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2008 BKB Spring Brew Brainstorm
I vote for Kolsch or Hefe as well. Both are relatively simple; there are great partial recipes all over the place online, or we could make one up, which is what I prefer, even if it is an experiment...
I like Deafcones idea. MaiAle seems workable for all and everyone could tweak as they wish.
k we have had a couple of days for ideas, now lets vote:
Maibock / Mai-ale
Kolsch = 1
Hefe / Wheat something
Amber
Vienna
Okay, so I'll cast my official vote for a Kolsch. Only because I already have a recipe that I was going to brew anyway, and I've already made a wheat ale.......
Maibock / Mai-ale =
Kolsch = 2
Hefe / Wheat something =
Amber =
Vienna =
I have never done a Kolsch. So, I vote for a Kolsch!!!!!!! I brew honey ales and wheats all the time.
What about a crisp belgian wit? Kinda like an allagash white or ommegang hennepin?
I could also go with a Belgian Wit if more prefer that, but if not, I'm sticking with a Kolsch...
Maibock / Mai-ale = 3
Kolsch = 3
Hefe / Wheat / Wit = 2
Amber = 1
Vienna =
So we've got quite a race going here....
KyNGmedic, you have mentioned both a hefe style, and a vienna...which do you prefer?....... just so we can keep a true total.....
We can do either a partial mash, to accomadate all brewers, or we can convert the same recipe for our AG brewers, which ever is preferred by most overall.....
Just a thought, but if we set a deadline to brew, say march 1, we could have a finished product by say April30 (unless a lager wins the vote). Why not try and do a swap. I've done it a few times now and it is pretty cool actually. Everyone who commits, odd or even amount will get paired w/ someone else. You ship to someone and someone different ships to you:
Sender / receiver
A B
B C
C D
D A
and so forth.
We could devise a recipe and stick to it then comment on eachother's, or pick a style and brew your own recipe for comparison.
As long as deadlines are adhered to it would all be pretty easy, whoever wants to participate is welcome, I would be happy to administer if webby dosn't object- any thoughts?
Well since I just did the vienna... gotta say hefe is in my top.
If we get some votes though, I'll switch to vienna. I want to breath some life into this style and tweaking and perfecting a triple decoction recipe is going to be a goal of mine.
Well, it looks like it's going to be a race. I'll vote Maibock.