anyone got a recipe for a real working man's beer

[fredthecat]

i want a real working man's beer made for and by a working man.

looking at using traditional american hops.

 

[Braufessor]

80-90% US 2 Row
10-20% US GoldPils (https://www.northernbrewer.com/briess-goldpils-r-vienna-malt)
100% Liberty Hops (How hoppy do you want it? Hop accordingly)

American Ale Yeast

"America First" Ale - One full serving of Liberty in every pint.

 

[auburntsts]

Define real working man. Also to be clear anything made by a fake working man, or a woman (whether fake, real, working, or not working) is a no go?

 

[kingwood-kid]

Define real working man. Also to be clear anything made by a fake working man, or a woman (whether fake, real, working, or not working) is a no go?

Clearly, this beer can't be made by or for a retiree, someone who's unemployed, or one of those damn trust fund kids, and probably not even a student working part-time.

 

[Jayjay1976]

You want a real working man's beer? Grab a sixer of budweiser and sip it in your glitterboat.

You want a real MAN's beer? Brew a doppelbock. Germans are manly men and besides, American brewing history hasn't produced anything comparable.

Edit: American hops=American cheese

Edit 2: just noticed the OP and no longer wonder about the discussion value. Kinda like trying to sniff out the sweet spot on a turd.

 

[triethylborane]

Edit 2: just noticed the OP and no longer wonder about the discussion value. Kinda like trying to sniff out the sweet spot on a turd.

@fredthecat Ill 2nd @Jayjay1976 recommendation of doppelbock, though whether today's german man is a manly one is dubious (with the exception of the Rammstein guys, of course).

 

[waldoar15]

Some 6 row, corn, maybe a lb of Munich and Cluster hops.

 

[dmtaylor]

I sometimes substitute part of the rye for chocolate rye for a more robust beverage. Love this stuff, either light or dark.

EDIT: Oh shoot, I see now this is still the recipe where I screwed up my efficiency and had to add extract. You can of course use a little extra pale 2-row instead of the 10 oz extract. Or whatever. It's all good.

 

[grampamark]

Any fizzy, yellow beer recipe, with a late drywall addition, should fill the bill.

 

[kevin58]

Make an English Porter. Here's one straight from Ron Pattinson's blog...

 

[Bryggeri]

But the OP only brews real beer, so it has to be a working mans version of real beer.

 

[Bryggeri]

Oh, I forgot, my post does not count, since I joined after him.

 

[TimmyWit]

looking at using traditional american hops.

You STILL use hops in your beer?

 

[mulletmaster]

You STILL use hops in your beer?

LOL. Is this a true working man's beer?

 

[bitteritdown]

Any fizzy, yellow beer recipe, with a late drywall addition, should fill the bill.

Drywall.... lol! That's a little too manly for me.

 

[Sbe2]

TrueBeer Duh

 

[Sadu]

New Zealand draught. 4% amber lager with not much malt / yeast / hop character. Perfect for slamming back a few jugs before you drive your holden ute home when the pub closes at 6pm to beat your wife for not having dinner cooked.

 

[RPh_Guy]

Could I get away with posting troll threads all the time?

 

[flars]

Could I get away with posting troll threads all the time?

Only if they invoke humor.

 

[Lefou]

This "working man's" beer could be anything, from whatever you're willing to buy or whatever you're capable of making. You're a big boy Fred, you decide.
Today I had a two-years aged Christmas Chimay brewed by monks in 2015. Good stuff. If that doesn't qualify as "working man's" beer, send your share to me, mmm'kay?

"I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I don't care what kind [it is]." - Mike Rowe "Dirty Jobs"

 

[Lefou]

That Mike Rowe quote is attached to a FarceBook link. Pretty funny.
It bags on the "Most Interesting Man". Never liked that ad pitch.

 

[Lefou]

80-90% US 2 Row
10-20% US Vienna Malt (https://www.northernbrewer.com/briess-goldpils-r-vienna-malt)
100% Liberty Hops (How hoppy do you want it?)

American Ale Yeast

"America First" Ale

How about an imperial MAGA ale?

 

[triethylborane]

How about an imperial MAGA ale?

IN, TREMENDOUS!

 

[Jayjay1976]

You STILL use hops in your beer?

Trolling trolls is a noble pursuit, and you, sir, just rick rolled one.

I love the smell of victory malt in the morning. It smells like, erm, victory.

 

[Jayjay1976]

I sometimes substitute part of the rye for chocolate rye for a more robust beverage. Love this stuff, either light or dark.

EDIT: Oh shoot, I see now this is still the recipe where I screwed up my efficiency and had to add extract. You can of course use a little extra pale 2-row instead of the 10 oz extract. Or whatever. It's all good.

Man you had me going there for a second, that looked like a real WORKIN' MAN'S recipe. Right up until the "ADD WILDFLOWER HONEY AT FLAMEOUT" part. That's where it took a hard left into commie pinko hipster man bun town. Jeez it even had irish moss. SO CLOSE.

 

[Lefou]

If you're gonna do it, do it bigly - or go home.

 

[grampamark]

Drywall.... lol! That's a little too manly for me.

You had to be there.

 

[brewcat]

Adding fruit is an automatic disqualification.

 

[A2HB]

A real working man's beer has to contain between 2-8% actual sweat. The sweat must be wrung directly into the boil kettle from the grimy rag the real working man used when he wiped his brow from his long day hard day of farming, car fixing, or house building. For extra good measure the manliest of these working men toss the whole rag in to the kettle for added flavor and manliness. That's the recipe I was taught at least, YMMV

 

[Sbe2]

Any fizzy, yellow beer recipe, with a late drywall addition, should fill the bill.

In a way, if you add gypsum to your water, you are using a mineral used to make dry wall, hence brewing with drywall.

 

[triethylborane]

In a way, if you add gypsum to your water, you are using a mineral used to make dry wall, hence brewing with drywall.

lol @ ppl still brewing with sheetrock

easy sand 45 or nothing

 

[Lefou]

i want a real working man's beer made for and by a working man.

looking at using traditional american hops.

Steam beer, Cluster hops. Seriously.

 

[MaxStout]

 

[Murphys_Law]

Hops are so 2015. Real men don't need no stinking hops!

 

[b-boy]

If your butt crack is not on display while you work, then you're not a real working man.

 

[bleme]

A real working man's beer has to contain between 2-8% actual sweat. The sweat must be wrung directly into the boil kettle from the grimy rag the real working man used when he wiped his brow from his long day hard day of farming, car fixing, or house building. For extra good measure the manliest of these working men toss the whole rag in to the kettle for added flavor and manliness. That's the recipe I was taught at least, YMMV

Sounds like a Gose...

 

[b-boy]

A real working man's beer has to contain between 2-8% actual sweat. The sweat must be wrung directly into the boil kettle from the grimy rag the real working man used when he wiped his brow from his long day hard day of farming, car fixing, or house building. For extra good measure the manliest of these working men toss the whole rag in to the kettle for added flavor and manliness. That's the recipe I was taught at least, YMMV

• When a real working man does BIAB, he uses an old sweat sock.
• When a real working man fly sparges, he obviously uses the fuel injectors off of a 1990 Chevy Cavalier.
• When a real working man chills his wort, he runs it through the radiator of that same 1990 Chevy Cavalier

 

[Shwagger]

He trolled you all

Again

 

[MaxStout]

What FredTheCat's idea of working men might look like.

 

[kh54s10]

The average American "working man" does not drink real beer. Go to the store and buy a BUD. Bleeuuuch!