Beer Review & Clone Posts?
I am wondering what you think about a new type of blog post that features our personal beer review of a commercial beer plus some resources to try to create a clone recipe of the beer. This could be a nationally available beer (posted to the Home Brewer's Group) or a local one (posted to the appropriate state group).
The clone part of the post could be as simple as linking to resources on the particular beer style (Craft Beer & Brewing website) or maybe searching BeerSmith or BrewFather libraries for a specific attempt at a clone. For example, I know there are plenty of clones for Pliney The Elder IPA. Also, there are some pro brewer's who release their recipes (Like Vinny Cilurzo, Russian River)
Finally, this would be a great local piece if we could sit and talk with the brewer about a particular beer (perhaps even interview them) and they could give us ideas about how to brew it on a homebrew scale. This could be really useful information!
Creating novel and useful content is what gives a site value and keeps folks coming back.
What are your thoughts?
I like this idea! Some styles would be much harder to replicate on my basic homebrew setup, but others would definitely be worth a try!