Personally i would stay away from anything with a large percentage of wheat, rye or oats in the grain bill. A simple ipa is your best bet imo.
As the title suggests, I'm looking for a few easy, simple AG recipes for my first AG brew. I really like wheat, hefe and stouts.
Thank you in advance!
Try a SMASH recipe (single malt single hop). Keeps it simple and you can more precisely taste the contributions from your malt and hop. You might also be able to tell more precisely whether your AG process is working or not! Plenty of SMASH recipes here.
Try a SMASH recipe (single malt single hop).
Thanks for all your responses! I think I'm gonna try a SMASH recipe. Hopefully I won't change my mind 100 times . . . LOL. Love so many beers it's hard to pick just one to make.
Centennial blonde or Yooper's Haus ale (an APA).... Both are straight forward, forgiving recipes and result in great beers.
Here's a fun idea for a SMASH: Do a SMASH using a grain that is completely unavailable in extract form and, as a result, you will get something completely new and something you've never tasted before. Vienna is a good candidate. I am also currently enjoying the hell out of a Munich/Sriesselspalt SMASH.
Brew the SMaSH.. Then while that is fermenting, start another, then another...... I have 4 beers in fermenters, 3 ready to be kegged. I also have 28 recipes started in Beersmith. When brewday is approaching I check my yeast stock available, pick a recipe that I have a yeast for and get ready to brew!
Sometimes in the days before a brew day I will change my mind about which one to do 5-10 times.[/QUOTE
Damn! Go you! Wish I could have 4 fermenting at once. I really have to start kegging. . . bottling is a PITA! I would have to keep at least 200-250 bottles in the rotation for that volume. . . challenge accepted!
Would someone mind directing me to SMASH recipes? I can't seem to locate them.
Vienna is a good candidate. I am also currently enjoying the hell out of a Munich/Sriesselspalt SMASH.
Do it with Munich malt. Complexity and richness.
Centennial blonde or Yooper's Haus ale (an APA).... Both are straight forward, forgiving recipes and result in great beers.
Hmmm, that's 2 strong recommendations for a pure munich SMASH. Guess i should give it a go myself!
I've also read things that say Briess Munich isn't appropriate for a SMASH like this.
Hi Jon, why might Briess's Munich be inappropriate for a SMASH? My LHBS only carries this Its diastatic power is 40L so i'm guessing it's not an issue with conversion.
It's a nice malt, and I think you'd be happy with it!
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