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Anyone make a Fat Tire clone? Thinking about brewing something like a Fat Tire tomorrow...Heres what i have come up with.

For a 5 gallon Batch
80% Mash Eff.
OG - 1.048
24 IBU using Rager

6.5 lbs. 2-Row Brewers Malt info
1 lbs. Munich 10L Malt info
.25 lbs. 2-Row Caramel Malt 80L info
.75 lbs. Victory® Malt info
.2 lbs. Special Roast Malt info
.75 oz. Willamette (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 90 min. info
.25 oz. Willamette (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.5 oz. Willamette (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 1 min. info
1 tsp. Irish Moss (15 min left boil ) (not included in calculations)
Yeast : White Labs WLP001 California Ale info


I did a clone recipe out of BYO last year and it came out to dark and had alot of caramel character I didn't get in the Fat Tire. I brewed Jamils Special Bitter and I got a nice cracker note out of that beer from the Special Roast, thinking it might work here.

i think i got a recipe floating around somewhere, i'll have to see if i can find it. been a few years since i brewed that one.

Without their yeast, it will never come close to tasting like Fat Tire.

I would use Marris Otter 2 row. It's slightly nuttier flavor will help.Also, some biscuit will add to the bready flavor. .5 lb should work.

Again, until you get the Fat Tire yeast,all you will have is a basic, yet tasty amber ale.

New Wyeast 1792 Fat Tire Ale Yeast. This eagerly-anticipated Wyeast VSS release is the proprietary strain used by New Belgium Brewery

Any experience with the BYO Fat Tire clone in extract? I'm thinking of doing that soon.

If I remember correctly someone on here has been working on nailing this one down. I know they were getting pretty close but I just can't remember who it was. I remember seeing some past posts about it complete with pics for color comparison. Have you searched the forum for it?

I did search, but didn't really find anything.