"Woman's beer" recipe ideas

[jturman35]

I just walked down the stairs to see my wife struggling to open a bottle of Mark West wine. Myself just poured a NEIPA and handed to her as I opened the bottle of wine. She walked off with my beer and I now have a bottle of wine. My wife is not a big beer drinker, but I would say NEIPA is the way to go!

 

[CanAm]

Have they tried Dragon’s Milk or KBS? Those were a surprise hit “Wow, it tastes like chocolate coffee dessert” Have some bulk aging now.

 

[LexusChris]

I was asked by my daughter for a birthday beer, like one of those 'Summer Shandy' beers you see in the store. So I improvised something that was not a combo beer/lemonade, but something I could brew & bottle, and drop off at her apartment. It hit the mark very well.

10 gallon batch
#9.75 - US 2 Row Pale Malt
#7.75 - German Wheat Malt
#1.15 - Crystal 15L
#1.00 - Rice Hulls
1 oz. - Strisslespalt hops - First Wort Hops
1.25 oz. - Citra Hops - 15 mins of boil
1.00 oz. - Ahtanum Hops - 2 mins of boil
1.00 oz. - Lemon Balm Leaf - Flame out
2# - Orange Blossum Honey - Add @<130-F
2 pkg S-04 Safale English Ale Yeast

Mash 60 mins at 150-F
Ferment @ 68-F for a few days, then let raise. Cold crash before bottling.. fine if you like.

Produced a dry, easy drinking wheat beer with a lemony, sweet character. Just another option for a low IBU, clear, light beer, with lots of citrus & sweet notes in it.
--LexusChris

 

[Wreck99]

I was asked by my daughter for a birthday beer, like one of those 'Summer Shandy' beers you see in the store. So I improvised something that was not a combo beer/lemonade, but something I could brew & bottle, and drop off at her apartment. It hit the mark very well.

10 gallon batch
#9.75 - US 2 Row Pale Malt
#7.75 - German Wheat Malt
#1.15 - Crystal 15L
#1.00 - Rice Hulls
1 oz. - Strisslespalt hops - First Wort Hops
1.25 oz. - Citra Hops - 15 mins of boil
1.00 oz. - Ahtanum Hops - 2 mins of boil
1.00 oz. - Lemon Balm Leaf - Flame out
2# - Orange Blossum Honey - Add @<130-F
2 pkg S-04 Safale English Ale Yeast

Mash 60 mins at 150-F
Ferment @ 68-F for a few days, then let raise. Cold crash before bottling.. fine if you like.

Produced a dry, easy drinking wheat beer with a lemony, sweet character. Just another option for a low IBU, clear, light beer, with lots of citrus & sweet notes in it.
--LexusChris

Funny you mention that. I was approached by a couple friends to try to make a lemon shandy too. Guess I'll give it a go lol.

 

[Miraculix]

You could also look at an english mild. The Drew Beechum's Oat Malt Mild or Dana Cordes' Proper 1420 might be a good start with low bitterness. https://www.experimentalbrew.com/session-beer-day-recipe-bonanza-14-recipes-you-brew




Also, they start having them point out what exactly about some of the commercial styles they don't like.

Woooow what a great source of session recipes! Thanks for posting!

 

[NitrogenWidget]

I have biermunchers orange kolsch on tap. The women really like it . They normally only drink mic ultra.

 

[eetu]

My zesty american wheat ale was a hit amongst people who don't usually care for beer that much.

It's roughly 60% pale malt, 30% wheat malt and 10% flaked wheat. Mash 60min @~65c. OG 1.050 is a good target here.

I used Mosaic only and it worked really nice. Did a short 30min boil with 20min and whirlpool additions. I calculated 30 IBU but you can go for less. Wouldn't go under 20, though. 2oz of whirlpool hops is probably the most you need for such a light beer.

I also added bunch of citrus zests at 10min boil. A combination of grapefruit and oranges worked really nice. Add at least 1 fruits zest/gal.

Ferment with something neutral, I used US-05.

It's a very summery and refreshing, not-so-beer-like beer!

