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What's the simplest recipe you've tried?

I'm thinking..
one to three grains
one or two hops (2 or 3 additions)
single infusion 45 minutes
batch sparge
maybe two weeks in primary
force carb in a keg

Any suggestions or thoughts.
 
9lbs 2-row
1/2 - 1 lb crystal 40L
1 oz cascade 60 mins
1 oz cascade 15 mins (or you can do 1/2 for 15, 1/2 for 5)
add your favorite dry yeast
single infusion, batch sparge

It doesn't get much simpler and that's a damn fine beer, too!
 
hefeweizen would be the simplest and fastest...something like:

4 lbs pilsener malt
4 lbs wheat malt
0.5 oz hallertauer hops

don't do all-grain yet, tho :eek: just speculation
 
4.5 wheat
4.5 pilsner
1 Rye
1 oz. hallertauer at 60 min.

Turned out pretty good too. 10 days in the primary and bottled.
 
Irish Dry Stout:

7# Crisp MO
2# Flaked Barley
1# Roasted Barley

1.9oz NB @ 60 min

Plan to transfer to secondary today so a few more weeks to go...
 
American Pale Ale

8.5 lbs. - 2-row
1.5 lbs. - crystal 20
all Centennial hops to your preferred bitterness
US-05 yeast
 
Speaking of simple...

The wife and I met up with Buford, Todd_K, and their significant others last week at Capital Ale House in Richmond, and the best beer I had all night was Rogue's "Latona 20th Anniversary". 4 ingredients: Water, Special Aromatic Malt, Ranier Hops, Yeast. It was incredibly good.
 
Baron's Basic Hefe was the simplest recipe I've done; half Pils, half wheat, single addition of Hallertau. Now, it was decocted, which added complexity - but really, recipes don't come much simpler than that.
 
Evan! said:
Speaking of simple...

The wife and I met up with Buford, Todd_K, and their significant others last week at Capital Ale House in Richmond, and the best beer I had all night was Rogue's "Latona 20th Anniversary". 4 ingredients: Water, Special Aromatic Malt, Ranier Hops, Yeast. It was incredibly good.

I like how Rogue lists the ingredients right on the bottle
 
10 lb pale 2 row malt
1 lb chocolate malt
1 lb Caramunich I
1 lb Black Patent
1 lb Crystal malt (90L)
2 oz Kent Golding
1 oz. Fuggles
Nottingham yeast

Tastes like an old house fire, but I like round numbers.

Oh, yeah!- 2 lb. dark brown sugar and 1 lb of Quaker quick oats.

Maybe this isn't so simple. Very little measuring, though!
 
Imperial Pilsner:

Ton of Pils Malt
Carapils
Ton of Saaz
Czech Lager yeast
Water

Lagering, seems good so far.
 
American Hefe:
60% wheat
40% two-row
OG of 1.055-ish

Single infusion mash at 155
Fly sparge - cuz that's what I do. No reason you can't batch sparge.

Noble hops to get 12 IBUs (single 60 min addition)

Use American Hefe liquid yeast with a big starter.
For the simplest possible version, go with dry yeast.

Keg after 3-4 weeks - no secondary/clearing required.
Force carbonate.
Enjoy!
 
Kolsch:
5.5gal batch
OG-1.045 FG-1.009

9.5lb German Pils 95%
0.5lb German Munich 5%
1oz Hallertau 20IBU
Kolsch yeast

Mash temp:145F@90min+Kolsch yeast=80%Attenuation!
 
will brew when my order arrives. 10lbs 2 row, 1 lbs crystal 15. 4 oz cascade, 2 oz centennial, (60,30,10 respectively) and some washed northwest 1332 (why buy more yeast?) mash @ 154 for 60 min.

simple enough. hoping it will be pale. i seem to only be able to brew dark colors.
 
NICE resurrection! I guess i was just getting ready to do all-grain :D

hefeweizen would be the simplest and fastest...something like:

4 lbs pilsener malt
4 lbs wheat malt
0.5 oz hallertauer hops

don't do all-grain yet, tho :eek: just speculation

Of course, my simplest recipe now is my SMaSH:

10 lbs Vienna Malt
1 oz Northern Brewer (8.0%) @ 60 minutes
1 oz Northern Brewer (8.0%) @ 20 minutes
1 oz Northern Brewer (8.0%) @ 5 minutes
Nottingham Yeast
:mug:
 
The Patersbier recipe from Northern Brewer:

9 lbs. Belgian Pilsner
1 oz. Tradition (60 min)
0.5 oz. Saaz (10 min)

Wyeast #3787

I tried one after just a week in the bottle and it's already an incredibly delicious beer.
 
I was wondering when SMaSH recipes would begin. Why didn't anyone think of that earlier???

Anyone got a spontaneous fermenting recipe with just hops & malt as ingredients? :D
 
Here's mine...an English-style SMaSH ale

12 lbs. Marris Otter
1 oz. EKG @ 60
1 oz. EKG @ 15
1 oz. EKG @ 1
1 oz. EKG dry
SafAle 04

Primary 7 days @ 68*
Secondary 7 days @ 68*
Prime w/1 cup DME and Keg condition @72* for 14 days

OG 1.055
FG 1.014
IBU 40
 

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