Brew & drink calendar

This topic came up the other day. Someone wanted to know the general dates to brew/drink certain types of beer. Someone added a list that was quoted from a book. I don't remember which topic it was, but I saved that list and this evening I created two Google calendars with all of the info in them.

So here they are...

When to brew

When to drink

Now, this will bring you to a plain view of monthly calendars. If you click in the bottom right corner "+ Google Calendar" it should add it to your list of calendars if you have a Gmail account, if not it will most likely ask to you register for a Gmail account. From there you can edit, print, etc.

For those who were wondering how I selected the dates in the list I had, Beginning = 1st of the month, Mid = 15th and End = 30/31, although this is most likely untrue (e.g. you can drink a spiced ale other than just on the 31st of December , maybe a little before to get into the Christmas spirit before it passes by).

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Style - When to Brew - When to Drink

Altbier - 1st Oct - mid Dec
Barley Wine - 1st Feb - mid Dec
Belgian Strong Aale, Trappist - 1st Aug - end Jan
Belgian White - 1st June - end July
Biere de Garde/Saison - 1st Feb - end May
Bitter - 1st Oct - mid Nov
Bock - 1st Jan - end March
Brown Ale US - 1st Nov - end Dec
Brown Ale UK - 1st Sept - end Oct
California Common - 1st Sept - end Oct
Doppelbock - 1st Nov - end Feb
Dortmunder - 1st Nov - end Dec
Dunkelweizen - 1st April - mid May
Extra Special Bitter - 1st Oct - mid Dec
Eisbock - 1st Sept - end Feb
Festbier - 1st April - mid June
Fruit Beer - 1st April - mid to late June
Imperial Stout - 1st Jan - mid Dec
India Pale Ale - 1st March - end June
Kolsch - 1st March - end March
Lambic - 1st March end May - 1st June end Feb
Lager US - 1st April - end June
Maibock - 1st Feb - end May
Marzen/Oktoberfest - 1st Feb - late Aug
Mead - mid Dec - mid Dec
Mild Ale - 1st Sept - end Sept
Munich Helles/Dunkles - 1st Jan - end March
Old Ale - 1st May - end Sept
Pale Ale - 1st March end March - end April mid June
Pilsener - 1st Feb - end April
Porter - 1st Feb - end Feb
Red Ale - 1st Feb - end Feb
Scotch Ale - 1st April - end Dec
Scottish Ale - 1st Sept - mid Oct
Schwarzbier - 1st Dec - mid Jan
Smoked Beer - 1st Sept - mid Nov
Spiced Ale - mid Oct - end Dec
Stout, Dry - end Jan - end Feb
Stout, Specialty - 1st Oct - end Nov
Weisse, Berliner - 1st June - end July
Weizen - 1st June - mid July
Weizenbock - mid July - mid Dec

Yeah, that's the calendar I based it on.

I just added it to Google calendar, cause it's what I use to print out monthly calendars including when university reports are to hand in and when my exams are...

Now I will have something else that is really important on there!

hey! i just made a Dunkelweizen and i'm drinking this weekend! I think it's the perfect time for it!

Arggg I need to invert it all completely but I sooo can't be bothered >_<, lol dam northern hemisphere-ners

LOL I am one of those crazy people that drink gin and tonic in the winter....I never pay attention to seasons when I brew.

I don't really follow the guidelines too much for when to drink what type of beers. I also where white after labor day.

It's cool for seasonal brews like Oktoberfest and Holiday Ales.. Sort of lets the noobs prepare..

Great googly moogly! According to the when to brew calendar apparently I have to get all of the brewing I plan to do done before January 2009! :cross:

Do people brew Oktoberfest all year round? I've only drank Sam Adams from the bottle, local brew-restaurant Hops makes one I like also.. I think this would be one of my favorite brews. Also Moosebacher Kellerbier.. I guess I'm a mild-hops malt head?

I think I need to have both of these in constant supply in my house.. I'm not one for rules and regulations.

Btw, I'm authorized to add the Brew calendar, but not the drinking one.. I'm of age..

camiller said:

Great googly moogly! According to the when to brew calendar apparently I have to get all of the brewing I plan to do done before January 2009! :cross:

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The Mayans calendar has the world ending in 2012. Looks like they were off by about 3 years.

IowaStateFan said:

The Mayans calendar has the world ending in 2012. Looks like they were off by about 3 years.

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That's right...Dec 21st is the last day of the Mayan Calendar...gonna be a big party on the 20th!!!!!

Gonna party like it's 2013!!!!

I wasn't aware there was a calendar I should be sticking to. I brew what I want when I want it. However, I don't have the equipment to lager so some seasonals I can't do anyways.

My main reason to start home brewing was so I could get the beers I want when I wanted them.

When to brew? when you can

when to drink? When its cold

Neomich said:

I wasn't aware there was a calendar I should be sticking to. I brew what I want when I want it. However, I don't have the equipment to lager so some seasonals I can't do anyways.

My main reason to start home brewing was so I could get the beers I want when I wanted them.

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Time to build a lagerator!

Probably #5 on my 2008 To-Do list.