Need ideas for next beer! Help!

[Lind13]

I am looking to either brew a lager or an ipa with around 7% alcohol. I have only brewed a pale ale, stout and a Hefeweizen. I really enjoy ipa's and lags so I'm interested in brewing one. I usually do extracts seeing as I only have a 4 gallon pot a d 5 gallon Carboys at the moment. Any personal advice would be awesome, I'm in Portland Oregon if that helps anyone with my usual take in beers ( seeing as I love all the micro's we enjoy here)
Thanks!

 

[frankstoneline]

Do you have the setup available to temp control for lagering? if not, then it seems out of the two listed the ipa would be your boy. You could try a black ipa or a rye ipa if you wanted some flair.

 

[jbsg02]

Choose something that would be well suited for the upcoming warm weather, something lighter and refreshing

 

[AussieBrewerInColorado]

+1 on the lager controlling, you need to be able to ferment at lower temperatures for lagers. The other option is a hybrid like a Kolsch or a California Common which uses a lager yeast but acts more like an ale with temps, etc.

 

[Salmonhouse]

Use an ale yeast. In the PNW right now you will naturally be fermenting in the 60-70F range. Find a way to measure your temps and cover your carboys with grocery bags to keep some heat and to block the light.

 

[Lind13]

Ya I ferment in the basement of my house. Right now it is between 58-62 degrees. I prefer darker beers. I guess due to spring I may want to stick to an ipa, just not sure what kind to make

 

[Duffy85]

I would suggest using a 90 minuet boils on some of the hops, then doing a 15 minuet boiled on some Amarillo hops...I may or may not love dogfish head. Lol for a good summer I'd go with a light IPA. Look up a 60 minuet IPA clone, or I enjoy a good saint Arnold lawn mower. That's a good one. Its just a pale ale.

 

[frankstoneline]

If you are open to suggestions for spring beer, a late hop pale could be really fun. not much bittering, lots of late addition/dry hopping. just a thought. If you like dark beers a brown could be good too, or something like a dunkel.

 

[ChshreCat]

Check the recipe section of the forum. You'll find lots of ideas there: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f69/

 

[dcp27]

Ya I ferment in the basement of my house. Right now it is between 58-62 degrees. I prefer darker beers. I guess due to spring I may want to stick to an ipa, just not sure what kind to make

How about a Black IPA or India Brown Ale then?