e lo
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I'm all pumped up to brew tomorrow -- I just got my Barley Crusher in the mail on Tuesday, I cut the top off an old keg on Wednesday night, and I put together one of Lil' Sparky's hop straining contraptions, so I'm all set to try out my new gear! But I'm not quite sure what I want to brew, so I'm hoping for some good suggestions.
Here are my limitations/caveats:
1) I don't really want to brew a Pale Ale. I just put a keg of that on gas to carbonate last night, and I'd like to try something else.
2) (This is the biggy) I'd like to use the hops I have on hand. I bought Nugget, Cascade and Mt. Hood from Hops Direct, and I still have a fair amount of each of them left.
3) Since I want to brew tomorrow, I really don't have time to do a proper starter, so I'd like to use dry yeast, probably Nottingham, since I've got several packets of that hanging around in the beer fridge. I've got a stirplate, so I could do a 24-hour starter, but I'd like to avoid it if possible.
Ok... with all those limitations, anybody have any suggestions? If I had the hops for it, I'd finally get around to trying Orfy's Hobgoblin clone, but I don't.
Here are my limitations/caveats:
1) I don't really want to brew a Pale Ale. I just put a keg of that on gas to carbonate last night, and I'd like to try something else.
2) (This is the biggy) I'd like to use the hops I have on hand. I bought Nugget, Cascade and Mt. Hood from Hops Direct, and I still have a fair amount of each of them left.
3) Since I want to brew tomorrow, I really don't have time to do a proper starter, so I'd like to use dry yeast, probably Nottingham, since I've got several packets of that hanging around in the beer fridge. I've got a stirplate, so I could do a 24-hour starter, but I'd like to avoid it if possible.
Ok... with all those limitations, anybody have any suggestions? If I had the hops for it, I'd finally get around to trying Orfy's Hobgoblin clone, but I don't.