We think brewing beer at home can be fun, easy, and rewarding. The list of beer recipes below should help you to attain homebrewing greatness. Click on any of the links below to find the next beer you’ll brew at home.
This list is based on the categorization put forth by the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP). At some point, we will create and brew up every style. Plus, we have beer recipes that don’t exactly fit into the guidelines either (see the bottom of the list).
Check back here regularly for easy access to all the Brew Dudes recipes:
Category 1 – Light Lager
1A – Lite American Lager
1B – Standard American Lager
1C – Premium American Lager
1D – Munich Helles
1E – Dortmunder Export
Category 2 – Pilsner
2A – German Pilsner (Pils)
2B – Bohemian Pilsener
2C – Classic American Pilsner
Category 3 – European Amber Lager
3A – Vienna Lager
3B – Oktoberfest/Märzen Oktoberfest/Märzen Ale
Category 4 – Dark Lager
4A – Dark American Lager
4B – Munich Dunkel
Category 5 – Bock
5A – Maibock/Helles Bock
5B – Traditional Bock
5C – Doppelbock
5D – Eisbock
Category 6 – Light Hybrid Beer
6A – American Cream Ale
6B – Blonde Ale Lawnmower Beer Golden Ale
6C – Kolsch
6D – American Wheat Beer Honey Wheat Ale
Category 7 – Amber Hybrid Beer
7C – Düsseldorf Altbier
Category 8 – English Pale Ale
8B – Special/Best/Premium Bitter
8C – Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
Category 9 – Scottish And Irish Ale
9A – Scottish Light 60/-
9B – Scottish Heavy 70/-
9C – Scottish Export 80/-
9D – Irish Red Ale
9E – Strong Scotch Ale
Category 10 – American Ale
10A – American Pale Ale Cascade Pale Ale
10B – American Amber Ale
10C – American Brown Ale American Brown Ale (Extract)
Category 11 – English Brown Ale
11A – Mild
11B – Southern English Brown Ale
11C – Northern English Brown
Category 12 – Porter
12A – Brown Porter
12B – Robust Porter
12C – Baltic Porter
Category 13 – Stout
13A – Dry Stout
13B – Sweet Stout
13C – Oatmeal Stout
13D – Foreign Extra Stout
13E – American Stout
13F – Russian Imperial Stout
Category 14 – India Pale Ale (IPA)
14A – English IPA
14B – American IPA
14C – Imperial IPA
Category 15 – German Wheat And Rye Beer
15A – HefeWeizen
15B – Dunkelweizen
15C – Weizenbock
15D – Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)
Category 16 – Belgian And French Ale
16A – Witbier
16B – Belgian Pale Ale
16C – Saison
16D – Bière De Garde
16E – Belgian Specialty Ale
Category 17 – Sour Ale
17A – Berliner Weisse
17B – Flanders Red Ale
17C – Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin
17D – Straight (Unblended) Lambic
17E – Gueuze
17F – Fruit Lambic
Category 18 – Belgian Strong Ale
18A – Belgian Blond Ale
18B – Belgian Dubbel
18C – Belgian Tripel
18D – Belgian Golden Strong Ale
18E – Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Category 19 – Strong Ale
19A – Old Ale
19B – English Barleywine
19C – American Barleywine
Category 20 – Fruit Beer
Category 21 – Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
21A – Spice, Herb, Or Vegetable Beer
21B – Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer
Category 22 – Smoke-Flavored/Wood-Aged Beer
22A – Classic Rauchbier
22B – Other Smoked Beer
22C – Wood-Aged Beer
Category 23 – Specialty Beer
Category 24 – Traditional Mead
24A – Dry Mead
24B – Semi-Sweet Mead
24C – Sweet Mead
Category 25 – Melomel (Fruit Mead)
25A – Cyser
25B – Pyment
25C – Other Fruit Melomel
Category 26 – Other Mead
26A – Metheglin
26B – Braggot
26C – Open Category Mead
Category 27 – Standard Cider And Perry
27A – Common Cider
27B – English Cider
27C – French Cider
27D – Common Perry
27E – Traditional Perry
Category 28 – Specialty Cider And Perry
28A – New England Cider
28B – Fruit Cider
28C – Applewine
28D – Other Specialty Cider/Perry
Other Beer Recipes:
Mack and Jacks African Amber Clone
German Hop Amber Ale (Extract)
Gose Beer
SMaSH Lager
Summer Ale
Leftover Beer
Spaten Optimator Clone
Christy
Hey brew dudes! I’m looking for direction in scaling up a recipe using ginger. I’m scaling up from a one gallon recipe to a 30 barrel recipe. Our Brewer suggests that it doesn’t scale in a 1:1 conversion but rather that it might scale up on a bell curve. I can’t find anything about this online. Do you guys have advice? Thanks!
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Beer Snobs
Instant bookmarked! Having this in a list makes it easier to find inspiration for our beer brewing experiments.
The Brew Dudes
Thanks!