Help me quench those HOT summer days/nights

Tue May 13, 2014 6:16 am

Hey BN Army

What's your favorite style for those hot summer days/nights.

Taking 4 styles along on a 7 day family camping trip in late June of this summer. It's generally damn hot and damn humid where we're going.

Last summer I had only been brewing for about 5 months, so I just took what I had without considering the conditions we'd be in. This year I'd like to take beers that are a little more thirst quenching and appropriate for sitting outdoors and relaxing with a few pints to take the edge off the heat!!!

Brewing starts this week so let me know what you think.

OH...I DO NOT have lagering capabilities just yet...I know, I know, that really limits some great summer style lagers but I gotta brew what I can so hit me with summer style ales that work well please.

TIA
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Re: Help me quench those HOT summer days/nights

Tue May 13, 2014 8:20 am

Even if you had lagering capabilities, it would be tight to get them done I think, even with the tasty method.

American Pale Ale
Janet's Brown
Blonde Ale
Hefe

are just a few that come to mind.

Some cider would be nice too.

Of course, I drink anything, anytime of the year.
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Re: Help me quench those HOT summer days/nights

Tue May 13, 2014 8:22 am

Tasty's Session Pale Ale is a really awesome beer. I turned it around in 7 days and it was just about as clean as a lager.
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Re: Help me quench those HOT summer days/nights

Tue May 13, 2014 9:09 am

Belgian Golden? Session IPA?
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Re: Help me quench those HOT summer days/nights

Tue May 13, 2014 12:33 pm

As Darkside stated, a hefeweizen is a glorious quick brew that quenches ALL thirsts in the hot sun. Easy to brew, easy to drink (and cheap to make)!
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Re: Help me quench those HOT summer days/nights

Tue May 13, 2014 7:24 pm

My goto commercial summer beer is Deschutes' Twilight.
I LOVE that beer.

from the Deschutes' web site:
Twilight Ale Clone
A Summer Thirst Quencher

Twilight Summer Ale

Specifics

Recipe type: All grain
Batch size: 5 U.S. gallons
Original gravity: 1.046-1.054
Final gravity: 1.011-1.017
Boil time: 90 minutes
Fermentation temp: 65° F
Yeast type: English Ale

Malt
Pale
Carastan
Carapils
Munich

Hops
Northern Brewer
Amarillo
Cascade
Tettnang

**Note: Temps, times and weights are the challenge. Happy Brewing!

( NOTE -- another page on their web site says 5%ABV and 35 IBUs


I wish they would brew it all year round. As much as I love Mirror Pond,
I walk right past it and grab this one every time.
Its an awesome lawnmower beer.
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Re: Help me quench those HOT summer days/nights

Fri May 16, 2014 5:36 am

DivrDwn wrote:Hey BN Army

What's your favorite style for those hot summer days/nights.

Taking 4 styles along on a 7 day family camping trip in late June of this summer. It's generally damn hot and damn humid where we're going.

Last summer I had only been brewing for about 5 months, so I just took what I had without considering the conditions we'd be in. This year I'd like to take beers that are a little more thirst quenching and appropriate for sitting outdoors and relaxing with a few pints to take the edge off the heat!!!

Brewing starts this week so let me know what you think.

OH...I DO NOT have lagering capabilities just yet...I know, I know, that really limits some great summer style lagers but I gotta brew what I can so hit me with summer style ales that work well please.

TIA


Gose is a great refreshing summer beer, German wheat with coriander and sea salt. I ferment mine with a Berliner Weisse yeast, for a bit of extra tartness. Search out a few commercial examples and give them a try......VERY refreshing.


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Re: Help me quench those HOT summer days/nights

Fri May 16, 2014 6:51 am

Low FG saison with little hop influence

love

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