One of the guys at work is paying me to develop a clone of Yellow Snow. It's a seasonal and he's really jonesing. I told him that I couldn't get it 100% (they use Dare and Risk malts... and I'm not that good yet...lol), but I would try.
Here's the info from their site:
Tasting Notes:
Pale golden in color with a hoppy fruity aroma. Big hop flavor up front complemented by medium body and hoppiness mid-pallet. Finishes with a characteristic lingering bitterness.

8 Ingredients:
Cara Foam, Melanoidin & Rogue Micro Barley Farm Dare™ & Risk™ Malts; Amarillo & Rogue Micro Hopyard Revolution Hops, Free Range Coastal Water & Pacman Yeast.

Specs:
15º PLATO
70 IBU
76 AA
14º Lovibond

Here's my starting recipe:

Yellow Snow Clone
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Brewer:
Style: American IPA
Batch: 5.00 galPartial Mash

Characteristics
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Recipe Gravity: 1.068 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 74 IBU
Recipe Color: 11° SRM
Estimated FG: 1.017
Alcohol by Volume: 6.5%
Alcohol by Weight: 5.1%

Ingredients
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Carafoam 0.50 lb, Grain, Mashed
Light LME 7.00 lb, Extract, Extract
Melanoidin 0.50 lb, Grain, Mashed
Two-row (US) 2.00 lb, Grain, Mashed

Amarillo 1.00 oz, Pellet, 60 minutes
Amarillo 1.00 oz, Pellet, 30 minutes
Amarillo 1.00 oz, Pellet, 10 minutes
Amarillo 2.00 oz, Pellet, 0 minutes
Revolution 0.50 oz, Pellet, 60 minutes
Revolution 0.50 oz, Pellet, 10 minutes
Revolution 0.50 oz, Pellet, 30 minutes

Northwest Ale yeast 1.00 unit, Yeast, Recultured Pacman Yeast

Notes
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Recipe Notes:
Mash at 152°. Ferment at 60°.

I haven't had this beer in a while but I don't remember it being a 14 (that's why its only 11.) And the alcohol and IBU's are slightly high. Close enough to start with? Anyone have any suggestions that might help me out of the gate?

The guy at work loved the beer. He said it was a 7 or 8 out of 10 (as to how close it was to yellow snow). Not bad for a first try. I haven't been able to find one to do a side by side with, but if I do I'll post.

Yellow snow clone V.2
Style: American IPA OG: 1.065
Type: All Grain FG: 1.012
Rating: 0.0 ABV: 6.94 %
Calories: 210 IBU's: 78.26
Efficiency: 70 % Boil Size: 5.83 Gal
Color: 7.9 SRM Batch Size: 5.00 Gal
Boil Time: 60 minutes

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Fermentation Steps
Name Days / Temp
(none)

Grains & Adjuncts
Amount Percentage Name Time Gravity
1.00 lbs 7.69 % Carafoam 60 mins 1.033
1.00 lbs 7.69 % Melanoiden Malt 60 mins 1.037
11.00 lbs 84.62 % Pale Malt (2 Row) US 60 mins 1.036

Hops
Amount IBU's Name Time AA %
1.00 ozs 27.84 Amarillo Gold 60 mins 8.50
1.00 ozs 21.40 Amarillo Gold 30 mins 8.50
1.00 ozs 10.10 Amarillo Gold 10 mins 8.50
2.00 ozs Amarillo Gold 14 days 8.50
0.50 ozs 8.88 Revolution 60 mins 5.42
0.50 ozs 6.82 Revolution 30 mins 5.42
0.50 ozs 3.22 Revolution 10 mins 5.42

Yeasts
Amount Name Laboratory / ID
1.0 pkg Pacman Wyeast Labs 1764

Additions
(none)

Mash Profile

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Sacch' Rest 60 min @ 148.0°F (150°F)

Add 16.25 qt ( 1.25 qt/lb ) water @ 162.5°F

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Sparge

Sparge 14.07 qt of 170.0°F water over 30 mins

Second try at yellow snow. Guy said that the first was a little too dark and a little to sweet. He also said that it could possibly use a little more bitterness. I know the numbers don't match uo to what rouge posts, but we'll see how it turns out.
Wanted to mash at 148°, but ended up at 150°. Cooler didn't lose a whole degree during a 75 inute mash! Preheated with 180° water for about 25-30 minutes and covered the mash with foil.
Pitched yeast at 60 where its happily fermenting.

