Good cheap recipe!

[Chem-E-Brewer]

Hello I am working up the plans for my 3rd batch. I have done 2 all grain pale ales and love the way that they turned out! But now I'm looking for a good, cheap, and relatively straightforward recipe for a low ABV beer. Let me know if yall have any good provenews recipes. I'm mostly interested in doing something a little different than a normal pale ale but would like to keep it relatively small on the selection of hops that it will require.

 

[ChelisHubby]

8 lbs of 2 row and 6 oz of crystal 10. Bitter with one oz of williamette at 60 ferment with Bry 97 or any relatively clean yeast. I would mash at 150. A cheap blonde should be around 4.6 to 5 %

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Do a SMaSH 1 oz of hop pellets divided for 60 15 and 5 minutes and a base malt.

 

[Sadu]

I just finished a really nice 5.4% blonde, it worked out real cheap any very tasty. The blondes use hardly any hops, and if you can reuse a yeast cake then the cost comes down to how much abv you want.

To be honest though, by the time you include gas, shipping, sanitisers, bottle caps etc I find the cost difference between a cheap session brew and a hardcore RIS is like 90c vs $1.30 a bottle, not that much in tbe scheme of things.

 

[mrdauber64]

6.5 lbs. Golden Promise(or normal two row)
2.5 lbs. Instant Grits
.5 oz cascade - 60 min.
.5 oz cascade - 5 min.

Notingham yeast fermented cold(60 degrees)

Easy, cheap and tasty cream ale

 

[theheroguy]

5.5gal 5lbs 6 or 2 row 2 lbs each flaked cor n and flaked maize. 1oz hops at 15and 5 min low alpha noble. Add bittering hops at 60 to get to 19 ibu. Ferment at 64 for two weeks . If you have biofine clear or gelatin transfer to secondary and hold for three days then bottle

 

[BeardedBrews]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=42841

 

[Chem-E-Brewer]

6.5 lbs. Golden Promise(or normal two row)
2.5 lbs. Instant Grits
.5 oz cascade - 60 min.
.5 oz cascade - 5 min.

Notingham yeast fermented cold(60 degrees)

Easy, cheap and tasty cream ale

To be honest I know little to nothing about yeasts but this sounds great to me! What would be the difference in switching to us-05 for yeast? I live in the hot wasteland of Oklahoma and have trouble with heat management of my fermentation. I know us-05 is decent with fermenting at high temps.

 

[ChelisHubby]

With us-05 try to shoot for 66 to 68 or so don't let it go under 65 as it will get peachy on you.

 

[mrdauber64]

US-05 isn't as clean as Nottingham and it doesn't drop clear as fast. I prefer Nottingham in most of my ales for this reason. It's very clean! us-05 would work as well though just follow what chelisHubby suggests.

 

[Chem-E-Brewer]

Thanks for the help guys! Just one more question, would I mash in at 152f or a little lower? And would I just combine the malt and the grits in the mash together?

 

[mrdauber64]

Combine the grits and grains together in the mash. When I brewed it I wanted a dry beer so I mashed at 150 degrees. Let us know how it turns out!

 

[ericbw]

But you have to mash in higher so it settles to the temp you want. I lose about 12-15 degrees when I mash in and stir.

 

[mrdauber64]

Correct, I heat my water to 163 and it normally settles in around the 150 to 152 range after I add my grains. It all depends on what system you are using.

 

[ericbw]

Correct, I heat my water to 163 and it normally settles in around the 150 to 152 range after I add my grains. It all depends on what system you are using.

That's mine, too.

 

[Chem-E-Brewer]

So I made the blonde ale recommended by chelishubby earlier and was gonna dump the cream ale wort on top of the yeast cake from the blonde (the struggle of having only one carboy...). Im assuming this will work well enough as being the cream ale will be in the carboy for 2-3 weeks before I can get around to bottling it.

 

[ChelisHubby]

I would have only used 1/2 of the yeast cake, but you should be alright. What was the gravity of the Blonde if you don't mind?

 

[ericbw]

I would not use all the yeast cake because it could be very active - blow out.

I poured out 2 quarts of yeast cane and used a pint in the next batch.

Save the rest in a mason jar for the next batch. Make a starter if it's too far out.

 

[rhys333]

Hello I am working up the plans for my 3rd batch. I have done 2 all grain pale ales and love the way that they turned out! But now I'm looking for a good, cheap, and relatively straightforward recipe for a low ABV beer. Let me know if yall have any good provenews recipes. I'm mostly interested in doing something a little different than a normal pale ale but would like to keep it relatively small on the selection of hops that it will require.

