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[BrewChick]

Hi all,
I just brewed my frist batch the other night, Northern Brewer's honey brown extract kit. I am looking for my next two already! I would like a fruit beer and also a very drinkable party beer for the summertime. Any good suggestions that are good for beginners? I would like extract kits for now. Thanks guys!

 

[histo320]

I would suggest making a Cream Ale (very drinkable and light). As for a fruit beer I am currently fermenting a Magic Hat clone and moving it to secondary tomorrow night. I will be posting the receipe once I know it is good.

 

[BrewChick]

I would suggest making a Cream Ale (very drinkable and light). As for a fruit beer I am currently fermenting a Magic Hat clone and moving it to secondary tomorrow night. I will be posting the receipe once I know it is good.

Any specific place to get the cream ale from? I found one on northern brewer, and a raspberry wheat....thinking of ordering those two.

 

[SteveM]

I have a couple of recipes that might be useful. When I write them up, I tend to go into a lot of detail about the relative merits of different approaches, which can be useful for a less experienced brewer. The Extra Pale Ale could probably use a bit less hops for a middle of the road audience. These are not kits but the list of ingredients will be easily acquired.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f75/raspberry-ale-55316/

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/extra-pale-ale-93981/

 

[boydak]

Steve,

I notice both recipies use rice solids instead of all malt. Why?

 

[BrewChick]

Thanks for the replies! I am going to go to the closest homebrew shop (over an hour away) this weekend and see what they've got too.

 

[alexavery]

I was looking for a bit of a lighter beer for the summer, and based on input from this fourm I ended up brewing a Liberty Cream Ale extract kit from Midwest a week and a half ago.

 

[SteveM]

Steve,

I notice both recipies use rice solids instead of all malt. Why?

There's a bit of a discussion in the Raspberry Ale recipe about this. I used them to keep the flavor of the beer light so that the raspberry flavor comes through more plainly. Basically, for the EPA, the thinking was the same. I was wondering if I could take that same approach to make a beer that more accessible to the tastes of people who were less likely to love my usual pale ales. This breaks my normal rule of only making beers that please me, but in the end, the EPA came out very well.

Other than these, all my beers all 100% barley malt. I suppose I should post my regular pale ale recipe some time.

 

[mjn12]

+1 on wheats. Great for spring summer as sessions beers. Heffe's or american wheats are both delicious.