Summer Mid Strength Recipes

[chrisluki]

The tips have for making lower ABV with full hop flavours/aromas

1 - mash at higher temps, 70c for 30mins works well to get a FG of 1012-1014
2 - use wheat or oats to soften the mouthfeel - 5-10% is plenty
3 - add carapils, this adds body to the beer with the dextrins use about 8%
4 - add hops FWH = 4-5ibu, get a little bitterness from that addition
5 - add a heap late after 5mins to ramp up to 30ibu+
6 - dont be shy with the dry hop, 5g/L will get her jumping from the glass

if you are playing with your water, also target a crisp 5.2 for the mash and get the sulphate around 150ppm

You are a legend...thanks!!!!

 

[aster1]

You could try this one, might just fit the bill:
Pale ale 2.7%, citra hopped.
http://homebrew-recipes.com/the-little-big-guy-mid-strength-2/

 

[Dan Pratt]

You are a legend...thanks!!!!

hi,

i seen the video last night on Facebook, looking forward to the review of the final beer.

What hop schedule did you go with for boil additions?

p.s aussie slang - a shit load of hops, hahahahahahaha

 

[meathead]

You could try this one, might just fit the bill:
Pale ale 2.7%, citra hopped.
http://homebrew-recipes.com/the-little-big-guy-mid-strength-2/

Thanks for this. It mentions 50gm aromatics. What is that?

 

[aster1]

Thanks for this. It mentions 50gm aromatics. What is that?

Best guess, it's referring to an aromatic malt:
https://www.northernbrewer.com/products/belgian-aromatic-malt

 

[shacked]

Thanks for this. It mentions 50gm aromatics. What is that?

It's a type of kilned malt. There is a Belgian version and an English - slightly different. (http://www.castlemalting.com/Castle...ficationID=180&CropYear=2017&Language=English)

Substitutes include biscuit, amber, abbey, victory and at a push maybe some melanoidin or perhaps dark munich.

 

[dkilleen]

Hey guys

As a family man, trying to teach his kids to be good humans, I am pretty keen to not get blind drunk in front of them, which means I drink a bit of mid strength beer. Being that the good Craft MS's are something like $80 a case, I often find myself with a Gold Can in hand.

I have written about this category in the past on my blog, (http://beerhealer.com/index.php/2016/12/04/mid-strength-craft-beer-can-dig/) and I am a passionate advocate for these style of beers. In the past I have tried to brew my own lower ABV beers, but most of my efforts in the past have been pretty ordinary. Getting a good beer that hots the mark for taste, aroma and mouth feel is difficult when you are taking away a lot of the ingredient that provide those characteristics.

I am really loving the Rover Henty St Ale right now as a lower ABV option, but also love the Green Beacon Half Mast which is similar...and I guess both are not too far from being lower ABV versions of S&W PA.

Anyway, I was just wondering if any of you guys had any tips on how to brew a decent AG Mid Strength Summer Ale?

Cheers

Chris

I bought the CAMRA UK recipe book a few years back and it has loads of brews (full and steeping/extract) and many are around the 3.5/4% mark. It’s served me well for ale recipes.

 

[Naboo]

https://www.experimentalbrew.com/session-beer-day-recipe-bonanza-14-recipes-you-brew

Here's a collection of some session beer recipes from some notable brewers. I haven't brewed any of them but hope to this summer. Hopefully they give you some more inspiration.
Cheers.

 

[chrisluki]

https://www.experimentalbrew.com/session-beer-day-recipe-bonanza-14-recipes-you-brew

Here's a collection of some session beer recipes from some notable brewers. I haven't brewed any of them but hope to this summer. Hopefully they give you some more inspiration.
Cheers.

Cheers!!

 

[koshari]

Anyone got a brewdog dead pony club clone? These come in at 3.8%.

 

[Thomas Wood]

Anyone got a brewdog dead pony club clone? These come in at 3.8%.

Try here mate. They have a PDF of everything: https://www.brewdog.com/lowdown/diydog

 

[Schikitar]

Anyone got a brewdog dead pony club clone? These come in at 3.8%

This seems to be a good one (it follows the vague DIYDOG recipe) - https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/334289/dead-pony-club

 

[chrisluki]

Try here mate. They have a PDF of everything: https://www.brewdog.com/lowdown/diydog

I can vouch for this beer...mine is tasting great!!!

 

[Wolfman1]

I can vouch for this beer...mine is tasting great!!!

Mine is cold crashing at the moment and my keezer is at a mates place after his party. I won’t see it back again for a week and the suspense is beginning to mount.
A metric shit ton of dry hops has the gravity samples pretty aromatic but it needs carbing and some time to soften

 

[count-ant]

Brulosophy recently did an experiment making the same recipe mashing at 64/73 and found the taste differences to not be ‘significant’. Might be worth looking into, you can brew your 4.9% recipe and it will end up 3.3% and taste similar.

Thinking I’m going to have a crack at this in summer for a low abv option. Guess one potential downside is you are getting low abv standard calories if that is a consideration.