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Hello there.
My name it Tal. I am very new to home brewing.
I made my first batch a few weeks ago, and now, the time has come to decide on what to brew for my next batch. I'd really appreciate your advice.
First off - a bit about my own taste in beer: I don't like sweet or fruity beers (belgian ales are really not my thing) nor do I enjoy overly hoppy ones (most IPAs I've tasted I could appreciate, but not enjoy; the exception being Hitachino, which I actually did enjoy). I like a drinkable beer, but one with some complexity. I love them when they are bitter, but not too much so, and I enjoy some interesting hoppiness or maltiness, as long as they're not overbearing. I love toasted flavors in beer - especially in relatively lighter beers. Not a huge fan of porters and stouts. (I'm especially into lagers, but those aren't an option at this time).
A bit about my technical situation - I live in a house with rather thick walls, so temperatures don't fluctuate too much, but summer is coming, and temperatures here are on the rise - currently around 26C (79F) indoors, and that figure will surely go up. For this reason, I plan on putting my fermenter in a small tub of water, and adding ice occasionally.
I'd really like my next batch to be BIAB.
I thought of either brewing a lighter ale with some toastiness to it or an Irish Red - but if I do that, I want it to have this thick body, with creamy, velvety head. If you could point me at a good recipe for either of these - that'd be great. If you think this might be a bit too ambitious for a novice like myself - please tell me.
Alternatively, I thought of brewing something that would help me to start learning what the individual ingredients contribute to the final product - so I'd be looking for a recipe for a relatively "plain" beer, where I can play with just one variant to create two different products. I'm guessing the easiest one to play with (especially in terms of costs) would be the aroma hops (or dry hopping). I thought of maybe a SMaSH of some kind. So, again, if you have any good recipe for a beer that really lets the hops express themselves, and that would work well with two different kinds of hops - I'd really appreciate it if you point me in the right direction. Ideally - both kinds of hops that I'd be using would be quite different from one another, and also quite mainstream - not something too esoteric (and of course - something that I'd like - so not something too fruity or citrusy or anything).
I'm also open to changing something other than aroma hops, if you have another idea, but the idea remains the same - two beers, that are identical, except for one change, so I can really understand what that change did.
If you read this LOOOOOONG scroll all the way - I thank you.
Looking forward to your inputs!
Cheers,
T
My name it Tal. I am very new to home brewing.
I made my first batch a few weeks ago, and now, the time has come to decide on what to brew for my next batch. I'd really appreciate your advice.
First off - a bit about my own taste in beer: I don't like sweet or fruity beers (belgian ales are really not my thing) nor do I enjoy overly hoppy ones (most IPAs I've tasted I could appreciate, but not enjoy; the exception being Hitachino, which I actually did enjoy). I like a drinkable beer, but one with some complexity. I love them when they are bitter, but not too much so, and I enjoy some interesting hoppiness or maltiness, as long as they're not overbearing. I love toasted flavors in beer - especially in relatively lighter beers. Not a huge fan of porters and stouts. (I'm especially into lagers, but those aren't an option at this time).
A bit about my technical situation - I live in a house with rather thick walls, so temperatures don't fluctuate too much, but summer is coming, and temperatures here are on the rise - currently around 26C (79F) indoors, and that figure will surely go up. For this reason, I plan on putting my fermenter in a small tub of water, and adding ice occasionally.
I'd really like my next batch to be BIAB.
I thought of either brewing a lighter ale with some toastiness to it or an Irish Red - but if I do that, I want it to have this thick body, with creamy, velvety head. If you could point me at a good recipe for either of these - that'd be great. If you think this might be a bit too ambitious for a novice like myself - please tell me.
Alternatively, I thought of brewing something that would help me to start learning what the individual ingredients contribute to the final product - so I'd be looking for a recipe for a relatively "plain" beer, where I can play with just one variant to create two different products. I'm guessing the easiest one to play with (especially in terms of costs) would be the aroma hops (or dry hopping). I thought of maybe a SMaSH of some kind. So, again, if you have any good recipe for a beer that really lets the hops express themselves, and that would work well with two different kinds of hops - I'd really appreciate it if you point me in the right direction. Ideally - both kinds of hops that I'd be using would be quite different from one another, and also quite mainstream - not something too esoteric (and of course - something that I'd like - so not something too fruity or citrusy or anything).
I'm also open to changing something other than aroma hops, if you have another idea, but the idea remains the same - two beers, that are identical, except for one change, so I can really understand what that change did.
If you read this LOOOOOONG scroll all the way - I thank you.
Looking forward to your inputs!
Cheers,
T