Need to fill kegs, but with what??

DJherman · Mar 11, 2010

Im moving 1200 miles in 19 days. i have two empty 5 gal kegs. can anyone suggest some recipes that will be ready to rack for conditioning in two weeks or less? i am only familiar to extract brewing or partial mashing. any suggestions??

Suthrncomfrt1884 · Mar 11, 2010

Wheat beers are the only thing I'd ever suggest for 2 weeks or less.

Yooper · Mar 11, 2010

Any beer with an OG of 1.050 or less, just not a beer that needs dryhopping. Let it sit in the fermenter for two weeks, then keg. Then move. You'll have beer when you get to move in!

Yooper · Mar 11, 2010

Specifically, I'd recommend an ale. I think you could do a stout, a mild, a hefeweizen, an American wheat, a Belgian pale ale, English bitter, American amber, a cream ale, witbier, nut brown ale, etc. If you pitched enough yeast, and kept the temperatures in the optimum range, any of those would be ready to keg (and then age) in two weeks.

Beernip · Mar 11, 2010

An English bitter would work within that time. I've been meaning to try Orfy's Old Speckled Hen clone so that is the first thing to come to mind. Should be ready by the time you get there.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f64/old-speckled-hen-21132/

LooyvilleLarry · Mar 11, 2010

10derAndMild works. So does most Ales, and a Centennial Blonde.

Edcculus · Mar 11, 2010

Hefeweizen

Enough wheat extract to get you to 1.050, 1oz of Hallertauer @ 60min, Wyeast 3068, 2 weeks at 65F, transfer to the keg. Do what I did when I just moved. Prime the keg. That way, it will be fully carbonated by the time you are ready to start drinking at your new destination.

KFBass · Mar 11, 2010

Blood orange Hefeweizen from Extreme Brewing states it should be ready to bottle/keg in ten days. I haven't made it so I can't speak to it, but do a search on the site, I'm sure enough people have.

Ooompa Loompa · Mar 12, 2010

KFBass said:
Blood orange Hefeweizen from Extreme Brewing states it should be ready to bottle/keg in ten days. I haven't made it so I can't speak to it, but do a search on the site, I'm sure enough people have.

Wow, I was just going to suggest the exact same thing (although I have never made it either). Here is a link to a thread on it

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f85/blood-orange-hefeweizen-98579/

DJherman · Mar 12, 2010

you folks are awesome. im brewing the blood orange hefe tonight fo-show. now just have to find one more to brew....decisions decisions. oh...i think im freaking obsessed with the whole brewing thing. a majority of my work day consists of reading this forum. DJ

KFBass · Mar 12, 2010

DJherman said:
oh...i think im freaking obsessed with the whole brewing thing. a majority of my work day consists of reading this forum. DJ

You and me both dude. Keep me posted on how that Hefe turns out, as well as any changes you did to the recipe ect... I'm thinking of brewing that bad boy in anticipation of my upcoming birthday, as I happen to really like wheat beers.

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