Deciding on Fall beer style

[Bigbre04]

Maybe a single and 9 tenths at that level

i dunno what 1.5 would be in Dutch, but that is probably what it is. almost a tripel lol

 

[Ward Chillington]

I'm a fan of the milds ...opp!!! New style idea....instead of a "Lawnmower" beer...how about a "LeafRaker"? Use a Belgium yeast for a touch of spice and some sugar to dry out the finish...oh...and it's gotta be a reddish amber...low enough ABV so you don't hurt yourself with the pruning sheers!

 

[J A]

I'm a fan of the milds ...opp!!! New style idea....instead of a "Lawnmower" beer...how about a "LeafRaker"? Use a Belgium yeast for a touch of spice and some sugar to dry out the finish...oh...and it's gotta be a reddish amber...low enough ABV so you don't hurt yourself with the pruning sheers!

Belgian Pale Ale for the win!

 

[Bryozoans]

what is that? I'm curious

ESB = Extra special bitter, an English Pale Ale. https://www.craftbeer.com/styles/english-style-pale-ale-esb.
The recipe I used (from Craft Beer and Brewing Magazine) called for some Earl Grey Cream tea at flame out just for some extra pizazz lol.

I decided on an ESB bc I had a bunch of English Otter malt lying around, Fuggles and East Kent hops, and our water has high sulphate which seems to suit the style

 

[Sandy Feet]

I wanted to go back and make one of those for my last beer, but I decided to do an Alt. I did an ESB before that I was very happy with. I noticed that some of the recipes had multiple Crystals in them. I made life easy, split the difference, and used a 70 or 80 SRM Crystal. Some of the recipes use a very small amount of Chocolate malt to darken them I believe. Those are great beers.

 

[Sunfire96]

For fall beers I decided to go with a red rye IPA, altbier, and English nut brown. 2 are brewed, I'll get to the brown ale in early November in time to drink it at Thanksgiving

 

[J A]

For fall beers I decided to go with a red rye IPA, altbier, and English nut brown. 2 are brewed, I'll get to the brown ale in early November in time to drink it at Thanksgiving

I'll keg my Brown Ale either today or tomorrow. It's crashed and carbed in the unitank and I just had a little sample. It's going to be a nice beer - plenty of flavor but crisp finish.
I did a little something different with the salt additions and I'm not sure I trust that the pH is quite right. It's a good beer to keep in rotation so I'll see about brewing it again before the holidays and compare the results with some different water chemistry.

 

[Bigbre04]

I am struggling to figure out a fall "sour" or tart ale. I have apricot, raspberry, Passion fruit orange guava, strawberry, coconut, and marshmellow.

I can order whatever.

Thought about doing a hibiscus tea sour but i am not really sold on that. Also talked about doing a cranberry sour.

 

[J A]

I am struggling to figure out a fall "sour" or tart ale. I have apricot, raspberry, Passion fruit orange guava, strawberry, coconut, and marshmellow.

I can order whatever.

Thought about doing a hibiscus tea sour but i am not really sold on that. Also talked about doing a cranberry sour.

If you're thinking of actual lacto-fermented sour, I'd stay way from coconut...that could be really nasty. If you just want to do a shandy-style fruited beer, a light golden ale or blonde with cranberry could be pretty great. Hibiscus would accomplish the same thing, adding tartness and really nice color.

 

[Sunfire96]

I am struggling to figure out a fall "sour" or tart ale. I have apricot, raspberry, Passion fruit orange guava, strawberry, coconut, and marshmellow.

I can order whatever.

Thought about doing a hibiscus tea sour but i am not really sold on that. Also talked about doing a cranberry sour.

I bet cranberry orange would be great. Nice color too

 

[Brew Cat]

I second the cranberry one of my favorites and goes with the season as well

 

[The Brew Mentor]

Definitely a Red IPA. Something like the West Coast Blaster.
A bigger Robust Porter ~6%.
I also like the Belgian Wit idea.

 

[Donoroto]

Sour marshmallow.

 

[Bigbre04]

Sour marshmallow.

that confuses my brain.

Definitely a Red IPA. Something like the West Coast Blaster.
A bigger Robust Porter ~6%.
I also like the Belgian Wit idea.

i have a dry hopped red ale on right now brewed my black lager yesturday.

i really need a sour!

 

[Bigbre04]

so i am thinking

cranberry and tangerine sour. might add some spices like cloves and cinnamon to the boil and then have the bartenders grind fresh nutmeg over the top of it.

how does that sound???

 

[Donoroto]

I’d almost buy that. Not a fan of sours, that’s the only reason.
Go easy on the cloves.

 

[Brew Cat]

Yeah you lost me with the cloves and cinnamon

 

[Bigbre04]

the whole idea was to go for a fall, mulled theme??? like mulled wine?

 

[Sandy Feet]

If you are going to do that after the fact, we had a place that did the mulled spices in a crockpot on the bar to add with the Barley Wine. It was actually a cool idea.

 

[Brew Cat]

the whole idea was to go for a fall, mulled theme??? like mulled wine?

Well a mulled wine would be sweet not sour IMO
Can't wrap my head around sour clove