Below are some of our favourite all-grain beer recipes that we thought you might enjoy. These are tried and true recipes that we've brewed ourselves, some multiple times in order to perfect and tweak them to our liking.
Each recipe is designed to produce 12 gallons of wort, or a full 10 gallons of beer after fermentation and various losses. The recipes have been tailored to the efficiency level we achieve on our Electric Brewery. Use our Brew Day: Step by Step instructions to brew them if your setup is identical to ours. If your setup is different, feel free to scale them to meet the needs of your particular equipment.
We'll be adding more recipes as time goes on so make sure to check back often! Got a recipe you'd like to share? Post it in our Recipes & Ingredients forum! A great source of recipes is also Jamil Zainasheff's book Brewing Classic Styles. Every month Jamil also breaks down one style in BYO magazine with sample recipes.
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Our signature beer! This is an all late-addition American Pale Ale (APA) where hops are only added in the last 20 minutes to give it very smooth bitterness with a massive hop flavour.
It's one of my house beers that I like to always have on tap as it's dry and thirst quenching.
Original gravity: 1.056
Final gravity: 1.010
Colour: 5.9 SRM
Alcohol: 6.0% ABV
Bitterness: 37 IBU
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Similar to an American Pale Ale but with a stronger caramel flavour, more body, darker in colour, and more of a balance between bitterness and maltiness.
Original gravity: 1.051
Final gravity: 1.011
Colour: 13.52 SRM
Alcohol: 5.24% ABV
Bitterness: 33.3 IBU
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This is a recipe by well known home brewer Mike McDole (aka 'Tasty' on the forums he frequents) that took gold at the 2004 National Homebrew Competition for its category.
It's 'technically' an American Brown Ale but is a bit outside the numbers for that style because it has slightly too much hops and alcohol. You could call it an Imperial American Brown Ale I suppose (if that category existed).
If you like hoppy American style ales, this is one you definitely have to try.
Original gravity: 1.068
Final gravity: 1.016
Colour: 18.3 SRM
Alcohol: 6.8% ABV
Bitterness: 63.8 IBU
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An American IPA with lots of citrusy/piney/fruity/resiny hop flavour.
This recipe purposely keeps the standard 60 minute bittering hops somewhat restrained. Most of the flavour hops are done at 5 minutes before flame-out to give the beer a massive hop flavour. The beer is then also heavily dry-hopped for additional aroma. Bitter enough to be an IPA but not over the top mouth-puckering, with enormous hop flavour/aroma.
Original gravity: 1.065
Final gravity: 1.013
Colour: 8.6 SRM
Alcohol: 6.9% ABV
Bitterness: 58 IBU
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A big American IPA; bold, assertive, and full of flavour highlighting the complex citrus, pine, and herbal character of American hops.
Named for the unique dry-hopping technique of recirculating the finished beer through cylindrical torpedo-like vessels filled with hops.
Original gravity: 1.069
Final gravity: 1.014
Colour: 8.6 SRM
Alcohol: 7.3% ABV
Bitterness: 58 IBU
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The aggressive use of Columbus and Simcoe hops provides a strong earthy character with a unique pungent and dank hop-aroma, blended with pine resin flavours. The combination is intense, for hop lovers only.
Original gravity: 1.070
Final gravity: 1.013
Colour: 6.9 SRM
Alcohol: 7.5% ABV
Bitterness: 70 IBU
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A rugged IPA with fruity, citrus and herbal hop notes balanced with the dry spiciness of rye.
Original gravity: 1.062
Final gravity: 1.012
Colour: 12.3 SRM
Alcohol: 6.6% ABV
Bitterness: 55 IBU
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The homebrewer favourite! An American Imperial IPA with an explosion of fresh hop aroma of floral, citrus, and pine. A definite must-brew for any hop-head. Over 41 oz hops are used in this 10 gallon recipe.
Original gravity: 1.078
Final gravity: 1.014
Colour: 8.4 SRM
Alcohol: 8.5% ABV
Bitterness: 261 IBU
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Fuller's ESB is a full-bodied ale with a rich mahogany appearance. The unique blend of Northdown, Target, Challenger and Goldings hops imparts grassy, peppery notes along with citrus fruit characters of grapefruits, oranges and lemons. The blend of Pale Ale and Crystal malts give a biscuity, toffee element to the beer.
Original gravity: 1.058
Final gravity: 1.014
Colour: 13.1 SRM
Alcohol: 5.8% ABV
Bitterness: 34 IBU
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An easy drinking (lower alcohol, lower bitterness) English style pub ale with a smooth, full-bodied malty flavour. Quaffable and refreshing. Heavily inspired by the commercial beer Boddingtons Pub Ale.
Best served on cask or on a Nitrogen/CO2 beer gas blend for a nice creamy head with low carbonation.
Original gravity: 1.046
Final gravity: 1.012
Colour: 5.8 SRM
Alcohol: 4.4% ABV
Bitterness: 18 IBU
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A strong American style Barleywine meant for sipping on a cold winter night. This is a high alcohol beer (12% ABV) that needs a good year or two of aging before reaching its peak.
This recipe uses a massive amount of grain to reach the higher than normal alcohol content and will push your brewing setup to the limits.
To quote one of our brewing friends: "Hoppily assertive up front, but balanced out by the malt, and a lingering, balanced malt/bitter finish."
Original gravity: 1.112
Final gravity: 1.022
Colour: 15.9 SRM
Alcohol: 12.0% ABV
Bitterness: 101 IBU
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A pale, spicy, fruity, refreshing wheat-based German ale.
The signature banana/clove flavour comes from the use of the unique Weihenstephan yeast.
Original gravity: 1.050
Final gravity: 1.012
Colour: 3.1 SRM
Alcohol: 5.0% ABV
Bitterness: 13 IBU
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One of our house favourites. It's a big hit with everyone who tries it as there's enough malt and hop flavour to keep the beer snobs happy (we don't use any corn or rice), but it's still light enough to not scare away the Bud/Miller/Coors drinkers.
Original gravity: 1.048
Final gravity: 1.010
Colour: 3.1 SRM
Alcohol: 5.1% ABV
Bitterness: 19 IBU
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A crisp, clean tasting American style beer.
Less flavour than our Blonde Ale/Premium Lager as it uses Domestic 2-row instead of Pilsner malt and 10% adjuncts.
Original gravity: 1.044
Final gravity: 1.006
Colour: 2.0 SRM
Alcohol: 5.0% ABV
Bitterness: 15 IBU
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A clean, malt-focused German lager with a gentle, bready malt character. It's a smooth, easy-drinking beer that is often consumed by the liter.
Since the 1970s it has been the most common beer served at Oktoberfest in Germany.
Original gravity: 1.050
Final gravity: 1.011
Colour: 4.8 SRM
Alcohol: 5.2% ABV
Bitterness: 19 IBU
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