My brother in law loves his beer just like all of us do. Yesterday he went to a heart specialist because he has a leaky valve. His doctor told him that he can still drink beer but he needs to be drinking one that's 3% abv or lower. That doesn't leave him much option in the commercial beer category. I was thinkin I could make him a couple batches of brew but I'm havin trouble findin a recipe. Any suggestions?
Low abv recipe needed.
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Scottish 60/-, Mild, or Ordinary Bitter should all be fine. There's plenty of recipes for those styles floating around, I'd recommend you take a listen to the Jamil Show podcasts that cover Mild and Scottish ales at the very least. Lots of pointers and advice on how to not just end up with water that tastes kinda like beer with such low abv beers.
Here's the recipe for a 60/- I brewed recently. Pretty similar to the recipe that Jamil covers in his podcast, but I subbed a few things for ingredients I had on hand at the time.
OG: 1.034
FG:1.012
ABV: 2.9
IBU: 13.4
SRM: 13.9
Efficiency: 77%
4.2 lb Briess 2-row
12 oz Crystal 60
8 oz Munich
4 oz Crystal 120
4 oz Honey Malt
3 oz Biscuit Malt
3 oz Pale Chocolate Malt (the ~200*L stuff)
0.75 oz EKG - 60 min
Bell's propriety strain, fermented at 65*F for 7 days, raised to 70*F to finish before bottling.
Carbonate to 1-1.5 volumes CO2 (I ended up using just under 3 oz of corn sugar for my 5 gallon batch IIRC)
Edit;
If you don't want to end up with such a laundry list of a grainbill, I'd probably just sub the 2-row for Maris Otter, drop the Biscuit and Honey, and maybe up the Pale Chocolate to 6 or 8 oz. Also, S-05, wlp001, or wy1056 will work as a great sub for Bell's yeast. That's the only neutral yeast I had at the moment, so that's what I went with.
OG: 1.034
FG:1.012
ABV: 2.9
IBU: 13.4
SRM: 13.9
Efficiency: 77%
4.2 lb Briess 2-row
12 oz Crystal 60
8 oz Munich
4 oz Crystal 120
4 oz Honey Malt
3 oz Biscuit Malt
3 oz Pale Chocolate Malt (the ~200*L stuff)
0.75 oz EKG - 60 min
Bell's propriety strain, fermented at 65*F for 7 days, raised to 70*F to finish before bottling.
Carbonate to 1-1.5 volumes CO2 (I ended up using just under 3 oz of corn sugar for my 5 gallon batch IIRC)
Edit;
If you don't want to end up with such a laundry list of a grainbill, I'd probably just sub the 2-row for Maris Otter, drop the Biscuit and Honey, and maybe up the Pale Chocolate to 6 or 8 oz. Also, S-05, wlp001, or wy1056 will work as a great sub for Bell's yeast. That's the only neutral yeast I had at the moment, so that's what I went with.
so...I am an extract brewer. IF your BIL likes light beers and you do not want to make an AG/mash then try the new Cooper MRB all malt extracts.
They are low in ABV and depending on the recipe also low on taste hops flavor. The two I brewed to date are not what I am use to. They are nice smooth drink-able weak beers. ABV around 3%. Not my choice anymore.
Cheap enough to try one or two if you have a 2 to 3 gal fermentor.
They are low in ABV and depending on the recipe also low on taste hops flavor. The two I brewed to date are not what I am use to. They are nice smooth drink-able weak beers. ABV around 3%. Not my choice anymore.
Cheap enough to try one or two if you have a 2 to 3 gal fermentor.
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