I wanted to bump this - I'm making a batch soon for my buddy who is having a baby. Be Hoppy from Wormtown is his favorite beer, so I'm looking to somewhat clone this - I'm really looking for hop bill tips. The recipe I'm working on has Amarillo and Ahtanum for bittering, then cascade, cent, and columbus at 15 minutes, and cascade, ahtanum, and amarillo at 5. Dry hop with simcoe for 10-14 days. This was mostly guess work on my part working off of comparable IPAs that came to mind. Thoughts?
First off I don't like your avatar. Ha only kidding. I never really tried to deconstruct this beer and recreate a recipe for it. I haven't really done that before so not quite sure. The only thing I can say is that I definitely agree with dry hopping with Simcoe. But the only hop I'd maybe think about is not having amarillo in there as I always found it to be more of a piney hop and less of a fruity one?
@MyThoughtsExactly - I wish I could disclose what hops are in there and when they are put into the boil but, if I tell you exactly what we do to it, then people can make their own. That is just bad for business. Kidding, I know you don't expect for me to give out how to make Be Hoppy.
It's not that uncommon. There are successful breweries out there giving out homebrew versions of their beer. Modern Times is just one. They realize that even with a recipe it does not come close to the impact that the equipment and process have on producing the same product. Understand though if that is Ben's stance. Just wishful thinking by homebrewers like myself.
If anything...successful clones of your secret recipe beer would probably make it more popular and sell more...dick
Truth be told, I don't know the actual recipe for the beer. I manage the taproom, not a brewer. So I know what hops are in the beer and what not, but the order in which they go in and all that, I am not sure of. I don't know if I really have the liberty of giving it out. Best bet, ask Ben. If he wants to give it out, that is his call.
I understand if brewers don't want to disclose process, but as consumers it would be nice to know what's in the beer we're buying/drinking. And similar to what @Jesse14 said, a chef at a restaurant can tell me every single ingredient in a dish, doesn't mean I'm going to be able to recreate it at home.
