Two Malts Two Hops

[Jimbodaman]

Trying to come up with a balanced 5 gallon recipe to brew on new years day, with you guessed it 2 malts and 2 hops. I'm curious what has worked for y'all. All suggestions are appreciated. p.s. I love Maris Otter.

 

[Gameface]

You could make a really solid ESB. MO and some caramel 60 (give or take 20), Fuggles and EKG.

 

[schematix]

2-row pale and C40 w/ centennial and cascade.

Boring... maybe. Traditional... maybe. Delicious? Absolutely.

 

[tbred]

Maris Otter and Honey malt. Citra and Mosaic hops late additions.

 

[Jimbodaman]

both suggestions sound delicious. I should note I don't need this to fall into any BJCP guidelines. Something that tastes yummy and is reasonably sessionable (which I will play around with amount). Cheers

 

[Jimbodaman]

tbred Maris Otter and Honey malt. Citra and Mosaic hops late additions.

Oh yaahh that sounds tasty I haven't made a sweet Hoppy beer in while.

 

[JKaranka]

Brown India porter with 1/3 Brown Malt and 2/3 MO. Late and dry hops to play with. PS: I did one with Galaxy and Citra quite a while ago but hops are pretty replaceable.

 

[theheroguy]

95% Vienna 5% carared northern brewer bitter 2 oz glacier at 5 min aim for 35 ibu and 5% abv.

 

[schematix]

I actually really like the topic of this thread. I've done a couple SMaSH beers before, and while they were good, they lacked body and complexity.

Two malts and two hops gives vastly more options. Now you can do a base malt and a specialty malt, along with a great bittering hop and great aroma/flavor hop.

It's also a great way to learn how to create a balanced beer with a simple set of ingredients.

 

[Jimbodaman]

I actually really like the topic of this thread. I've done a couple SMaSH beers before, and while they were good, they lacked body and complexity.

Two malts and two hops gives vastly more options. Now you can do a base malt and a specialty malt, along with a great bittering hop and great aroma/flavor hop.

It's also a great way to learn how to create a balanced beer with a simple set of ingredients.

That's exactly what my reasoning was. I'm relatively new to recipe making ( 5 tasty beers so far 1 Meh). I was looking into SmaSh recipes but decided two malt two hops is still very simple but gives much more versatility. I've brewed a ... 10 lb maris otter
.5 lb chocholate and

1 oz citra (bittering)
1 oz cascade (aroma)

turned out great balanced and sessionable

 

[specharka]

I actually really like the topic of this thread. I've done a couple SMaSH beers before, and while they were good, they lacked body and complexity.

Two malts and two hops gives vastly more options. Now you can do a base malt and a specialty malt, along with a great bittering hop and great aroma/flavor hop.

It's also a great way to learn how to create a balanced beer with a simple set of ingredients.

Single infusion mashing isn't going to give you much body or complexity. A multi step mash or decoction mash schedule will provide more body and mouthfeel. I know plenty of English barleywines that are SMASH ales and are incredibly complex..toffee, caramel and roasting notes with just MO and EKG.

 

[Jimbodaman]

Single infusion mashing isn't going to give you much body or complexity. A multi step mash or decoction mash schedule will provide more body and mouthfeel. I know plenty of English barleywines that are SMASH ales and are incredibly complex..toffee, caramel and roasting notes with just MO and EKG.

While I mostly agree with the statement that the complexity and body will be limited. I use this "formula" for more sessionable beers my family and friends will want to drink.