Would you drink this?

Trying to come up with something for my bud drinkin buddys.
5.5 GALLON BATCH

6 LB 2 ROW
2 LB VIENNA
MASH AT 150 FOR 60 MINUTES

1/2 OZ FUGGLES @ 60

1/4 OZ FUGGLES @ 15

1/2 OZ FUGGLES @ FLAMEOUT

NOTTINGHAM YEAST FERMENTED IN THE LOW 60'S




I know nothing about making recipes, so feel free to tell me I am an idiot. I have goldings, cascade and centenniel hops also. I think there is 1/4 oz of magnum also. I have some other malts but wanted to keep it simple in case it is good I can reproduce it easily.

I would use 12 pounds 2row & 1 pound vienna and a couple ounces of hops... but that is just me.

Are you going for an ordinary bitter? The bitterness is really, really low. So low as to be unbalanced IMO.

I would do more like 1.5oz Fuggles for 60 minutes, and 0.5oz at 15.

yes I would drink it...but i also would up the 2-row to maybe 8-9 lbs.

i think he's going for lower a lower bitter beer for the BMC crowd, so i'd shoot for ~ 20 IBUs.

Might just check out the Cream of Three Crops recipe. add some vienna to it.

JNye said:

yes I would drink it...but i also would up the 2-row to maybe 8-9 lbs.

i think he's going for lower a lower bitter beer for the BMC crowd, so i'd shoot for ~ 20 IBUs.

Might just check out the Cream of Three Crops recipe. add some vienna to it.

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bingo.. going for something really low in bitterness. I read that bud is about 11 IBU. so thought to keep around that.

Bud also doesn't have a trace of hop character. Anything but a bittering add will incite comments that you dumped a fruit salad/flower garden/pine tree in the beer.

yeah but its not gonna be a Bud clone, so I still think you ought to up it to ~20. Ease them into bitterness/flavors. If they want Bud, they should buy it.

i dont know about cloning bud or if it will help your recipie out... but you mentioned (cascade hops)... I heard cascade hops are really good though... the guy I bought my brew stuff from grew them and swore by them!

I'd drink the snot out of it.

Let me know when it's ready.

Not really trying to clone BUD.. just something that bud drinkers will like. I have already made the centenniel blond with the hops cut in half.. very popular, but there are still a couple who think it is too......something or another. I haver planned to brew the last 2 days and haven't gotten to yet.