Jivetyrant

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I'm prepping for my first AG brew day sometime in the next few weeks and I'm having a heck of a time deciding on what to brew! So, I'm turn to the community for inspiration. What type of beer really screams "spring" to you?

To give you a picture of my current cellar, I have a holiday spiced ale, ESB, Irish red and pumpkin porter on draft (yes, I really need to get through that holiday themed beer faster!) In (recent) bottles I have a milk stout which came out superbly and a hoppy brown gone wrong. I don't really know how to describe it, it's not really a brown ale and it's not particularly hoppy... but it's good! On deck I have an applewine that's currently cold crashing and a pre-anchor steam beer that should be ready to bottle later this week, plus a cranberry braggot that probably has another month to go before I do much else with it.

I'm looking for something medium bodied that will be ready soon, and I'm perfectly happy to use a kit. So, what do you think, world? What's your perfect spring beer?

AnOldUR

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American Wheat!

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lizardeye

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Keep it simple for your first AG batch. Go Pale Ale or IPA, bitters, maybe. Don't go crazy with specialty grains or adjunct grains like oats out maize. I've done a couple of SMaSH IPAs that turned out well.

As far as a beer that screams spring, I'd say maybe a kolsch or an APA. Something light-ish, but not wimpy.

JonM

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Bocks! And one of my favorites, Bell's Third Coast Beer (not the Third Coast Old Ale, although that's awesome too.)

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Jayhem

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I love pale ales in the spring! I like em cold too. I'm brewing an American Wheat this weekend for spring, spiced with a bit of coriander and sweet orange peel.

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Drinking: Honeybee American Wheat Ale

Chaddyb

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I brewed an American wheat with zested blood orange peels last weekend in anticipation of spring. I can't wait to sit on the deck with a cold brew on a warm evening.

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DD2000GT

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Kolsch goes great with Spring

stikks

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+1 to Kolsch, I`m bottling 6 gal. tomorrow

Pickled_Pepper

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Considering the warm weather we're having here in the South East, I think I'm going to go right into summer beers. I think Beirmuncher's Centennial Blonde looks like a nice easy session beer.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/multiple-centennial-blonde-simple-4-all-grain-5-10-gall-42841/

drkaeppel

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Pale ales and hefeweizens are two of my favorites for spring. IPAs are satisfying as well, but I drink those pretty much year-round.

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