holiday party at my house

I just found out today that this years holiday party will be at my house. Oh joy for me. The party will be Dec 11th. There will be many family members there I haven't seen for a few years like 6-10 years. I would like to have a couple of batches of homebrew for people to try. I am an extract brewer and I don't know what everyone likes. What are a couple of safe brews I could do in the next week or so to give them some time in the bottles? I tasted my Raspberry ale today and it seems pretty good nice mouth feel and good carbonation but the flavors needs more time it should be good by the time of the party. I am looking at two more batches. any recomendations?

Just make some light brews....middle of the road stuff.

Weizens brew up fast also.

I was thinking of maybe an american cream ale and a brown ale. How does that sound?

Brown ales tend to mature quickly and have a fairly broad appeal. A nice bitter or ESB is good also as they tend mature very quickly.

I would think Pale Ales and maybe an Amber would work out well for you . . . neither are very extreme and dont take long to mature

I like a lot of the choices mentioned so far, particularly (in no particular order): APA, brown ale, and wheat.

Good luck with the party...it can be stressful, but also fun to meet up with long lost relatives.

And here I thought you were inviting us all to your party.

Hefeweizens and Brown Ales are always good for a party. Now when can we expect all of our invitations to arrive?

Not sure about the timing, but it might be nice to make something with a little bit of holiday spice to it. You could also make some hard cider, or maybe EdWort's Apfelwein (VERY easy recipe) for a little bit of variety, something for the non beer-drinkers.

Keep your IBU's in the low range and your color as light as possible.

eviltwinofjoni said:

Hefeweizens and Brown Ales are always good for a party. Now when can we expect all of our invitations to arrive?

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Yeah, where do we have to show up?

the party is a bit north of Pittsburgh PA. If you are bringing homebrew your family and my door is always open

Brew what you like-then if they don't want any, there's more for you.