does anyone know of a good ale recipe for a tight budget

[nabeast]

I have a tight budget and I'm trying to make a easy drinking session beer for football.
Does anyone have a good recipe for me I'm going to my LHBS tonight. Any and all recipes would be greatly appreciated thanks.
Dan

 

[Ace_Club]

EdWort's Haus Pale Ale is fairly cheap to make.

Otherwise, go for a Mild or a Bitter. Any of those low-gravity, low-hopped beers will be fairly cheap.

 

[SilverZero]

You could do a SMaSH, but for a $2-$3 more you could add some C40, and for a few bucks more you could do different bittering and aroma hops (mine only come in 2oz packages, so I end up with leftovers if I'm using more than one type of hops).

 

[jfr1111]

75% 2-row (or 6-row)
15% corn grits
10% minute rice

An ounce of Hallertau at the start of the boil (or better yet, use Magnum and use even less!). Ferment cool with your favourite cheap dry yeast. Replace the minute rice with sugar if you want to be even cheaper.

 

[gr8shandini]

One of my best brews was a SMaSH of 8.5 lbs of 2 row and roughly 3/4 of an ounce of Saaz at 60 mins for about 18-20 IBU and the other 1/4 oz at knockout for aroma. Ferment with 1 packet of S-05 and you've got a nice "lawnmower" / "football" beer for about 10 bucks plus 4.5 hours of your time.

 

[cadarnell]

this is awesome stuff ..

http://hopville.com/recipe/929945/cream-ale-recipes/jo-mamma-bessers-instant-rice-ale

 

[AnOldUR]

does anyone know of a good ale recipe for a tight budget

A good recipe is only as good as its ingredients.

Personally, I'd brew a smaller batch of a beer that I really like rather than let money dictate the recipe.