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Any good beer recipes that are pretty easy for a beginner that my wife (a girly) beer drinker would like. that are not crazy fruity but I would still enjoy???
 
A cream ale, wheat beer, and maybe a pale ale (go light on the hops). My wife is not a beer drinker, but she liked the Belgian White I just made, and I am brewing a cream ale this weekend which I also think will be something she will enjoy.
 
Well, hard to say if you would enjoy, not knowing your preferences. A well made German Hef often goes over well with the ladies. Light to medium body and light banana and clove notes make it a great all round summer beer.
 
Maybe you can try Graff, sweet hard cider, and spiced beer. Also maybe a sweet stout, or a nut brown ale?

These aren't "light" beers, but I think they have flavors that are more approachable than extreme hoppy ales. Oh, also you can try a mild, and "spotted cow"/"speckled heifer".

Good luck, my friend. :mug:
 
Try a red ale just shoot for an IBU of 18 to 20. My wife who is not a beer drinker likes it.
 
make a hefe, let it ferment for 10 days. rack it onto 36 oz raspberry, and let it sit on them for a week. carb for a few days, and take viagra
 
turn the kettle over to her to make whatever she wants. would you quit fishing because she thinks the fish are *icky*. i would hope not. lots and lots of awesome girls love great beer, she will come around if she is meant to. i actually know more female hopheads than male. strange.
 
prepare for cliche "tits or gtfo"... slightly serious, raspberry hef, a blonde (ale, not another woman unless she is into that), or even a spiced ale like the recipe for Richard's pumpkin ale. All have worked well for me in the past. :)
 
Ask her what she like to drink. If she is not a beer person, take her out for a nice dinner at a brewery and do a tasting. See if there is something she is interested in.

Biggest thing is to make sure you don;t seem desperate. You want to be able to keep brewing with your wife being fine or interested in it, not "allowing" it because she saw you crying over your carboy.

So yeah, a cream ale, a German wheat beer, or a cream stout.

I did a cream stout that had coconut in it, and the gals (who were chefs) that I shared with it immediately got vanilla ice cream and poured it on top.

So that is my suggestion. If the brew I mentioned sounds interesting, I can post a recipe.
 
I'd go with a simple Pilsner recipe but cut the hops in half and you'll have a really nice light beer to keep that girlish waist and allow the Boobs to remain large and visible. You can't really screw that up so her first try at this will be successful. Hold the fruit since that involves pasteurization or multiple fermentations and there's too much room for error on a novice
 
My Happy Wife Pale Ale is essentially a Kolsch-not very hoppy but very clean and crisp.
5 gallons:
9 pounds 2 row or pilsner malt, toast 2 pounds at 350F for 15 minutes
1 pound Carapils or wheat
mash at 152F
For Extract use 8 pounds extra light LME or 6 pounds DME(just a guess)
1 oz Perl 60 mins
1 oz Hallertau for 20 minutes
ferment at 60F with Kolsch yeast, but Nottingham works well also
This has been my house beer for BMC drinkers9and the rest of us) for 12 years now.
 
iaefebs said:
Wouldn't guess that from the post's in this forum. I get the idea that women run the house from the posts I see. SWMBO is a common post.

And you will never see that acronym from me. My wife likes my beer anyway. If she didn't? More for me.
 
From a woman's POV, we'll use my sister's POV for example: She doesn't like hoppy, hadn't had beer in 7 years, was a Miller Lite drinker. Then she came to live with us....she still doesn't like "too hoppy" but she's a HUGE fan of our Cream Ale (A kind of Summer Solstice Clone) and our Original Wheat (which I have fermenting with citrus and watermelon now).
I like them hoppy, dry, crisp, heavy....etc.
Show her what beer can be and include her.
Good Luck and don't give up!!!
 
You could try a shandy as well. Take some lemons in a bag in the secondary. Or stick with a cream ale. Search for cream of three crops and you'll find a pretty easy drinking brew for your wife. My wife loves the stuff.
 
My wife I brewed a blonde Ale together.

The couple that brews together stays together.

+1 to this. If you think she would go for it, ask her to. If not that, maybe ask her to cap for you. If she takes ownership in some way, she may find it to be more rewarding instead of something "you do". Chicks dig the "we" ****.

You said "crazy fruity" in your OP. Realize that there are things that you can make with fruit that will not be "crazy" fruity, just fruity. If you are opposed to any fruit at all try doing a blond/pale with a pretty fruity hop (citra, simcoe?). I just did BM's centennial blond with all simcoe late additions, and the fermentor and beer sure smells like fruit.
 
Hops is an acquired taste for many. My wife started out a few years back nothing but BMC. Started her on a few store bought wheats, then a few of the Sam Adams seasonals and just worked my way up the IBU chain slowly but surely. She's made it all the way now...just tried a 70 IBU IPA I made recently and I was shocked when she loved it. It's a matter of conditioning. Now she HATES BMC with a passion, says it has zero flavor. :rockin:

Patience grasshopper.
 
You could also brew up some cider or mead for her. That will keep her happy while you brew whatever you want.
 
I make a heff and in the fall a pumpkin to keep the home fires burning bright....seems to work for me and more importantly for her!!!
 
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