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The American Homebrewers Association has over 1,400 homebrew recipes published on HomebrewersAssociation.org. From National Homebrew Competition gold-medalists to “clones” of your favorite commercially brewed beer, you’ll find a recipe for any style you want to brew. And we also have mead recipes, cider recipes, and other fermented food recipes!
Below are the top 50 most-viewed homebrew recipes on HomebrewersAssociation.org in 2023.
Your First SMaSH Ale
Pale Ale
ABV: varies with yeast selection
IBU: varies with hop selection
SRM: 4-10 (depending on malt selection)
Chicken Scratch Cream Ale
Kaltrauch Rauchbier (2022)
Rauchbier
ABV: 5.7%
IBU: 26
SRM: 15
Norwegian Farmhouse-Inspired Mead
Experimental Mead
ABV: 6%
SRM: 1.5
OG: 1.05
Tree House Brewing Company Julius
Hazy / New England IPA
ABV: 6.8% by volume
IBU: 68-70
SRM: 5.7
Wee Heavy/Strong Scotch Ale
Amber Ale
ABV: 8.80%
IBU: 36
SRM: 20
Len’s American Light Lager
O’Davey Irish Red Ale
Amber Ale
ABV: 5.5%
IBU: 24
SRM: 17
Nearly Nirvana Pale Ale
I Left Rome Trappist Single
Domo Arigato (Hoppy Japanese-style Rice Lager)
Pale Lager
ABV: 5%
IBU: medium-low
SRM: 3
Cherry Dangerous Mead
Stone Fruit Mead
ABV: 12.9%
OG: 1.092 (22°Bx)
FG: 1.000 (0.0°Bx)
Hanella Hazy IPA
Hazy / New England IPA
ABV: 6.7%
SRM: 5
OG: 1.061 (15°P)
Star Gazer Hazy Double IPA
Imperial / Double IPA
ABV: 7%
IBU: 35
FG: 1.012 (3.1°P)
Dark Inception Imperial Porter
Porter
ABV: 8.4%
IBU: 20
SRM: 40
Easy Peasy Apple Squeezy
Standard Cider & Perry
ABV: 5.9%
OG: 1.045 (11.3°P) (juice only)
FG: 1.001 (0.25°P) (juice only)
Orange Blossom Traditional Mead
SMaSH Sensory Blonde Ale
Blonde Ale
ABV: 4.7%
IBU: 25
FG: 1.010
Janet’s Brown Ale – Big Brew 2021
American Brown Ale
ABV: 7.4%
IBU: 38
SRM: 20
Gordon Strong’s Czech Dark Lager
Dark Lager
ABV: 4.8%
IBU: 18
SRM: 22
Old School Barleywine
UK/US Strong Ale
ABV: 10.00%
IBU: 95
SRM: 13
Australian Sparkling Ale
Easy Amber Ale
Specialty IPA
ABV: 4-5%
IBU: 45-60
SRM: 14
Winter Spiced Mead
Rogue Chocolate Stout Clone
Spice & Herb Beer
ABV: 6.83%
IBU: 30
SRM: 25
Bell’s Two Hearted Ale Clone
American IPA
ABV: 6.70%
IBU: 55
SRM: 10
WeldWerks Brewing Juicy Bits NEIPA
Hazy / New England IPA
IBU: 45
SRM: 4.5
OG: 1.062 (15.3° P)
Rocky Raccoon’s Honey Lager
American Lager
ABV: 5.50%
IBU: ~23
SRM: 4
Vitoria Vienna Pilsner
German Pilsner
ABV: 4.50%
IBU: 41
SRM: 5
Prost Bock
Bock
ABV: 7.70%
IBU: 20
SRM: 20
Bale So Hard Dry-Hopped Saison
Belgian Ale
ABV: 5.90%
IBU: 35
FG: 1.007
Brighid’s Irish Red Ale
Fuller’s ESB Clone
English Pale Ale
IBU: 32
SRM: 13
OG: 1.054
Rushmore IPA (All-Grain)
Klang Freudenfest Oktoberfest (All-Grain)
Oktoberfest
ABV: 5.60%
IBU: 27
SRM: 9
Battre L’oie Saison (Extract)
Belgian Ale
ABV: 5.60%
IBU: 27
SRM: 3
Castle Bochet Mead
Experimental Mead
ABV: ~14%
OG: 1.130–1.138
FG: 1.028–1.038
Russian River Blind Pig IPA Clone
IPA
ABV: 6.10%
IBU: 62
FG: 1.013
North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout Clone
Imperial Stout
ABV: 9.30%
IBU: 43
SRM: 33
Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
IPA
ABV: 6.60%
IBU: 54
SRM: 8
Green Flash West Coast IPA
American IPA
ABV: 7.48%
IBU: 90
SRM: 7
Left Hand Milk Stout Clone
Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye Clone
IPA
ABV: 6.43%
IBU: 49
SRM: 21
Russian River Pliny the Elder Clone
American IPA
ABV: 8.20%
IBU: 90-95 (actual/not calculated)
SRM: 7
2015 Big Brew Recipe #3: Killer Kölsch
Hybrid Beer
ABV: 4.60%
IBU: 16
SRM: 3
Newcastle Brown Ale Clone
Brown Ale
ABV: 4.33%
IBU: 27
SRM: 23
Anchor Steam Clone
Amber Lager
ABV: 4.70%
IBU: ~35
SRM: 9
Tradition Dry Varietal Mead
Hoegaarden White Clone
Belgian Ale
ABV: 5.00%
IBU: 13
SRM: 4
Passionfruit-Mango Wildfire Wheat
American Wheat
ABV: 5.25%
IBU: 17
FG: 1.008
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