If you're looking for something straightforward and cheap ($15-25 range), but different than the usual pale ale, how about a nice Kolsch? Something like this:

KOLSCH (5.5 gal)
94% 2 Row (9 lbs)
6% Vienna (0.5 lbs)
1.5 oz Hallertau @ 60
0.5 oz Hallertau @ 15
WY 2565 Kolsch

I've really been getting into these lately. Simple and a safe bet for most, but done right they're absolutely beautiful beers.

 

[KeninMN]

I guess it depends on what you like to drink. Northern Brewer has a Spotted Cow cream ale clone kit for under $20. Dry Irish Stout, brown ales and milds are cheap too. Reusing yeast knocks at least $7 off the price to brew a batch, and you won't need to make a starter if you saved enough or pitch on the cake of a just-finished brew. Buying grain and hops in bulk knocks off even more, even for the biggest hop monster.

 

[juskojj]

If you're looking for something straightforward and cheap ($15-25 range), but different than the usual pale ale, how about a nice Kolsch? Something like this:

KOLSCH (5.5 gal)
94% 2 Row (9 lbs)
6% Vienna (0.5 lbs)
1.5 oz Hallertau @ 60
0.5 oz Hallertau @ 15
WY 2565 Kolsch

I've really been getting into these lately. Simple and a safe bet for most, but done right they're absolutely beautiful beers.

might have try this, haven't done a kolsch yet but you're right, they are pretty good beers. even cheaper if you do a 1 gallon batch, if that's your thing

 

[Chem-E-Brewer]

I would have only used 1/2 of the yeast cake, but you should be alright. What was the gravity of the Blonde if you don't mind?

to be honest havent gotten around to getting a hydrometer... I really do like doing things the rustic way. But from what I hear looks like I need to get one haha.

 

[kh54s10]

Mostly 2 row, add a darker specialty grain to change it up. Hop with a cheap uncommon hop and use a yeast not usually used in a pale ale and you will have something different.

 

[ChelisHubby]

You will find a hydrometer is quite useful and will help answer questions about your beer.

 

[KZack]

6.5 lbs. Golden Promise(or normal two row)
2.5 lbs. Instant Grits
.5 oz cascade - 60 min.
.5 oz cascade - 5 min.

Notingham yeast fermented cold(60 degrees)

Easy, cheap and tasty cream ale

I don't think I can ferment that cold...could I get away with 70?

 

[xykomarcal]

Hello I am working up the plans for my 3rd batch. I have done 2 all grain pale ales and love the way that they turned out! But now I'm looking for a good, cheap, and relatively straightforward recipe for a low ABV beer. Let me know if yall have any good provenews recipes. I'm mostly interested in doing something a little different than a normal pale ale but would like to keep it relatively small on the selection of hops that it will require.

If you're worried about your beer bill, try to work a Session version of your favorite beer style, with aproximately 3%ABV. You'll spend less with the grain bill and the beer would still tasty.
Also, wash the yeast cake from the last batch to use it on the new one.
Then, spend all savings you made with the grain bill and yeast with hops, by properly dry hoping your beer.

Cheers

 

[mrdauber64]

I don't think I can ferment that cold...could I get away with 70?

I wouldn't. I would try and go as low as possible to prevent yeast off flavors. Try the swamp cooler method. A large bucket of water, a towel and change out frozen water bottles a couple times a day. This should be able to keep you below 65 degrees. You would only need to do this for the first couple of days, maybe up to a week.

 

[theheroguy]

5.5gal 5lbs 6 or 2 row 2 lbs each flaked cor n and flaked maize. 1oz hops at 15and 5 min low alpha noble. Add bittering hops at 60 to get to 19 ibu. Ferment at 64 for two weeks . If you have biofine clear or gelatin transfer to secondary and hold for three days then bottle

forgot to mention nottingham ale yeast

 

[mtbrewer403]

heres my recipie for irish stout i invented

5lb pale 2 row
2lb flaked barley
1lb chocolate malt
1lb crystal 120
.5lb roasted barley

then the hops is 2.25 oz east kent golding. .25 oz at the start of boil. .25 oz at 30 mins and .25 oz at 45 mins
and i used safale s-33 yeast

its 4.6% and 40 ibu. when i made it i only did a gallon but i translated it into 5 gallons. i call it oxtail brew just cause it sounds irish

 

[ChelisHubby]

I don't think I can ferment that cold...could I get away with 70?

You should try Bry 97 it will be clean at 70 but not much higher.