Ok i guess im hooked, so far i made 3 AG and i want to make more. My first was sweet stout, its in a bottles for 3-4 weeks now it is good, my own design IPA is in secondary, 10gal of amber ale in primary and i still have 2 buckets i could fill, what should i brew next? As you can see im exploring, im looking for something relatively easy to brew but with different taste to what i have now, im not ready for belgium or barleywine yet so what should i make now??, please post your suggestions, lf you have a recipe i would appreciate that too.
Beer no 4... no 5?
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asterix404
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smalliewader
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Why not Belgians? Just curious. If it's conditioning time, not all of them require 6+ months of aging. Something like this https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f71/abbey-weiss-102693/
which I'm brewing myself this weekend...with a few tweaks. Should be a fairly normal beer as far as fermenting/conditioning time goes.
English or American Brown ales are good stuff too. As I'm getting my pipeline built up, I'm looking for different things myself.
which I'm brewing myself this weekend...with a few tweaks. Should be a fairly normal beer as far as fermenting/conditioning time goes.
English or American Brown ales are good stuff too. As I'm getting my pipeline built up, I'm looking for different things myself.
I want to brew on Friday night so no time for starter, dont have blow out tube and simply belgian yeasts scare $hit out of me 
Hefe looks great but i have 32lbs of two row i would like to use first, i guess this hefe will be my no 6 or 7 beer but thanks a lot for this idea
Hefe looks great but i have 32lbs of two row i would like to use first, i guess this hefe will be my no 6 or 7 beer
but thanks a lot for this ideaasterix404
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Why not try out a bitter or a session ale or something like that? Very low ABV means not a lot of starter required at all. A heff would work, so would abby ales but I would be careful with the temps. You want warm temps for both, like 68-75. If your ambient is less than that, I was thinking you could try a porter or something along those lines. Session ales are always fun.
I love brewing kolsch, pretty easy I think and a great beer to serve to friends who aren't really as in to craft beer. I started out wanting to try to brew a lot of different beers, and still do, but ive gotten caught up in brewing the same ones over and over with minor tweaks and revisions. I feel like this is a great way to learn how different parts of the process and ingredients affect the finished beer.
theonetrueruss
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no such thing as not ready. my 4th brew was a belgian dark strong partial mash and it was awesome. Go fo it... brew what you like. If you have fermentation temp control there is no limit. ok.. some.. but not a lot
If you have fermentation temp control there is no limit. ok.. some.. but not a lot
If you need someone else to tell you what to do, you should get married. BTW, this forum is probably a bad place to look for a wife. I'd say the M/F ratio here is not quite 50/50
Well i was just looking for sugestions and my wife is away for few days, thats why i can brew my third beer this week .
I was looking in to kolsch after wncbrewer suggestion and stumbled across cream ale and then i remember, my extract cream ale from months ago was delicious, so there it is cream of 3 crops gona happen tomorrow fallowing this recipe with different hops and yeast (im gona steal some yeast from krausen of amber ale)
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f62/cream-three-crops-cream-ale-66503/
.I was looking in to kolsch after wncbrewer suggestion and stumbled across cream ale and then i remember, my extract cream ale from months ago was delicious, so there it is cream of 3 crops gona happen tomorrow fallowing this recipe with different hops and yeast (im gona steal some yeast from krausen of amber ale)
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f62/cream-three-crops-cream-ale-66503/
WolvinMaine
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I would second the English bitter. Low ABV, you can have it in bottles in 7-10 days, tons of flavor, and often very friendly to the craft beer crowd. I usually keep a bitter on tap, and I find that it plays well with most people. Simple recipe, 90% base malt, 10% crystal, and a couple oz of mid alpha hops. Despite its name, it tends to be malty, so maybe a nice counterpoint to your IPA. The key is the yeast. Safale 04 is nice for dry yeasts, but my favorite is Wyeast 1318 London Ale III.
