Help me choose my third brew.

I have brewed 2 beers now, an IPA which is carbonating, and an oatmeal stout which is conditioning in the secondary for a bit yet. This means that I have a pair of primary fermenters doing nothing, which correct me if I'm wrong, but that is a sin right?

Anyhow, I am looking for another brew to put in the kegerator along with these two, and I can't seem to figure out what I want. So I am putting it up to the forum to give me some ideas. I would prefer to keep the alcohol content under 7.5% or so, and I would also like something maybe a little lighter that will compliment the heaviness of my IPA and my Stout. The recipe also has to be at most a partial mash since I have not yet built my tun.

thanks for your help...

-J

Kolsch
Blond Ale
Steam beer

The stout is roasty, the IPA is hoppy. If you're interested in experimenting with different kinds of flavors, you could use to try something malty, like a scottish 80 shilling, or maybe a british ordinary bitter. Or you could go with something that highlights the yeast, like a hefe or a belgian. For something dark, belgian abbey dubbels are nice & benefit a lot from the various specialty grains you can use in the mini-mash. As brewt00l suggests, a kolsch or steam beer would be a nice chance to practice fermenting at (somewhat) lower temps. You have a good problem!

I'd second the Kolsch, Scottish Ale or English Bitter...

I vote Kolsch, Steam Beer or Hefeweizen

these all need fairly cool fermentation temps, btw...at most 65 F

Kolsch all the way...:rockin:

I'm definitely putting my vote in for English Bitter. I am actually a little upset with myself that I dont have one laying around right now. Bitters are always good beers to have around if you ask me.

I shall absolve your sins my son, say 3 hail mary's and brew a steam (Cali Common).

Just put my steam in the secondary last night and it smells frickin awesome.

Is it too late to suggest this beauty?

http://homebrewtalk.com/showpost.php?p=85902&postcount=1

Do cheesefoods caramel cream ale. I made the extract version a while back and liked it alot. Ive got the all grain planned to do soon.

What the hell beer was that cheese?