Morrey
Well-Known Member
I call my Cream Ale my typical light SRM go to lawnmower beer in the summer. My current Cream Ale beer was 1.050 OG and finished at 1.008 making it 5.5%. I had just finished yardwork and tapped a pint....perfect thirst quencher. So good I tapped another pint...I felt the 5.5 kicking in. Maybe a bit too much too quickly.
Remembering my military days, we had a beer machine in our barracks lobby. We called the beer military beer or 3.5 beer. Clearly it had less oomph than what I am brewing now. Europeans are also known for making beer with less abv than Americans for what ever reason...tradition? Sessionability?
Anyway, I am looking for ways to make a flavorful beer but maybe in that military 3.5 range...or no more than 4% for sure. But I don't want to end up with a fizzy watery tasting beer. I know some yeast strains (like Windsor) are less attenuating than others which would be helpful albeit it needs to be suited for a light, lawnmower beer. Need the flavor component to be notable with backbone and possibly some spice....so searching for that. Maybe rye?
Any ideas are much appreciated. I have a hunch that we as home brewers are going to start embracing lower ABV but flavorful light SRM beers in the near future.
Remembering my military days, we had a beer machine in our barracks lobby. We called the beer military beer or 3.5 beer. Clearly it had less oomph than what I am brewing now. Europeans are also known for making beer with less abv than Americans for what ever reason...tradition? Sessionability?
Anyway, I am looking for ways to make a flavorful beer but maybe in that military 3.5 range...or no more than 4% for sure. But I don't want to end up with a fizzy watery tasting beer. I know some yeast strains (like Windsor) are less attenuating than others which would be helpful albeit it needs to be suited for a light, lawnmower beer. Need the flavor component to be notable with backbone and possibly some spice....so searching for that. Maybe rye?
Any ideas are much appreciated. I have a hunch that we as home brewers are going to start embracing lower ABV but flavorful light SRM beers in the near future.