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Styles that can be both Ales and Lagers

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stoneBriar

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I want to:
brew more 10 gallon batches
stick with 1 mash/1 boil as much as possible
still have variety on tap
improve my yeast handling

I was thinking about all those "wants" and reading up on my favorite style (irish red) and I noticed that it can be brewed as either an ale or a lager. If I started brewing all my beers at 10g volumes and split them into lagers and ales (I'm lucky enough to have two temp controlled fermenter spaces), this strikes me as a perfect way to meet my want list. So I started to try and make a list of 10(ish) styles I could brew and split and make that my goal for next year and I didn't get very far. I'm sure just about any style can be brewed as a lager, but I'd like to stick with styles that might make the most sense. Here's my list so far, help me fill it out, please!

Irish red ale/lager
IPA/IPL
Cream ale/lager
Kolsch/Munich helles
Baltic Porter


ps I know I seem to be a little stuck on "styles" but I'm only finishing my second year of brewing and I've only done 78 batches, so I'm trying to stick with styles to learn the rules before I start to break/bend them.
 
Look into Belgian Ales and German/Czech Lagers.

Both use a lot of the same grains and hops. For the Belgian Ale you would add the Candi Sugar to the fermenter and maybe dry hop the Lager to give it a little more hop flavor.
 
Never tried it but per the BJCP guidelines an American wheat can be made as a lager. I guess ale yeast in a Cali common grainbill would just make it an amber ale.
 

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