey Porter 114Singularity Stout 114Right Thing OatmealStout 115Stout 115No Decaff Here Stout 115First Oatmeal Stout 115

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RIS Marital Bliss 115PMS Stout 116New Stout II 116New Stout III 116Grapefruit Taste 117Anchor Porter Clone 117Melbourne Stout 117Stout 118Guinness Clone 118Oatmeal Stout 118Too Dry Stout 118Oatmeal Stout 119Hell Gate Porter 119Honey Porter 119Wake Up and Go To SleepStout 119Stout 120Three Vice Stout 120Coffee Stout 120Drowsy Duck ImperialStout 120March Hare HoneyPorter 121Coffee Stout 121Short and Stout 121Oatmeal Stout 12124 Black Silk 122Extract Porter 122Klingon Stout 122Lord Stanley Dark Ale 122Schizophrenia EspressoPorter 123Black Butte Porter Clone 123Guinness Clone (ver 3.0) 123Happy Happy Joy JoyStout 123Swamp Dog Stout 124Stout 124Simply Stout 124Brown Stout 125TBones Game WardenStout 125Ye Olde Sloshingfroth 125Berghem Beamish 125Black Hole Stout 126Nestle’s Tollhouse Porter 126Hopeless Condition OatmealStout 126Coopers Clone 127Uncle Bill’s Porter 127Espresso Stout 128Willy Wonka Porter 128Kitchen Sink Porter 128Minions of Evil 128Bumble Bee Porter 129Oatmeal Stout 129

Barney Flats OatmealStout 129Ohio Valley Mud Stout 130Bees and Bears RussianImperial Stout 130Chocolate Mint CoffeeStout 130Maple Porter 130Maple Porter 131

Chapter 6: Barleywines,Dopplebocks, and Strong Ales133

The Grommator 133Barleywine 133Marigold Ale 133Norman Conquest StrongAle 134Brain Death Barleywine 134Nothing Exceeds LikeExcess 134Barleywine 134Bock Aasswards 134Wanking FreshDeathbrew 135Nightingale DoppleBock 135Barleywine 135Long Island WinterWarmer 136Batch 25 136Batch 29 136Breakfast Barleywine 136Fine Line Barleywine 137Dopplebock 137Blind SquirrelBarleywine 137Bigfoot Jr. 137Baumerator 138BK Boiler 138Strong Ale 138Longhorn Fog Leg 139Winter Warmer 139Garvin’s Old Ale #159 139Tessellator 139Holiday Barleywine 140Extract Barleywine 140The Most Powerful Beer inthe Universe 140Barleywine 140Revenge 141Buzzy Beer 141Easy, Delicious Old Ale 141

High AltitudeBarleywine 142All grain Barleywine 142Wicked Ole Ale 142Barleytooth 143

Chapter 7: Herb and SpiceBeers 145

Ginger Beer 145Spicy Xmas Beer 145Ginger Beer 145Garlic Beer 145Spruce Beer 145Holiday Ale 146Honey Ginger Beer 146Ginger Beer 146North East Holiday Beer 146Maple Syrup Stout 147Sparky’s After-BurnerBrew 147Bengal Butt Kicker 147Garlic Beer 147Gak & Laurel’s GarlicBeer 148Legendary Mike Brown’sSpruce Ale 148Xmas Ale 148Xmas Ale 148Indian Summer GingeredAle 148Bob’s Coriander Ale 149Phil Fleming’s ChristmasAle 149Zulu’s X-mas Lager 149Spiced Ale 150Old-Time Jaspers GingeredAle 150Debbe’s Garlic Beer 150Spruce Juice 150Honey Basil Ale 151Ersatz Harpoon 1991 WinterWarmer 151Pepper Beer 151Honey Ginger Beer 151Easy Spiced Brown Ale 152Corey Ander’s RNScrew 152Xmas Beer 152Christmas in July 153Hershell Chanukah’s MulledAtheist Ale 153Winter’s Tavern WinterAle 153

