Suggestion for a low maintenance light brew.

[bigken462]

Hey guys, hope all is well.

I'm on my 4th brew now and really enjoying the new hobby.

I'm slowly bumming bottles off friends as they collect them and when I bottle this 4th batch, I'll be dry of bottles. Problem is, I'll have 3 carboys empty.

My palate prefers lighter beers. I can only do ales at this point. Is there any light bodied beers that I can start and just leave in primary for 5-6 weeks and not fool with while I try to collect more bottles?

I have a homebrew shop that seems to have a ton of alternative extract kits. The problem is, they don't have any description of what the beers are. Logistically speaking, it sucks to drive the 65 miles to this shop, but they do seem to have a huge variety of kits that I can get w/o the hassle of having to wait several days for shipping. The names of their kits all seem to be German type beers. I can see the name, but have no dang idea what it's supposed to be, or the type of beer it is.

Can anyone suggest something I might could brew up, push aside and forget about for a while?

 

[zardozap]

Either of these are super easy, and very light. Got a 3 gallon extract test batch of Cream of Three Crops in a carboy right now. There was still airlock activity up until day 9, so I'm giving this one another week for the yeasties to clean up before I bottle it.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/centennial-blonde-simple-4-all-grain-5-10-gall-42841/

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f62/cream-three-crops-cream-ale-66503/

 

[aiptasia]

Yep, any good cream ale, pilsner or just a pale ale with noble hops should be right up your alley.

 

[bigken462]

Thanks guys, I know that was a very subjective question. I'm hurting on bottles right now. Would like to have something light that I can just brew up, stick in a dark corner and forget about it for a while. I'm still struggling with temp control. We had that cold snap come through last week and it was all my heater could do to keep this house in the upper 50's. So this is kind of the reason I was hunting a beer that was a lil more forgiving on temp swings. If there is such one.

Ken

 

[vtpack]

Thanks guys, I know that was a very subjective question. I'm hurting on bottles right now. Would like to have something light that I can just brew up, stick in a dark corner and forget about it for a while. I'm still struggling with temp control. We had that cold snap come through last week and it was all my heater could do to keep this house in the upper 50's. So this is kind of the reason I was hunting a beer that was a lil more forgiving on temp swings. If there is such one.

Ken

You are looking more for a certain yeast then a certain beer. WLP810 San Francisco Lager Yeast is a good one that has a temperature range. I used it for my first brew I did because I was not sure about temp control, and it turned out well.

 

[zardozap]

If you're hurting on bottles, you could always go buy some beer. But then you would have to drink it too.

Downside? None!

 

[bajaedition]

Have you tried a SMASH beer
Single Malt And Single Hops?

use like 6 pounds light liquid extract and 1 once of a 4 AA hops will get you a great light beer. Also you will be learning the different taste of hops
you can add a small bit of crystal malt if you want a more complicated beer

use some yeast like California Ale and Bingo, light nice tasting beer easy to make

no steeping of grains and only 1 hops addition. how much easier can it be?

 

[cluckk]

You can also try an English mild or bitter depending on whether you prefer malty or hop bitterness.

 

[hilts]

Search 'fizzy yellow beer'. You'll love it.

 

[bigken462]

I've read a lil about SMASH brews. Kinda toying with the idea of going ahead and repuposing a old ice chest to try my hand at AG. Bout the only thing holding me back is not having the extra play money and having to move out of the kitchen. Sad as it is, brewing beers in the kitchen does have it's perks. lol

What exactly is a English Mild? I'm going to walk out on a limb with my next brew and do something a lil more hoppy. APA, pale ale something. Kinda been looking at some of the red and amber recipes. My weakness is, every batch I make I'm flying by the seat of my pants on what they taste like. Sadly, I just don't have much experience beyond my first 3 brews and Michelob Utra's - Which are still pretty tasty. Yeah I know, I said it. lol

 

[jacob5023]

When I am running low on bottles I go to my local brewery and pay $11.25 for 48 bottles and the guy pulls them right off of their bottling line! You could possibly try that if you have a brewery close to you.

I made a light beer that was a Belgian extract kit. Tasted close to a tripel that everyone enjoyed.

 

[Devilsnight]

Go to the liquer store. buy a couple 6 packs, something you haven't tried before. Make sure there pop tops so you can repurpose them...

 

[reefriot]

If you like Michelob ultra try adding some Beno to you fermenter. It will make it dry out and ferment very low carb beer like a Ultra. And if thats your style then you should be looking at pilsners and session style beers

 

[hilts]

If you like mich ultra, buy some mich ultra. Don't waste your time trying to replicate a brew like that. It's cheap enough as it is.

 

[PastorofMuppets]

extract cream ale is a great beer.
i made a bunch of them.
I make a all grain cream ale now for 13 or so bucks with washed yeast, but i would have no prob going back to the extract version. id go for that.