Beer to Serve at Home Event - Seeking Experienced Advice

[Jiffster]

I just posted a similar reply in a different thread.

My go to brew, lately, has been a Belgian Wit Hoegaarden clone.

Whenever I take it somewhere, all I bring home are empty bottles or kegs. Whenever the bash is at my house, it is the first tap to run dry.

Easy, light, doesn't need to age (although I've found it doesn't hurt to age, either.
Win-win.

Sounds delicious but I'm not ready to take on a stepped mash. Do you mash with single infusion?

 

[BaylessBrewer]

I vote for something simple and delicious like a ESB or a Scottish 80 shilling, maybe a good Irish red ale. Something with good flavor and around 5-6% ABV that won't scare people off.

 

[chezhed]

Vanilla beans huh? Hmmm 🤔

Yep...fresh crop every year from Veracruz, Mexico(2nd largest producer in the world to Madagascar)....store sells them and I use a lot of them in the Cream Ales I do for the charity events. Mine don't crack since they are vacuum sealed fresh

 

[chezhed]

Sounds delicious but I'm not ready to take on a stepped mash. Do you mash with single infusion?

I recently had the Brewer's Best extract kit for Belgian Wit. I don't like Belgians or wheat style beers much.....but I could easily see a multitude enjoying that beer....and it's extract so it's easy.

I often do some extract kits for events because 1) I'm not trying to impress a bunch of people that may not know much about beer period (which in my area is common) and 2) time is precious for my own beer to drink and 3) the kits make good beer.

 

[corkybstewart]

I nice English brown ale, lightly hopped is also a crowd pleaser. I once brewed a 3% ABV brown ale with Goldings hops that went very well with the non-craft crowd.

 

[Jiffster]

Yep...fresh crop every year from Veracruz, Mexico(2nd largest producer in the world to Madagascar)....store sells them and I use a lot of them in the Cream Ales I do for the charity events. Mine don't crack since they are vacuum sealed fresh

How much do you add to a batch?

 

[chezhed]

Each year it varies because of the harvest and size of the beans but generally 2 for 5 gallons works....no boil, just split and secondary and let them go in the keg!