Feral War Hog AG Clone

[Jrrj]

I love this beer and am enjoying the discussion above. I’m starting my research to make a beer that has some of the qualities I enjoy in war hog, particularly the strong passionfruit aromas, the very light straw colour, smooth bitterness and great malt-hop balance that makes it just as delicious on a cold winter night as in the summer sun.

Coodgee’s comment resonated with me because S&W PA and war hog are probably my favourite beers and I find them similar even though they are massively different in IBU and ABV.

Has anyone made any clone attempts in the past year that are worth sharing? If I have any success I’ll add my experience here.

 

[Jack1984]

Im interested in this update as well,

War hog and S&W PA are my favourite.. And always will be.

 

[Peter can box]

I brewed a double IPA that tasted in my opinion very similar to warhog.
Hops used were warrior for bittering for 60, colombus , simcoe, amarillo & citra (**** loads of) at 10 min then again at 0 min. Heavily dry hopped with simcoe , Amarillo & colombus for 3day before cold crash.
Yeast was US05.
Grain bill included med crystal, carapills, munich and small amount caramber but you could deff omit this to make it closer to warhog. I wasn’t attempting to clone , but it did taste very similar in my opinion.

 

[bigmunchez]

I've brewed two clones of warhog, with decent success when compared side by side with the original.

This version got me close enough that I don't feel the need to tweak it any further.

Recipe Specifications

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Batch Size (fermenter): 50.0 L
Estimated OG: 1.062 SG
Estimated Color: 8 EBC
Estimated IBU: 64.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %

Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:

Amt Name Type # %/IBU Volume

50.0 L Pale Ale (RO 50L, Tap 25L) Water 1 - -
12.00 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash) Water Agent 2 - -
10.000 kg Pale Malt (Barrett Burston) (4 EBC) Grain 3 75.5 % 6.5 L
1.850 kg Vienna Malt (Weyermann) (6 EBC) Grain 4 14.0 % 1.2 L
0.700 kg Wheat Malt, Pale (Weyermann) (4 EBC) Grain 5 5.3 % 0.5 L
56 g Warrior [16.20 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 6 42.6 IBUs -
0.700 kg Sugar, Table (Sucrose) [Boil] [Boil for 15 min]( Sugar 7 5.3 % 0.4 L

50 g Citra [11.80 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 9.4 IBUs -
50 g Simcoe [15.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 12.0 IBUs -
1.19 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 5.0 mins) Fining 10 - -
1.19 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 5.0 mins) Other 11 - -
100 g Simcoe [12.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 0.0 min Hop 12 0.0 IBUs -
50 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool Hop 13 0.0 IBUs -

1.2 pkg California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [35.49 ml] Yeast 14 - -

175 g Simcoe [12.50 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 15 0.0 IBUs -
75 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 16 0.0 IBUs -
50 g Citra [11.80 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 17 0.0 IBUs -
25 g Galaxy [12.30 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 18 0.0 IBUs -
100 g Simcoe [12.50 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 19 0.0 IBUs -
50 g Citra [11.80 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 20 0.0 IBUs -
25 g Galaxy [12.30 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 21 0.0 IBUs -

Give that a try, even if you don't clone it exactly, its a great IPA.