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Pale Maple Ale 153Spiced Brown Ale 154Infamous Christmas GloggBeer 154Drinkable Spruce Beer 154Christmas Ale 155Spruce Beer 155Ginger Beer 155Green Chili Beerito 156Spruce Beer 156Honey-Basil Ale II 156Dragon’s Rest Ale 157Emma Wedgewood’s WinterWelcome 157Green Chili Amber 157Spiced Chili Beer 158Honey Ginger Lager 158Bad Chile Beer 158Honey Spruce Ale 159J.B.’s Hot Chocolate 159Merry Christmas! Ale 159Gak & Gerry’s Batch #75:Pepper Pale for Paris 159Three Hour Tour Ginger PaleAle 160Mega Gingered HolidayAle 160Winterbrew 160Christmas Ale 161Liquid Fruit Cake 161Irish Christmas Stout 161Puppy’s Surprise SpicedWheat Ale 161Cinnimon Honey Ale 162Countryside Ginger 162Maple Brew 162Holiday Porter 163Merry Christmas! Ale 164Holiday Ale 164English Strong SpiceAle 164Hazelnut Brown 164Honey Basil 165Pumpkin Beer 165Pumpkin Ale 165

Chapter 8: Fruit Beers 167

Blueberry Ale 167Apples in the Snow 167Feelix the Cat Dark CherryLager 167Dark as the Night Stout 168Pick of the Season CherryAle 168

Blackberry Stout 168Basic Fruit Beer 168Framboise 168Cranbeery Ale 169Great Pumpkin Bitter 169Washington Apple Ale 169Raspberry ImperialStout 169My Framboise Recipe 170Purdue Red Hot AppleAle 170John’s Raspberry Ale 170Strawberry Beer 170Apricot Ale 171Cranberry Beer 171Framboise 171Fruit Galore 171Raspberry Ale 172Raspberry Ale 172Raspberry Porter 172Cherry-Honey-Weiss 172Brown and Blue Ale 173Strawberry, Not VeryAle 173Ruby Tuesday 173Pumpkin Ale 174Blackberry Stout 174Blackberry Weizen 174Cranberry Ale 174Pumpkin Stout 175Punkin Ale 175Extract Pumpkin Ale 175Pumpkin Ale 175Charlie Brown PumpkinAle 176Cat’s Claw BlackberryAle 176Cranberry Ale 176Rick’s 1994 BlueBeeryAle 177Lima Bean Ale 177Wheat Berry 177Rose Colored Glasses 178KiWheat Ale 178Strawberry Beer 178Peach Wheat Ale 178JazzBerry Juice 179Blackberry Wheat 179Billy Bob’s BlueberryBitter 179Slugbait Apricot CobblerAle 180Blueberry Lager 180Raspberry Brown Ale 180Batch #14 Raspberry 181Dark Raspberry Wheat 181

Finster’s Finest ChocolateRaspberry Stout 181Free Time RaspberryBrew 182Bronx Cheer 182Pyramid Apricot Ale 182Cherry Fever Stout 182Mr. Radz RaspberryWheat 183Raspberry Pilsner 183Raspberry Wheat 183Butternut Porter 183Pumpkin DunkelWeizenbock 184Raspberry Catastrophe 184Pumpkin Ale 185Spiced Pumpkin Ale 185Michael’s Raspberry Ale 185Framboise a la Palme 186Cranberry Wheat 186Cherry Weiss et cetera 186Blackberry Porter 186Vic’s Cherry Stout 187Dog Gone Bad Cherry WheatAle 187Cherry Wheat 187Cranberry Ale 188Potato Beer 188Pumpkel Weizen 188Christmas Cranberry Ale 188Strawberry (or whatever...)Wheat 189Bah Humbug Brew 189Cherry Wheat 189RazzWheat#1 190Blackberry Peach Lager 190Harvey’s Blue Beer 190Berry Strawberry Ale 190Jolly Rancher Beer 191Summer Lemon Wheat 191Mac’s Peach Ale 191Cranberry Wit 191Pumpkin Ale 192Cherry Wheat 192

Chapter 9: Belgian, Scottish,German, and Brown Ales 193

My Own Scotch Ale 193Sort of Nut Brown Ale 193Full Moon Ale 193Cat’s Paw Brown Ale 194Geordie Brown Ale 194Boonesburger Winterale 194

