Mixing Beers

[Owly055]

I brew mostly single hop beers or perhaps use a bittering hop and an aroma / flavor hop thus far, and avoid complex hop bills. I'm definitely a noobe, having only done 27 brews, and only having been brewing since February this year.

I often have as many as 4 or 5 drinkable brews available at one time, and frequently crack two at the same time, and mix in various proportions to see how the hops pair. When I find a pair I like, I use them together in a brew.

Anybody else do this?


H.W.

 

[Homercidal]

Fairly often. I get tired of some beers after a while. I sometimes brew just to sample the style and I find that when I get tired of one thing (like the scottish /70 or English Mild) I sometimes mix it up with a bit of a hoppy beer just to change it up.

At a nearby brewpub the bartender talked me into mixing their raspberry wheat with their peanut butter porter to make a PB&J. It was actually not too bad.

 

[NathPowe]

I have two taps and, when they are both actively pouring, I almost always mix the two beers at least once. Some are good, some are just okay. It's definitely fun to do though.

Cheers.

 

[loeks]

Anybody else do this?

Pretty sure that Newcastle blends two separate brews to get their brown ale.

 

[Owly055]

Pretty sure that Newcastle blends two separate brews to get their brown ale.

I wonder why. It seems that if you can get it blending two beers, you can get it in a single beer by blending ingredients. I blend to get a taste of how the hops work together. For example I'm drinking a beer with Sorachi Ace (predominate), and blending in another with Cascade........ In the right proportions the combination works ok.


H.W.

 

[loeks]

I wonder why. It seems that if you can get it blending two beers, you can get it in a single beer by blending ingredients. I blend to get a taste of how the hops work together. For example I'm drinking a beer with Sorachi Ace (predominate), and blending in another with Cascade........ In the right proportions the combination works ok.

I don't disagree. Here is where I read it:

https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/59-5-british-ale-clone-recipes