michelob recipe

Don't drink it myself, but it looks like is it a dark lager.

First, to get the crisp clean taste of a lager, you'll need to control the temperature of the ferment and use real lager yeast. A fridge with a temp controller is the best way. You can also approximate it by using a water bath with ice or other methods.

According to the few descriptions I could find... an all grain recipe is probably just Pilsner malt with some dark grains for color. You might add some rice or corn or suger to lighten the taste/body. I'd not use very many hops at all, and you should probably use European hops - Saaz, Hallertau, Tettnanger, etc. Wild guess for all grain: 9 lbs Pilsner malt (mash about 148F). 1 lb dark grains... chocolate malt and dark crystal, for example. 1 oz Tettnanger boiling (90 minute boil) 1 oz Tettnanger flavor (last 15 minutes of boil) WLP830 lager yeast. Extract version, use 3.3 pounds of Dark liquid malt extract and 3.3 pounds of Amber liquid malt extract instead of the Pilsner malt. The rest same as above. For both follow a schedule like: Ferment @ 50F for 1.5 weeks, then @ 65F for 0.5 weeks (diaceytl rest), then secondary and go to 50F for two more weeks. Then drop temp to 33F for lagering for 4 weeks or more. Bottle and carbonate as usual.

Note... this is a guess since I don't make many dark beers but it would get you close. It would proabaly be better! If it is too heavy for your taste, you could add some sugar to lighten it up some. If you want more body, add some crystal or other grains. More hops... just add more!

Derric

Not right off. I would recommend looking up a good schwarzbier recipe. You may want to cut back the amount of carafa malt to lighten the color a bit. Stay away from the roasty malts such as chocolate, roast barley and the like. They will add some undesired flavors. Some dark crystal would be okay for body, not too much though or you will get away from the light body of the Michelob.

Wayne Bugeater Brewing Company

Take five gallons of Guinness. Strain it through a horse. Add brown food coloring. Chill.