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An medieval recipe for chicken flavored beer http://www.brewery.org/cm3/recs/13_23.html

Dogs love chicken. We only just got them to quit eating them.

Cock ale (not that kind of cock) pervert An medieval recipe for chicken flavored beer http://www.brewery.org/cm3/recs/13_23.html

No, the purity laws forbade the fermentation of wheat. It was to be reserved for food. Engilsh translation here

Or The Cat's Meow (3) which is still around: http://www.brewery.org/cm3/CatsMeow3.html although now static, but replaced by Gambrinus' Mug: http://brewery.org/gambmug/

Or The Cat's Meow (3) which is still around: http://www.brewery.org/cm3/CatsMeow3.html although now static, but replaced by Gambrinus' Mug: http://brewery.org/gambmug/

Absolutely... That recipe is sucktacular. Over 30% of the fermentables are white sugar. According to the article, they're mashing at 55-60C, there is absolutely no way they're getting 10 lbs of fermentables out of that. Probably half that, which makes the amount of sugar used even worse. I'd be surprised if it was actually drinkable.

Drop the sugar, Add more base malt. Increase the mash temp to 65-68C (150-155F). Do a 60 minute mash, and mashout at 75C (168F).

Do a 60 minute boil, with the Tettnanger for the full boil, and add the hallertau with 15 minutes remaining. Hallertau is worthless as an aroma hop IMO.

I'd use a yeast like WYeast American Ale II, it's a very fast ferment, and clean tasting.

Of course this is far from the first 'open source' beer. Here's hundreds... http://brewery.org/gambmug/ Many micro breweries are also willing to share recipies or grain bills/hop schrdules with homebrewers who send a friendly email to them.

Here's my contribution... Would have made a much better 'first open source' beer. This is the perfect beer for people who are afraid of homebrew.

3.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 30.0 %
3.00 lb Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 30.0 %
0.50 lb Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 5.0 %
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.0 %
0.50 oz Northern Brewer [8.50%] (60 min) Hops 17.5 IBU
0.50 oz Fuggles [4.50%] (15 min) Hops 4.6 IBU
0.50 oz Fuggles [4.50%] (0 min) Hops -
3.00 lb Honey (1.0 SRM) Sugar 30.0 %
1 Pkgs American Hefeweizen Ale (White Labs #WLP320) Yeast-Wheat

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.057 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.055 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.008 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.5 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 6.1 %
Bitterness: 22.1 IBU Calories: 242 cal/pint
Est Color: 5.0 SRM Color: Color

30 minute protien rest at 122, and mash at 150 for 30 more minutes. Mashout at 168F

These guys have either never heard of the Gambrinus' Mug and its illustrious forbear, the Cat's Meow, or are really picky about licensing agreements.

These guys have either never heard of the Gambrinus' Mug and its illustrious forbear, the Cat's Meow, or are really picky about licensing agreements.

And other drinks over at the Cat's Meow 3 lots of beer related stuff. Of course it will cost you some money to brew a batch, but hey it could be worth it.

I do not vouch for specific recipies there, as I haven't done any brewing in years.

The beer recipe does not follow the first open source brewing requirements as published in the German Beer Purity Law

Even more info can be found on Home Brew Digest.

Hint: This is "informative".

Make your own. It's so easy even an MCSE can do it!
Cat's Meow III
The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing, by Papazian