I forgot to post these pics from Christmas.
Second try was much closer. Theirs was much more balanced throughout. Mine was a bit more heavy on the flavor hops. Mine was a little heavier on bitterness and much more aroma but I don't think I'll change those. The color was much closer though mine was much clearer. There is a perceived sweetness that is possibly from the flavor hops, but could be from the pale malt.
So for V3 I'll switch from Pale Malt to plain 2-row and move some of the flavor hops (maybe half) to first wort hoppings.

I'll be interested to hear how attempt #3 comes out!

I like the looks of yours better! and from the sounds of it, I think I would prefer it to the Rouge (wasn't a huge fan of it. seemed like most others...not bad, but didn't stand out) version

Yellow snow clone v3
Style: American IPA OG: 1.067
Type: All Grain FG: 1.012
Rating: 0.0 ABV: 7.20 %
Calories: 216 IBU's: 81.21
Efficiency: 70 % Boil Size: 5.83 Gal
Color: 7.7 SRM Batch Size: 5.00 Gal
Boil Time: 60 minutes

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Fermentation Steps
Name Days / Temp
Primary 7 days @ 60.0°F
Secondary 7 days @ 72.0°F
Bottle/Keg 14 days @ 72.0°F
Condition 14 days @ 40.0°F

Grains & Adjuncts
Amount Percentage Name Time Gravity
1.00 lbs 7.69 % Carafoam 60 mins 1.033
1.00 lbs 7.69 % Melanoiden Malt 60 mins 1.037
11.00 lbs 84.62 % Briess 2-Row Brewers Malt 60 mins 1.037

Hops
Amount IBU's Name Time AA %
1.00 ozs 27.51 Amarillo Gold 60 mins 8.50
0.50 ozs 8.33 Amarillo Gold 20 mins 8.50
1.00 ozs 9.98 Amarillo Gold 10 mins 8.50
2.00 ozs Amarillo Gold 14 days 8.50
0.50 ozs 9.87 Goldings, East Kent 60 mins 6.10
0.25 ozs 2.99 Goldings, East Kent 20 mins 6.10
0.50 ozs 2.94 Goldings, East Kent 10 mins 5.00
0.50 ozs 15.13 Amarillo Gold First Wort 8.50
0.25 ozs 4.45 Goldings, East Kent First Wort 5.00

Yeasts
Amount Name Laboratory / ID
1.0 pkg Pacman Wyeast Labs 1764

Additions
(none)

Mash Profile

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Sacch' Rest 60 min @ 148.0°F

Add 16.25 qt ( 1.25 qt/lb ) water @ 162.5°F

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Sparge

Sparge 14.07 qt of 170.0°F water over 30 mins

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Brewing this up today. IBUs and alocohol are both a bit higher. Didn't pick up any Revolution hops with my big orders so I had to sub. Williamette would have been my first choice, but I don't have enough extra. Thought about using Hersbrucker...still may...

Do you have any Mt. Hood or Crystal, orreally any US noble cross? They should be a pretty good sub.

No I have Columbus, nugget, Goldings (EK), chinook, centennial, hersberker (sp?), and tettnang. I also have homegrown cascades.

Are the tettnang US or German? Either way, they'd probably be what I'd sub.

Went with the tettnang (German). Thanks Jon!
Not going well so far. Missed my mash temperature and had my ball valve open when I started sparging. Hopefully I got it shut before too much grain came through. Oh well...I will have beer.

Oh I *hate* it when I leave the valve on my tun open! Was your msh temp off much?

A little, 4°. Nothing to worry too much about. I was rushed and didn't have time to adjust it.

Ok last hurdle. I tried to use my auto-siphon since I used whole hops, but it kept getting clogged. Missed my OG by 2 points, and that was with me underestimating my efficiency. I have been around 73%, but this one was 68%. I may tighten my mill a bit or may just ride it out and see how the next batch goes. May work out since my alcohol and IBU's were high. Hydro sample tasted awesome though.

i use one of the small paint strainer bags as a "filter"... that's what i figured out to do after i used whole hops and my autosiphon.

I'll try that next time.
My beer is happily fermneting away at 60° in the closet.

woot!

very nice!! i have a bottle of the real stuff sitting in the fridge now. is yours the one in the sam adams glass?

Wow! Color is dead on. I also got it hazy this time; I think that was because of the first wort hops. Theirs has a slight hop sweetness that mine lacks and is slightly more bitter. Mine has a little more hops flavor and alot more aroma, but I can't make an IPA without dry-hopping. Overall I can give it a nine out of ten; I may continue to tweak or may just say close enough.

Yep. Mine is the one I the Sam Adams glass (got a set for fathers day last year).

Congrats! Was this the one where you missed your mash temp and left the valve on your tun open when you started?

Lol... Yeh but I practiced DWRHAHB and everything was well.

Edit- should have read RDWHAHB...lol...Guess I was a little too relaxed last night.