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Barrel Bottom BlackBitter 194Chimight (ChimayLight) 194Chimay Trippel 195Old Peculier 195Scottish Steamy Ale 195Trappist Monkey 195Ides of March Ale 195Modified Fillmore Ale 196Lageresque Ale 196Don’s Most Wickid Ale 196Brown Ale 197Trappiste 197Wee Heavy/Old Ale 1977-Mile Red Ale 197Margarita’s Moult ScotchAle 198Lambic 198Father Ale 198Sour Brown Kriek 198Kolsch 199Trappist 199Red King Ale 199Blackout Brown Ale 200Alt 200New Peculier 200Traquair House Ale 201Scotch Ale 201Alt 201Rye Wit 201Heavyside Ale 202Fat Wanda’s KolschKlone 202Old Beulah Wee Export 202Blown Top Braggart 202Batard de Belgique 203Alt 203Trappist Ale 203Belgian Strong Ale 203Tamalpais Wit 204Belgian Wheat Ale 204Citadelle White 204Wit 205Zoso White 205Pugsley’s Pseudo Celis White#5 205Trappist Ale 206Brown Ale 206Alki Point Sunset 206Old Peculier 207Carla’s Rainy DayRyefest 207Abbey Beer 208Wit 208Celtic Ale 209Alt Bier 209

Kari’s Bitter Rye Ale 209Scotto’s Rapier-Like Wit 209Tooncinator Motley Cru 210Old Man Pyle 210Wit 211Milhous Alt 211Koelsch 211Rick Garvin’s CherryBlossom Wit 211Todd Enders’ Witbier 212Scotch Ale 212Chuck’s Brown Ale 212Beginner’s Luck BrownAle 212The Mild One 213Wit 213Flat Tyre 214Belgian Ale 214Motor City MadhouseAle 214Dusseldorfer Altbier 215Belgian Dubbel 215Bierre de Garde 215Extract Kolsch 215Newcastle Brown 216Spray CentennialCommemorative Ale - BrownAle - No. 7 216Brown Rye Ale 216Stacie’s Wicked Ale 217Beekeeper’s Brown 217My Mild 217Ginger Wit 218Angie’s Ale 218Undrinkable TrappistAle 218Alt 219Batch #28 219Batch #62 Brain Wipe 219Pete’s Wicked Clone 219Schwarzbier 220Corrales Blanco 220Kolsch 220Brown Ale 220Pete’s Wicked Clone 221Alex’s Scottish Ale 221Saunder’s Nut BrownAle 221Kolsch 221Scotch Ale 222Strong Scotch Ale 222Belgian Strong Ale 222Corn Beer 222Jim’s 90 Schilling ScotchAle 223Brown Ale #3 223Alt 223

Firefly Witbier 224All Grain AmericanBrown 224Scotch Ale 224Alt 225Alt 225Koelsch 225Scottish Export 226White Sox Wit 226Export Scotch Ale 226Kiss My Abbey 226Brown Ale 227Scotch Ale 227Extract Scotch Ale 227American Brown Ale 227Celis Clone 228Nut Brown Ale 228Celis Grand Clone 228Brown Rye Ale 228Pale Rye Ale 229Usquepaugh Mild BrownAle 229Belgian Single 229Scottish Ale 229Scotch Ale 230Larsson’s Presque Orval 230Wit Christmas 230Triticale Wit 230Enkel 231

Chapter 10: Mead 233

Basic Small Mead 233Prickly Pear CactusMead 233Blueberry Mead 233Peach Melomel 233Riesling Pyment 234Cyser 234Wassail Mead 234Quick Mead 234Sack Mead 235Mead 235Melomel 235Sweet Mead 235Blueberry Mead Recipe 235Standby Mead 236Honey Ale (Mead) 236Orange Ginger Mead 236Traditional Mead 236Ale Mead 237Queen Elizabeth’s Mead 237Maple Mead 2372nd Mead 237Mead Ale 238

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Mead 238Traditional Mead 238Maple Wine and TraditionalMead 238Cranberry Mead 239Jamaica Blue Mead 239Mead 239Forest Mead 239Cyser 240Balm Mead 240Borscht Mead 240Simple Cyser 240Strawberry Melomel 240Pumpkin Mead 241Mulberry Mead 241Spicy Lemon-GingerMead 241Lavender Mead 242Apricot Melomel 242Grapefruit Mead 242Inspiration Mead 242Maple Mead 243MeadBerry Mead 243Raspberry Melomel 243Rhubarb Mead 244Blue Mountain Mead 244Lemon-GingerMetheglin 244The Great Pumpkin 244Dry Mead 245Sweet Mead 245Medium Apricot Mead 245Thrilla from Vanilla 245Sweet Raspberry Mead 246Kiwi Mead 246Dandelion Mead 246Banana Melomel 246Braggot 247Blackberry Melomel #1 247Blackberry Melomel #2 247Cyser 247Apple Pie Mead 247Dry Table Mead 248Traditional Mead 248Maple Braggot 249Ale Mead 249Totally Excellent CherryMead 249Mead 250Raisin-Clove Melometh 250Basil Metheglin 250Barat’s Concord Pyment 250First Mead! 251Fast Mead 251Latest Mead 252Mead 252Mixed Berry Mead 252

