AG all the way, but what next?

[earthwormgaz]

I'm now drinking a pale ale I made, and it's cracking after only two weeks bottle conditioning. So, thank to any help from people off here I've had along the way, I'm getting good results now.

I've done ...

A Saxon honey ale, (fermenting)
A stout, (fermenting)
A very hoppy pale ale,
A brown ale that was sort of meant to be a best bitter and came out fairly dark, but nice,
A Yuletide spiced strong ale,
A strawberry stout that wasn't that great

What might I go for next then? :drink:

 

[dennisking]

Whatever you want, that's the beauty of brewing.

 

[earthwormgaz]

Yeah, just wondered what big styles I'd not yet done

 

[bobsbeer]

How about a wheat beer?

 

[evanvine]

Or a good old English bitter!

 

[Devonhomebrew]

Barley wine, esb, dunkelweizen, beguin dubble?

 

[earthwormgaz]

Or a good old English bitter!

I was attempting a middle of the road bitter when I made the brown ale (too much dark malt by mistake). I wanted to do a Shipstone's clone, but my efforts to track down an old recipe fell short

But yeah, that might be the only English style I haven't tried ... although there's mild/porter I could do as well actually

Wheat beers and things are more complicated right? Don't I have to brew them like lagers using temperature control and stuff?

 

[RobWalker]

I'm going for a banana bread next. Just a suggestion. :thumb:

 

[Baz Chaz]

Try brewing your favourite style rather than something new

...... unless you're indecisive :hmm: then I don't know :whistle: :lol:

 

[evanvine]

Try brewing your favourite style rather than something new

100% agree. :thumb:

 

[graysalchemy]

I brew about 4 recipes and alternate between them. That way I can perfect the ones I like and try and improve them each time. It is a great way to learn what each ingredient does as a little tweaking can make a big difference.

Having said that Oatmeal stout is a winner with me Just not managed to perfect it yet.

 

[dennisking]

Try brewing your favourite style rather than something new

100% agree. :thumb:

And Me. I brew for myself to drink so I tend to brew the style of beer I prefer, English bitters/pale ales. Some might say that's boring but why brew beers you don't enjoy as much.

 

[graysalchemy]

:thumb: :thumb:

I have a bitter recipe that I like and wouldn't change and a stout and barley wine. However I am playing arouind with a pale ale (trying proper job clone this week) and I want something darker and maltier or perhaps a scottish 90/.

 

[evanvine]

My recipe is long settled, just different yeast I'm trying, I will eventually settle on one.

 

[pittsy]

Or a good old English bitter!

I was attempting a middle of the road bitter when I made the brown ale (too much dark malt by mistake). I wanted to do a Shipstone's clone, but my efforts to track down an old recipe fell short

But yeah, that might be the only English style I haven't tried ... although there's mild/porter I could do as well actually

Wheat beers and things are more complicated right? Don't I have to brew them like lagers using temperature control and stuff?

Wheat beers are probably the easiest beer to brew just use 60% pale wheat and 40% belgian 2 row ,ibu around 15 and use some Hallertau Hersbrucker hops ,when you mash you need to do a protein rest for around 20 mins at 40c before moving up to 66c use a liquid yeast(wlp300 etc) and will be drinkable after just 2 weeks :

 

[Baz Chaz]

Try brewing your favourite style rather than something new

100% agree. :thumb:

And Me. I brew for myself to drink so I tend to brew the style of beer I prefer, English bitters/pale ales. Some might say that's boring but why brew beers you don't enjoy as much.

I've recently brewed Jennings Cocker Hoop/Cumberland Ale/Bank's Original and a 'tweak' between the three a Straightforward Bitter, I've enjoyed all of them which I've brewed in the past so playing around a bit with them also in the bottling/conditioning + or - the amounts of sugar for priming :idea: so far from boring, it's actually rather interesting :geek: they're a style I know I like, but they're still all a little bit different to each other, main thing is I'm making loads of notes to see which does become my actual favourite :hmm: this could take some time and quite a few brews :

 

[graysalchemy]

If you find the work of testing is getting a bit monotonous, i can help. :rofl: :rofl:

 

[Baz Chaz]

Thank you for your generous offer Alistair, so far I'm coping