Anyone know how to brew beer like Budweiser?
My dad wants to know how to brew a beer such as budweiser. He knows how to brew beer, just doesnt know the receipe for bud.
I’m not sure I can call it a beer. If you lookup the technical definition of beer: malt, hops, water, yeast, you will notice that rice, corn and beechwood chips are not listed. Thus, budweiser is a beer-like beverage, but not beer.
The trick with budweiser is that where regular beers use 100% malted barley, budweiser uses over 50% rice. It’s cheaper, that’s their *only* reason.
Instead, your dad should try to brew something that the beer wants to be, something like a Light American Lager. Similar things would include Pilsners, find a Pilsner Urquell-like recipe.
Also, I can tell you that if you know how to calculate IBUs from the AAUs in the hops, your final brew should have 8.5IBUs. This is very very low, the beers I usually drink are in the 40-60 range (IBU is a Bitterness Unit, and it’s derived from the Alpha Acids in hops). Aim for around 5.0% ABV. I think this is just going to come down to reading a few recipes for Pilsners, seeing what they have in common and adjusting the hops down to 8.5 IBU and the alcohol to 5%.
American Lagers like Budweiser and Pabst Blue Ribbon add other grains like Rice and Corn into the mash with the malted barley. I don’t know the proportions, but try googling or check beeradvocate.com
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Comment by doublelp2 — October 29, 2009 @ 3:24 pm
i doubt that is a recipe you will ever get your hands on. tell your dad to keep experimenting till he finds a close taste
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Comment by louie — October 29, 2009 @ 3:41 pm
Budweiser is fairly simple, however they add a big metal cylinder with holes, and its filled with beechwood shavings. This imparts a distinct flavor as well as soaks up some undesirable flavors/chemical components in brewing.
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Comment by Roderick F — October 29, 2009 @ 3:59 pm
First you get a Donkey or a Mule.
Then you give it a WHOLE bunch of water to drink…………
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Comment by The Truth — October 29, 2009 @ 4:36 pm
I’m not sure I can call it a beer. If you lookup the technical definition of beer: malt, hops, water, yeast, you will notice that rice, corn and beechwood chips are not listed. Thus, budweiser is a beer-like beverage, but not beer.
The trick with budweiser is that where regular beers use 100% malted barley, budweiser uses over 50% rice. It’s cheaper, that’s their *only* reason.
Instead, your dad should try to brew something that the beer wants to be, something like a Light American Lager. Similar things would include Pilsners, find a Pilsner Urquell-like recipe.
Also, I can tell you that if you know how to calculate IBUs from the AAUs in the hops, your final brew should have 8.5IBUs. This is very very low, the beers I usually drink are in the 40-60 range (IBU is a Bitterness Unit, and it’s derived from the Alpha Acids in hops). Aim for around 5.0% ABV. I think this is just going to come down to reading a few recipes for Pilsners, seeing what they have in common and adjusting the hops down to 8.5 IBU and the alcohol to 5%.
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Comment by joex444 — October 29, 2009 @ 5:11 pm