Weezy
Well-Known Member
I wanted to start a thread on sharing the joy of small beers. Shoreman has a good thread going which started as super small Sub 1.030 beers but evolved into session beers. LOTS of good stuff in there. But I think the title scares people away.
I'm brewing more and more session beers. I get out to bars and breweries pretty often and I've noticed that commercial stuff is seeing a real abv creep. 8% pale ales, in between the imperial peanut butter Bourbon barrel stouts, etc... Which is fine and I enjoy the heck out of them, but it leads me to not want to brew like that at home very often. Where's the delicate, flavorful, small beer love!?!?
"I'll do it myself!"
Anyway, It'd be cool if my fellow homebrewtalk members would share their session beer experiences and recipes.
I'll lead of with a personal favorite that I typically brew twice a year. Which is based on Blueflint's Pappy's dark cream ale recipe (from the sub 1.030 thread!).
3 gallon recipe
OG 1.047, FG 1.012, ABV 4.6%
4# 2-row pale malt
1# flaked corn
1 oz. Chocolate malt
1 oz. C90
1/2 oz. German Tradition @60 minutes (23-25 IBUs)
Mash @ 150°F
US-05 @ 63°F
Post up yours! I'm always looking for new session beers to brew.
I'm brewing more and more session beers. I get out to bars and breweries pretty often and I've noticed that commercial stuff is seeing a real abv creep. 8% pale ales, in between the imperial peanut butter Bourbon barrel stouts, etc... Which is fine and I enjoy the heck out of them, but it leads me to not want to brew like that at home very often. Where's the delicate, flavorful, small beer love!?!?
"I'll do it myself!"
Anyway, It'd be cool if my fellow homebrewtalk members would share their session beer experiences and recipes.
I'll lead of with a personal favorite that I typically brew twice a year. Which is based on Blueflint's Pappy's dark cream ale recipe (from the sub 1.030 thread!).
3 gallon recipe
OG 1.047, FG 1.012, ABV 4.6%
4# 2-row pale malt
1# flaked corn
1 oz. Chocolate malt
1 oz. C90
1/2 oz. German Tradition @60 minutes (23-25 IBUs)
Mash @ 150°F
US-05 @ 63°F
Post up yours! I'm always looking for new session beers to brew.