How to make a Stella Artois homebrew clone
- 9 lbs 8 ounces German Pilsner
mash at 150 F and let it go for 60 minutes
7.0 gal pre boil, 5 gal - 1.5 oz Saaz (@60 min)
0.5 Saaz (@5 min) - Irish Moss
(@10 min) - WPL 830 German Lager Yeast
(WPL 850 Copenhagen Lager, Wyeast Budvar 2000) - ferment on the lower end of the yeast’s temperature range, about 50F – 52F
from comments:
- 5.5 2 row (Rahr)
- 2 boxes (approx 3.5 lbs.) instant rice
- 1 oz. Saaz hops at 60 min boil.
- Saflager yeast
Chasing All Grain Stella Recipe
All-Grain – Something Like “Stella”
- Recipe Type: All Grain
- Malts:
- 4.5 # Weyerman Pilsner 37PPG, 2L
- 4.5 # American 2 Row Lager 38PPG, 2L
- 2 # Flaked Rice ( optional )
- Mashed at 147F for 90 minutes
- Hops:
- 1 oz Sterling Leaf 6.7% AA @ 60 minutes
- 1/2 oz Liberty Pellets @ 30 minutes
- 1/2 oz Liberty Pellets @ 10 minutes
- Yeast: w34/70
- Yeast Starter: optional
- Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: pitch 2 packs or make starter
- Batch Size (Gallons): 5
- Original Gravity: 1.068
- Final Gravity: 1.10
- IBU: 25
- Boiling Time (Minutes): 69
- Color: 2
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 12 @ 52F
- Additional Fermentation: Lager near 35F for 4-6 weeks
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Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7 @ 52F
Tasting - Notes: Like a stronger version of Stella Artois
When I made this recipe, my idea was to split the difference between a lager like Chezchvar or Stella Artois and an American style Lager like Budweiser and come up with a hybrid – something somewhere in between. Well as it turns out, this beer is a lot closer to Stella Artois than to an American Lager. In fact the taste resemblance to Stella Artois is uncanny – hence the name.
Anyway, other than the fact that this beer is quite a bit stronger than Stella, with regards to flavor and aroma its pretty close.
I imagine you’d get even closer if you left off the 2# of Rice Flakes in the recipe. Next time I make it I will likely omit the Rice. I don’t think you really need it, I just put it in there because I was trying to go big without adding a lot of body – the rice adds a bit more alcohol which makes it quite a bit stronger but it stops me at the third glass. If you want something closer to Stella thats still a guzzler omit the rice.
Very simple recipe, very easy to make, very nice results.