BrettMan said:Thanks for the suggestions! I'll probably try one of the AHS kits. Actually, the AHS Red Wheat sounds good...
cyberjoey80 said:I like making IPA because I get to use a lot of hops and it makes my whole garage smell beeralicious. I made a copper ale from a kit I got (I think) at Midwest and it was really good.
Mike-H said:Depends on what you like. Check out www.austinhomebrew.com, their kits and clone kits are really nice. Try brewing a commercial style beer yourself using one of their clone kits. I just racket their clone kit of Arrogant Bastard Ale to secondary and I can tell already its going to be great, very strong.
Here's some hints:
Since you are just starting and probably impatient to try your brew, brew something with less alchohol (5%, still stronger than most american commercial beers!) as it is more forgiving when it comes to aging.
Stay away from anything with fruity flavors or possible "strange" additions.
Choose a beer with a popular style of yeast such as White Labs California Ale V or Irish Ale. Learn how to save this yeast for another batch and save yourself $7 bucks. OR just go with the always cheap always good dry yeast.
If you choose to go with liquid yeast, search around here for how to make a yeast starter for a really vigorous fermentation.
Just my 2c
-Mike
rfidd said:Mikew I am a new brewer and I have been reading the posts, and I came across this one. How do you save this yeast for another batch? Split it?
I was reading a bit more about dry yeast vs. liquid so are there any hard and fast rules?
I like a hoppy flavor, so I think I will always have some IPA of some sort around, and I think I read some beers depend on the yeast for flavor. Question? I assume dry yeast is cheaper so when is it ok to use dry yeast? And are we talking about the bread making kind?
Sorry for the rambling, they were giving away shots of tequila chasers at lunch.
rick
Brew-boy said:If you like hoppy beer I would order AHS Warrior pale ale it, Its Great.
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