Best session beer recipe??

sidneysaintpe · 09-30-2008, 12:57 AM

I am looking for a beer recipe that has mass appeal and good for having a few. I am open to all suggestions (I have Biermunchers Centennial Blonde in the secondary and can't wait to try it).
Please point me in the right direction

**Soperbrew** · 09-30-2008, 01:05 AM

I did AHS Canadian Ale kit & everyone liked it. It's simple, cheap & easy. Good session beer.

**Yooper** · 09-30-2008, 01:10 AM

That's hard to judge for someone else. I like all kinds of session beers- a British Bitter, cream ale, English Brown, a low gravity American Amber, Scottish 60 +/, etc. I've even seen a Brewer's Best kit called something like "microbrewery light". I personally would do a lower gravity American pale ale, balanced with malt and hops and then dry hop it.

sidneysaintpe · 09-30-2008, 01:21 AM

Thanks for the responses; I'm interested in recipes people have had success with in the past. Let me know if you have a specific recipe that you liked.

**Yooper** · 09-30-2008, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by sidneysaintpe

Thanks for the responses; I'm interested in recipes people have had success with in the past. Let me know if you have a specific recipe that you liked.

Well, I've made about 200 or 250 batches of beer. It'd be hard to remember which recipe I liked the best of all of them. The ones I've posted tend to be the "easy" ones, and the best-liked ones. As far as extract batches, my Dead Guy clone is a good one, if you like Dead Guy ale. The Sawtooth clone is pretty good, too.

sidneysaintpe · 09-30-2008, 01:34 AM

Yeah, that sounds very good; is there an all-grain version of the recipe?

sidneysaintpe · 09-30-2008, 01:36 AM

oops..just saw your note on the recipe, thanks!

Haterade · 09-30-2008, 02:35 AM

Ed Worts recipe is a pretty good, mass appeal type.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/bee-cave-brewery-haus-pale-ale-31793/

If I had to whip up a quick, easy and unoffensive recipe I would probably do something like:

Marris Otter
Some Crystal 40 or 60
Carapils
Cascade/Amarillo

I really, really like Simcoe/Columbus but most people IMO seem to like cascade/amarillo/both instead. It's really an individual preference thing.

I really rely on S-05 or yeast cultured from Rogue Shakespeare or Sierra Nevada. All are really clean.

**AZ_IPA** · 09-30-2008, 03:05 AM

I've been wondering for awhile -- what exactly does "session beer" mean?

Lurpinator · 09-30-2008, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by AZ_IPA

I've been wondering for awhile -- what exactly does "session beer" mean?

Basically a beer light enough that you can just sit down and have a drinking sesh with your buddies.. Won't fill you up etc..