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Discussion in 'Recipes/Ingredients' started by bellinmi88, Dec 27, 2012.

 

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    bellinmi88

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 27, 2012
    I am looking for some great crowd pleaser recipes, something that would appeal to a wide range of beer drinkers.

    Anyone care to share?
     
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    bknifefight

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 27, 2012
    Centennial Blonde, Cream of Three Crops and Reaper's Mild
     
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    Beezer94

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    OldDirty

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 29, 2012
    Most of the kolsch style ales do pretty well. Just remember to stay within the style and don't over hop the beer. I did 5 gals for a neighborhood xmas party and they went nuts over it. They kicked my keg in 2.5 hours.
     
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    amoxness

    New Member

    Posted Dec 30, 2012
    My biggest crowd pleasers were EdWorts Apfelwein, the Biermuncher's Centennial Blonde, and a Orange Honey Hefe:

    5 lbs Pils
    4 lbs Wheat Malt
    1 lb Honey Malt
    1/2 oz Mt Hood @ 60

    Wyeast Weihenstephan (3068)

    Mash at 150 for an hour
    Zest a sweet orange or two into some vodka and let it soak for two weeks, add at bottling/kegging

    OG: 1.049
    FG: 1.011
    ABV: 5.1%
     
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    bellinmi88

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 31, 2012
    Add just the Vodka or everything?

     
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    jdub1782

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Dec 31, 2012
    For a summer beer - Biermuncher's Centennial Blond - hands down.

    Other's
    Cincinnati Pale Ale from Palmer's "How to Brew" - my variation is attached
    A simple IPA - my recipe attached

    For my last party and the upcoming Mardi Gras party - I served both the Pale Ale and the IPA -- the Pale Ale is good for most beer drinkers and the IPA appeals to the hopheads.

    View attachment My Cincinnati Pale Ale.pdf

    View attachment My IPA All grain.pdf
     
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    amoxness

    New Member

    Posted Jan 1, 2013
    I filtered out the zest with a yogurt strainer. Since I wasn't worried about clarity all that much I didn't obsess over getting all the pulp out
     
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    Jebu1788

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 1, 2013
    A bit late for the season, but everyone (all types of beer-drinkers, and even a few non-beer-drinkers) seemed to love my Christmas ale. 5-gallon batch, ended up at around 7.5% ABV or so:

    7.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 49.12 %
    3.00 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 21.05 %
    1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 7.02 %
    1.00 lb Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 7.02 %
    1.00 lb Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 7.02 %
    0.25 lb Chocolate Malt (400.0 SRM) Grain 1.75 %
    1.00 lb Maple Syrup (35.0 SRM) Sugar 7.02 % [Flame-out]

    0.80 oz Northern Brewer [10.00 %] (75 min) Hops 27.3 IBU
    1.00 oz Willamette [5.90 %] (10 min) Hops 7.0 IBU

    0.20 oz Ground Nutmeg (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
    0.30 oz Coriander Seed (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
    1.00 oz Orange Peel, Sweet (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
    1.00 items Vanilla Bean, Split (Secondary 7.0 days) Misc

    1 Pkgs Denny's Favorite 50 (Wyeast Labs #1450) [Starter 50 ml] Yeast-Ale
     
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