Looking for a super quick beer...

[ClydeWigg3]

While I'm waiting on my "Big Beer" as it was described to carb up, who has a suggestion for a really quick beer I can make to hold me over? I still want something that tastes good, but will make and carb up fast.

 

[johnnybrew]

While I'm waiting on my "Big Beer" as it was described to carb up, who has a suggestion for a really quick beer I can make to hold me over? I still want something that tastes good, but will make and carb up fast.

Heffe's are pretty quick from grain to glass. I have made a nice rye pale ale on the fast track too.

 

[davis119]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/centennial-blonde-simple-4-all-grain-5-10-gall-42841/
this will probably be one of my next......
2weeks grain to glass plus carb time

 

[tjpfeister]

If you cold crash them, you can be drinking an APA in less than 10 days. Or if you don't mind a little heffe, forgo the crash.

 

[ClydeWigg3]

Pardon my newness, but what's a Heffe?

 

[ClydeWigg3]

I jsut want to make an ale at room temp. Don't have a fridge or swamp bucket.

 

[johnnybrew]

Pardon my newness, but what's a Heffe?

heffe = heffeweizen

 

[johnnybrew]

I jsut want to make an ale at room temp. Don't have a fridge or swamp bucket.

make a pale ale

 

[johnnybrew]

I jsut want to make an ale at room temp. Don't have a fridge or swamp bucket.

yooper has a good PA recipe (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/da-yoopers-house-pale-ale-100304/). I have a good rye pale ale one if you like. let me know, happy to post it.

FYI - you will have a healthy and quick fermentation with a properly sized starter.

 

[TopherM]

Do you have a kegging system?

You can get a Hefe (wheat and pilsner malts...sometimes a bit of rye) from grain to glass in about 10 days if you force carb it, about 3 weeks if you carb in bottles.

Anything in bottles is going to take a solid 2-3 weeks just to carb and condition properly, so you really need a kegging setup for the quickest turnaround.

 

[tjpfeister]

Hefe is German for yeast.

 

[daksin]

The key is low gravity. The less the yeast have to eat, the quicker the turnaround time. Hefeweizens are best drank young, but if you brew a higher gravity one, it may not ferment as quickly as you'd like.

Go for something like an English Mild or Bitter. An APA is better with a dry hop which will add a few days to your timeline.