Gameface
Well-Known Member
So, I live in Utah...
My selection of craft beer is limited. Not to say I can't get a few good brews, but the selection is stagnant so once I've run through the offerings that's pretty much it.
I've had people request I brew certain beers that they like. Bell's Two Hearted is one. I liked the beer I made, based on the clone recipe here on HBT, but I have no idea what Bell's Two Hearted actually tastes like.
Not a clone, but I brew ESBs a lot... like a lot a lot. Yet I've never tasted an actual English Pale Ale and never a Fullers ESB or even a Red Hook ESB. If I could I'd love to get my hands on a Timothy Taylor Landlord or Young's Ram Rod, but it hasn't happened yet. Despite that I'm on a quest to make the perfect ESB and I wonder how reasonable that is if I don't even know what a proper ESB even tastes like.
So how many of you essentially clone in the blind? And if you do, how do you gauge success?
My selection of craft beer is limited. Not to say I can't get a few good brews, but the selection is stagnant so once I've run through the offerings that's pretty much it.
I've had people request I brew certain beers that they like. Bell's Two Hearted is one. I liked the beer I made, based on the clone recipe here on HBT, but I have no idea what Bell's Two Hearted actually tastes like.
Not a clone, but I brew ESBs a lot... like a lot a lot. Yet I've never tasted an actual English Pale Ale and never a Fullers ESB or even a Red Hook ESB. If I could I'd love to get my hands on a Timothy Taylor Landlord or Young's Ram Rod, but it hasn't happened yet. Despite that I'm on a quest to make the perfect ESB and I wonder how reasonable that is if I don't even know what a proper ESB even tastes like.
So how many of you essentially clone in the blind? And if you do, how do you gauge success?