A fast extract brew

Hello everyone,
I'm looking to brew a 5 gallon extract batch for a holiday party i'm having on Dec.11. I'm going to brew this coming Saturday or Sunday (Nov. 6th or 7th), and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for a beer that would finish in just over a month. Also, I will be kegging and force carbing, so i won't need the bottle conditioning time.
I already have a Holiday spiced ale (Jamil's Ol' Yule Loggy) conditioning since late July, but wanted to have another beer to serve as well.

Any ideas on a quick one?

Thanks all,
Chris

A Pale Ale or an IPA would probably be good for fast turn around, and to serve people who aren't interested in something too heavy.

Cream ale

I'd do a wheat. The wheat beer I last did was fast and actually better young than aged. I used WLP 300 and tried to keep it on the warmer side for lots of banana flavors.

My SMaSH APAs have tasted the best in the shortest amount of time.

Thank you all for the suggestions.

Anyone have a tried and true recipe that they recommend?

Can a SMaSH recipe be done with extract?

What is the audience? What would they like?

Forrest

Forrest, it's going to be a random mix of friends/family. Not really too sure what everyone would like, but i think everyone will be interested in at least tasting what will be on offer.
I would say for the beer drinkers in the crowd, they would range from PBR to Heineken to craft beer.
I just wanted to have another beer present to counter the heavier Holiday ale, but also one that i could have finished in time.

This is my extra pale ale that can be ready in 4 weeks and tastes great. Even my BMC-drinking friends enjoyed it.

6lbs Extra Light LME
1lb Carapils
5oz Caramel 40L
4oz Victory or Biscuit

1.5oz Amarillo @60 min
1oz Amarillo @15 min
1oz Amarillo @5 min
.5oz Amarillo @ flameout
Dry-hop 1oz Amarillo in secondary for 7 days

US-05 yeast

Add 20% of the extract at 60 minutes, and the remaining extract at 20 minutes. A really nice pale ale.

S-04 really tears through fermentation. I went with a 1 week primary and 2 week secondary on this recipe from Brewmaster's Warehouse. It is the best tasting beer brewed to date. Mild/moderate, but interesting flavor, it should appeal to the same audience as an American Pale Ale, but a bit less bitter and more complexity.

Shoultz-Meyer Extra Special Bitter

http://www.brewmasterswarehouse.com/recipe/2bc9fa39/shoultzmeyer-brewery-extra-special-bitter

Thanks guys, i'll definitely be brewing both of these at some point, one of them this weekend. Heck maybe both, I love to have plenty on hand for myself, and an extra keg at a party sure isn't going to hurt.
I appreciate all the responses and suggestions.

Brown Ales & Milds ferment out pretty quick and are usually crowd pleasers even for people who say they "don't" like "Dark Beer"

This stout is always a hit with whatever audience I have over and a selling point for it is it is the lightest beer I make and keep stocked the next smallest beer is 7%. If partial mash is out of the question, just use a couple-three extra lbs of LME instead of the 2row. It finishes radically fast because of the low OG, which you could easily up by adding a little extra LME. I like to raise my mash temp at the end to a little over 160 to make some unfermentables to leave some residual sweetness, or you could add a little lactose.


LoCal Stout – Partial Mash

2 Row Malt – 4 lbs
Dark LME – 2 lb (Late Addition)
Dextrin – 1 lb
Chocolate Malt – 1 lb
Flaked Oats – 1 lb
Black Patent Malt – 8 oz
Roasted Barley – 4 oz
Cascade Pellet Hops – 2 oz (@ 30 min)
Irish Moss – 1 tbsp (@ 15 min)
Safale US-05 – 1 sachet

Corn Sugar – ¾ cup (priming)

Total Grain Weight – 7¾ lb
Mash Water Volume – 3 gallons @ 150-154 F
Sparge Water – 1 gallon @ 170 F

Approximate Numbers

OG – 1.042
FG – 1.010
ABV – 4.1%
IBU – 27
SRM – 44
Efficiency- 60% Brew in a Pot method

Being new, you may not be aware of this most popular pale ale which everyone here seems to like. I have one in the pipeline.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/bee-cave-brewery-haus-pale-ale-31793/

Everyone here is awesome, now i have to brew like 10 batches.
Thanks all, it's much appreciated.