Summer’s Lease II ApricotMelomel 252Lemon Melomel 253Peach Melomel 253Rhubarb Melomel 253Tracy’s Quick Mead 254Firewater Orange GingerMead 254Bracket (Braggot) 255Tropical AmbrosiaMelomel 255(Mostly) Traditional TupeloHoney 256Shaolin Joy Juice 256Mead or Braggot 257Pomegranate Mead 257Quick and Dirty Cyser 257Orange Blossom Mead 258Basilisk 258Orange Melomel 258King Arthur’s Own 259MCMC TraditionalMead 259Earl Grey Mead 260Earl Grey Mead (First) 260The Evil Californian’sInfamous Chili Mead 260Happy Happy Mead! 261Tropical AmbrosiaMelomel 261Chocolate Malted Mead 261

Chapter 11: Cider 263

Hard Cider 263Hard Cider 263Killer Cider 263Fall Cider 263Cider 264Cranberry Cider 264Raspberry Cider 264NE Cider 264Holiday Cider 264Hard Cider 264Nobs Cider 265Hard Core XXX Cider 265Scrumpy 265Hard Cider, Take 1 2661st Attempt 266Dry Cider 266Sweet and Strong StillCider 266First Time Cider 267Cider 267Bullwinkle Perry 267

Mankind’s SimplestBrew 268Big Bore Cider 268Cider 268Cider 268Cider 269Eric’s Awesome AutumnCider 269

Chapter 12: Other Drinks 271

Glog 271Berry Liqueur 271Rice Wine---Saki 271Chuck’s Homemade OzarkRootbeer 271Nathan’s Ginger Beer 272Romulan Ale 272Jasmine Tea Liqueur 272Ginger Beer 272Ginger Ale 272Gingane 273Kvass 273Kvass 273Root Beer 274Ginger Ale 274Sima 274Kahlua 274Irish Cream 275Kwas 275Dandelion Wine 275Dandelion Wine 275Absinthe #1 275Absinthe #2 276Absinthe Wine 276Ersatz Kahlua 276Elderberry Wine 276Elderberry Wine 276Professor’s Glogg 277Kumiss 277Grandfather’s Glogg 277Dull Clear Beer 277Irish Cream Liqueur 278DIY Bailey’s IrishCream 278Sahti 278Finnish Sahti 279Ginger Ale 279Coffee Liquer 279Yuppy Guppies AlcoholicLemonade 280Lemon Cider 280Cranberry-Ginger Ale 280Garlic Lover’s Soda 280Kvass I 281

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Kvass II 281Kvass III 281Gertie’s CrabappleLiquer 281Ginger Ale 281Mint Kvas 282Negus: Grandma LipshitzSecret Mulled WineRecipe 282Amaretto 282Irish Cream 282Brandy 283Root Beer 283Strawberry Wine 283NA Beer 283Sloe Gin 284Raspberry Wine 284Chicha 284

Chapter 13: HistoricalRecipes 287

My Daddy’s BeerRecipe 287Roses for Arthur 287Prohibition Pilsner 287Blue Ribbon 1 288Blue Ribbon 2 288Major Thomas Fenner’sReceipt to Make Bear 288Col. George Washington’sSmall Beer 288Pumpkin Ale 289Green Corn Stalk Beer 289Malt Liquors 289General Amherst’s SpruceBeer 289Benjamin Franklin’s SpruceBeer 290Metheglin of My LadyWindebanke 290Sir TJ’s Mead 290Weak Honey Drink 290Prohibition ChicagoStyle 290Lemon Beer 291Old Fashioned RootBeer 291Brown Stout Porter 291London Ale 292Table Beer 292Thos Thrale’s Purl 292Cock Ale 292Spruce or Aromatic Beer 293

Lemon Beer 293Philadelphia Beer 293A Superior Ginger Beer 293Improved English StrongBeer 293Hop Beer 293Al Capone’s ProhibitionBeer 294

Index by Brewer 295

Keyword Index 301