 

[Kaze]

I recently brewed BM's Cream of Three Crops using WLP029, and dry hopped the keg for a few days with some Mosaic. My wife (who isn't a beer drinker), enjoyed it served nice and cold. I agree with Yooper it isn't really fair to label something a "woman's beer" though.

 

[greywolf]

My wife basically hates everything that I brew. I don't make hop bombs.She can't get enough of some of the commercial raspberry and peach wheats. Examples like schalfy raspberry and the peach wheat at dunneden in florida. I've always been afraid that I'll get stuck with 5 gallons of the stuff if I brew one.

 

[Transamguy77]

I make a dry rice beer with a low alpha acid hop and is a good base for adding flavorings or a big dry hop.
10 gallon batch
12 lbs 2 row
5 lbs cereal mash rice
Amalyse powder
Mash low between 148 - 150 for 90 mins.
2 oz of hops @ 60
2 oz of hops @ 15
Lager yeast, I use whatever I have on hand.

Since your going for a different aroma and flavor profile I would probably skip the 15 and add whatever at flame out or whirlpool.

I've added fruit like berries and citrus like lime juice, it's a pretty neutral beer so the skies are the limit.

 

[schematix]

My wife basically hates everything that I brew. I don't make hop bombs.She can't get enough of some of the commercial raspberry and peach wheats. Examples like schalfy raspberry and the peach wheat at dunneden in florida. I've always been afraid that I'll get stuck with 5 gallons of the stuff if I brew one.

It's really tough to duplicate some of those flavored commercial beers. They spend a long time tweaking their artificial flavorings to get them just right for mass market.

And if you do make a good one she probably still won't like it because it doesn't taste exactly like the commercial ones she already knows and likes. Lose-lose IMHO, but YMMV.

 

[shoengine]

My wife started on hefeweizens, and picked up on scotch ales. I brewed a wee heavy for her and she was in love with it.

For what it is worth, it took me years to train my palate to enjoy IPAs. Now I have to do the same for sours....

 

[BitterSweetBrews]

I've been asked by a woman to make a batch of beer for her, whilst simultaneously trying to get my wife turned on to beer. The problem both have with beer is that it's too bitter for their tastes. Run of the mill pale lagers being all they've really considered beer. I'll occasionally coax the wife into trying one of my IPAs or stouts but shes pretty quick to hand the glass back to me.

So here's the challenge as per their requests: Make something sweeter with a lot of citrus/grapefruit/tropical fruit coming through without the bitterness.

Here's what I'm thinking:
Vienna (because its my personal favorite) maybe a little crystal.
Only late addition hops with Cascade, Amarillo, motueka, and/or mosaic (only citrusy/fruity I have available)
Maybe throw in some lactose.

Would i need the full hour boil? Any ideas?

A wheat beer, Blonde or an NEIPA would be a good start.

If you want citrussy, as you said you could try some late editions of Citra, Amarillo, El Dorado or Mosaic. If you can mail order some you might try some of the tropical fruity flavors like Pacifica, Mandarina Bavaria or Motuka.

You say you are limited in your yeasts to apparently just dry. Is there a problem with mail ordering other varieties, even dry ones? You can have them put a cooler pack around vials or smack packs. May be you could try to harvest some yeast from a good bottle conditioned commercial beer.

 

[NymPymplee]

Settled on one the girls love. I've made it a few times now. So, for posterity... (Actually, I gave one woman a list of ingredients and quantities and this is what she chose)

BIAB + No Chill. 20L

4 kg (8.8 lbs) Pale
1 kg (2.2 lbs) Rye
500g (1.1 lbs) CaraAmber (Crystal 30?)

Mash @ 65C (149F)

Whirlfloc @ 10

45g (1.5oz) Amarillo @ Flame out
45g (1.5oz) Mandarina Bavaria @ Flame out

US-05 @ 22C (71F)

*Protein rest for the Rye. Although I don't find 1kg to be too syrupy.
*In kettle, let the temp drop to pitching temps overnight (About 12 hours)
*Would recommend dropping the CaraAmber to 300g (10.5 oz). It's on the sweet side for me.
*Would add a bittering hop and wait till the wort reaches 70C (158F) before adding flavour/aroma hops.