As the topic states, I'm wondering if anyone has made any ales that go down really well during summer? Since I got my temperature controller a few months ago I've been churning out lagers and it's time for a little change. I'd like something that's very refreshing and easy to knock back. Any ideas?
Thanks,
M
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Last summer I made this and called it Cascade Ale:
1 can of your favorite Pale Ale kit ( I use Coopers APA )
750g of Brew Enhancer 2
750g of Light Dry malt
50g of Cascade Hops
( apply your own boil proram, but say 25 g @ 45 min, 15g @ 20 min, 10g at 5 min )
I suppose this is an American Pale Ale, but without any heavy dry hopping.
Brew at 19 deg C, means you still need your fridge in the summer, unless you live in Southern Tasmania.
I made this as a lawn mower ale and many bottles didn't make it out of the garage,
I'd park the mower, grab a longbneock from the fridge, and down it on the spot!
It was very refreshing and too easy to knock back!
A few made it through the winter and I tasted the last one on it's birthday,
12 months in the bottle turned this into a superb drop, and so easy to make,
no liquid malts, no grains, just kit, kilo and hops.
I used the 250g of BE2 left from the pack for the priming.
The 250g of dry malt left over got popped into the next brew.
I didn't boil the kit, just the dry malt, the BE2 went into the fermenter with the kit as a usual K&K.
My next brew will be a version of this with malt instead of the BE2.