Let's Talk Summer Drinking

[Brewpastor]

I am fixing to brew a Classic American Pilsner. A little 6-row, a little flaked corn, a goodly amount of hops. Creamy smooth and tasty for the Summer ahead. Much like a Czech Pils, but with 6-row and corn.

What you making?

 

[Genghis77]

You must have a chiller to be making a pilsner this late in the season. Temperatures are now too high for me to do that. Next batches in November.

 

[Lou]

You must have a chiller to be making a pilsner this late in the season. Temperatures are now too high for me to do that. Next batches in November.

heh....you must not have seen his gallery. i think the good pastor will have no trouble making a lager in the summer...

 

[Brewpastor]

You must have a chiller to be making a pilsner this late in the season. Temperatures are now too high for me to do that. Next batches in November.

I do, but if I did not I would probably make a golden ale.

 

[todd_k]

I am fixing to brew a Classic American Pilsner. A little 6-row, a little flaked corn, a goodly amount of hops. Creamy smooth and tasty for the Summer ahead. Much like a Czech Pils, but with 6-row and corn.

What you making?

I'm making a porter. I think my beer calendar is a little screwed up.

 

[Desert_Sky]

I do, but if I did not I would probably make a golden ale.

Hmmm....... That sounds good

 

[Beer Snob]

You must have a chiller to be making a pilsner this late in the season. Temperatures are now too high for me to do that. Next batches in November.

November........NOVEMBER!!! Man.... thats in 6 BLOODY MONTHS!

 

[homebrewer_99]

Me, I have 3 different Weizens, an American Ale, a Czech Ale, some Czech Budvar, English Bitter, and any number of kegs that will soon enough die an ugly death before July 4!

 

[Brewiz]

I am going to do a Honey Ale, don't want to dedicate the space for a lager.

 

[budbo]

Going to try my first lager.. just got the fridge 21cu it will hold 4 corneys and a carboy :rockin:

 

[Beer Snob]

I'll probably be able to handle the wieght load of brewing next month. Thinking of that smoked raspberry porter I posted in another thread. Got a feeling from HurricaneFloyd that porters are not necessarily a summer brew, but I've brewed a few wheats already (although I just tried the first attempt at AG, which was an attampt at Sams Summer Ale.... very strong stuff... might try that again as it certainly dont taste as I was aiming for...hindsight I probably should have added some water to think it out ).

 

[MrSaLTy]

I'll probably try a Kolsh soon which should be a decent summer brew. Also have been kicking around the possibility of a blonde ale. Maybe a oatmeal stout in the works too to sit around till the fall or so.

 

[Kaiser]

Not much here.

I'm getting ready to move. The last batch was a clean-up beer where I used grains and hops I had lying around. It's designed to be very drinkable since it is for a canoe trip in July.

I'm definately itching to make a Helles, but I have to wait until I'm in the new house .

Kai

 

[alemonkey]

Just racked my Boulevard clone to secondary tonight. Man, that American Hefe yeast stinks. Kind of a combination of smelly feet and rotten eggs. In fact, it smells remarkably like my cubicle after I got back from the all you can eat pizza buffet at lunch today. The first batch I did of this recipe turned out great, and it stunk to high heaven too. Good thing the smell goes away - it makes a great lawnmower beer.

One of these days I need to make a real German Hefe. That sounds really good after a day in the hot sun. I also want to make a Trappist beer this summer so it's ready for the fall.

 

[fa1321tx]

Im doing Kolsch

 

[drengel]

got a kolsch ready to rack, a wit conditioning, and have the ingredients for a hefe and a blonde ale. i'd like to do a belgian blonde too, but the calendars pretty full already.

 

[mrkrispy]

I am brewing a Mexican style lager....a Session Lager if you will. Not a corona, but one of the better kinds.

I may try making a summer wheat as well.

 

[nick1023]

just made a wit beer, the belgian yeast works just fine in the texas heat... up to 75 degrees that is... I manage this with ice water bath around the carboy.... tastes great

 

[mysterio]

Got a pilsner which is starting to taste good, and my first all grain hefeweizen almost ready to bottle. Making an ESB next and pitching a pale ale on top of it. Then maybe some massive IPA on top of that for the winter. Perhaps another hefe for mid-summer if this one turns out ok.

 

[cweston]

I'm drinking a saison, a hefe and an IPA.

I've got an APA in secondary and a Wit in primary.

I'm trying some sort of raspberry beer next: going to brew it with a freind for the wives.


That should get me mostly through the summer: I might do another batch of the saison, too: maybe try fermenting it at very high temp with Wyeast 3522 (whose ideal range extends to 85 F!).

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

What you making?

Hefeweizen, of course!

Actually, planning the Gaelic Ale and a Belgian-style.

 

[JRGSPE73]

I'll be brewing a Belgian Wit and a hopped-up IPA within the next few weeks...I just bottled my Yukon Arctic Red clone a couple weeks ago, and it's coming along quite nicely. My Nut Brown Ale has been conditioning for about 2 months now, and it keeps getting better and better with each new bottle.

 

[Desert_Sky]

Well the wife has put in a request for a cherry wheat, and Im down to 15 left of my APA which will need to be redone soon.

 

[cweston]

I'll be brewing a Belgian Wit and a hopped-up IPA within the next few weeks...

I don't mean to be an ass, but what other kind of IPA is there?

 

[Brewpastor]

Not much here.

I'm getting ready to move. The last batch was a clean-up beer where I used grains and hops I had lying around. It's designed to be very drinkable since it is for a canoe trip in July.

I'm definately itching to make a Helles, but I have to wait until I'm in the new house .

Kai

Moving! Well good luck with that. I would offer my pick-up truck, but the commute is a little extreme.

 

[Brewpastor]

Hefeweizen, of course!

Maybe I wasn't clear. I meant what are you going to make that is DRINKABLE.

HEFEWEIZEN is Germany for a waste of water, hops and time.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

Maybe I wasn't clear. I meant what are you going to make that is DRINKABLE.

HEFEWEIZEN is Germany for a waste of water, hops and time.

I guess I better get a batch of chipotle ale going, then. Need to get a batch kegged before Squealfest (annual celebration of Burt Reynold's magnum opus Deliverance)!

 

[Brewpastor]

A friend has a brown ale he calls "Pig Squealer" in honor of Ned Beatty. I won't go into the details.

 

[homebrewer_99]

Maybe I wasn't clear. I meant what are you going to make that is DRINKABLE.

HEFEWEIZEN is Germany for a waste of water, hops and time.

Do you mean Hefe Weizen is German...not Germany?

Just how many arguments do you want to be involved in there, Marine? (reference to USMCRUZ)

 

[Brewpastor]

Do you mean Hefe Weizen is German...not Germany?

Just how many arguments do you want to be involved in there, Marine? (reference to USMCRUZ)

Correction - German. As they say, the mind is the first thing to go...