I've had two people tell me it's stupid to brew a session (low ABV) beer

[mojotele]

I think any girl worth marrying had enough good parenting put forth by the family that her brother must suffer a bit of neglect. Good tradeoff, in my opinion.

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[HalfPint]

I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter!

Agreed, but luckily, It's my girlfriends BIL and he's actually a very cool guy, but doesn't exactly see eye to eye with a lot of us homebrewers.

 

[mojotele]

I suppose it's a lot like men at a grill.

One guy cooks, the other guy criticizes.

 

[munche]

I just got back from the NHC, and I spoke to several great brewers about my goal- trying to make a really good but lower ABV IPA. It's extremely difficult to do, and I was asking advice from some well-known brewers to try to find out what would be the best way. It's definitely not easy. Right now, my current IPA is 6%. I'd like to be able to get it to 4.75% or so, but keep the same amount of great hops flavor.

The lowest ABV beer I brewed was a mild- I think around 3%. For a party last weekend, I brewed an oatmeal stout that was 3.12%. It was perfect for a summer party, and the keg disappeared quickly!

I'm actually planning on brewing a beer based on Brewdog's "How To Disappear Completely" which was an "imperial mild". 3.5% ABV but a strong hop flavor. Lots of low fermentability grain and tons of hops! I never had the real beer, but damned if I'm not going to try to make it

I can post the recipe I'm planning to use if anyone is interested

 

[pacebrew]

ignorance cant be fixed.

 

[avidhomebrewer]

Don't listen to them. Session beers are just as tasty as other homebrews. Tell them to get bent.

 

[pacebrew]

some of my best brews have been low ABV brews. Also, yes beer is to get drunk with, but its also for taste and style. they come from the idea that natty ice is a good deal because it will get you wrecked quick. Its very difficult to convince a non believer. They all stick with BMC and are proud of the new gadgetry associated with their new beer purchase. (vortex bottle, windows "to see your beer is cold" lol). Really quite pathetic.