A thread some time back prompted me to work on several recipes that can be made quickly for those times when a get together next month are upon you. I figure the lighter, more simple beers are more likely to be done sooner, and so I figured I'd begin there.
I'm making a blonde today, and a honey wheat in a week or so. If/when these turn out well I figure I'll try a cream ale, a hoppy pale, an IPA, an amber, a brown, and then a porter/stout. I'm thinking a brown on up may require a little more time as I bottle.
I was given the advice to mash a little lower as it makes it easier on the yeast.
My plan is to ferment at 64* for 7 days, pull and finish it at room temp ~74* for another 7 days, bottle and condition for 14 days, and then chill for 3 days = 31 days.
My blonde recipe is:
2.5 gal mash
3.25 lbs 2-row
0.5 lb crystal 20
0.5 lb white wheat berries
0.25 lb carapils
0.3 oz Willamette (5.2%) @ 70/7 mins
0.4 oz Willamette @ 21 mins
1/4 Whirlflock @ 7 mins
US-05 (1/2 packet)
1.049/1.010
5.1% ABV
24 IBU's
4 SRM
My honey wheat looks like this:
2.5 gal mash
1.75 lbs 2-row
1.5 lbs white wheat berries
1 lb honey (FO)
0.2 oz Palisades (7.2%) @ 70 mins
0.4 oz Palisades @ 21/7 mins
US-05 (1/2)
1.049/1.010
5.1% ABV
28 IBU's
2 SRM
Any recommendations?
I'm making a blonde today, and a honey wheat in a week or so. If/when these turn out well I figure I'll try a cream ale, a hoppy pale, an IPA, an amber, a brown, and then a porter/stout. I'm thinking a brown on up may require a little more time as I bottle.
I was given the advice to mash a little lower as it makes it easier on the yeast.
My plan is to ferment at 64* for 7 days, pull and finish it at room temp ~74* for another 7 days, bottle and condition for 14 days, and then chill for 3 days = 31 days.
My blonde recipe is:
2.5 gal mash
3.25 lbs 2-row
0.5 lb crystal 20
0.5 lb white wheat berries
0.25 lb carapils
0.3 oz Willamette (5.2%) @ 70/7 mins
0.4 oz Willamette @ 21 mins
1/4 Whirlflock @ 7 mins
US-05 (1/2 packet)
1.049/1.010
5.1% ABV
24 IBU's
4 SRM
My honey wheat looks like this:
2.5 gal mash
1.75 lbs 2-row
1.5 lbs white wheat berries
1 lb honey (FO)
0.2 oz Palisades (7.2%) @ 70 mins
0.4 oz Palisades @ 21/7 mins
US-05 (1/2)
1.049/1.010
5.1% ABV
28 IBU's
2 SRM
Any recommendations?