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Harmonious household at last..
I have me dark porter n she has her fizzy yellow water.. Both lagers tho
That's a sweet bar top!
What size of tree did you have to kill to get that bar top. :D
Quote from: DEMPSEY on August 18, 2015, 09:17:14 PM
What size of tree did you have to kill to get that bar top. :D
That's the small one... I made another to go outside at the bbq..:)
Pob take everything back you said about my shed
Re: His and hers beer
Very interesting. We have been asked by microbrewery customers to develop a recipe for female customers. So far, the only guidenes we have are:
- light colour,
- low ABV,
- low IBU, and
- good head retention.
Looking pretty much like the picture above, we are thinking: an ale made from mostly pilner malt, about 3.8% ABV, making full use of step mashing. Any recipe ideas and mashing / hopping schedule would be most welcome!
Quote from: HomeBrewWest on August 19, 2015, 03:13:38 PM
- light colour,
- low ABV,
- low IBU, and
- good head retention.
My wife doesn't drink beer, she prefers ciders.
However had to brew her a clone of Schneider Aventinus double weissen bock after she tried it some time ago.
Would agree then on low IBU and good head retention.
Was just about to say the same. In my experience with the ladies ( yeah I said it) Belgian beers were always well received.
This particular customer already has a wheat, and its a massive success. He is looking for another one. Hmm, name some of those Belgians and I'll see if I can dig up a a clone recipe.
Quote from: HomeBrewWest on August 19, 2015, 03:13:38 PM
Re: His and hers beer
Very interesting. We have been asked by microbrewery customers to develop a recipe for female customers. So far, the only guidenes we have are:
- light colour,
- low ABV,
- low IBU, and
- good head retention.
Looking pretty much like the picture above, we are thinking: an ale made from mostly pilner malt, about 3.8% ABV, making full use of step mashing. Any recipe ideas and mashing / hopping schedule would be most welcome!
I can see some of my beer loving female friends getting irate at the recipe above, especially the implied sexism.
The recipe above is a beer for people who don't really like beer. No grain, no hops, pale and frothy.
It's a lowest common denominator beer.
To people who say Belgian beers are a hit with the ladies, Belgian beers are a hit with everyone.
In my experience, women have less tolerance for bad beer than men. While I will session on Doom Bar or something similarly mediocre, my better half will switch to cider or wine when the good beer options disappear.
While she doesn't like beers with high apparent bitterness, when it is incorporated well into something like a double IPA she has been known to nick my pint.
My other half is a big fan of Belgian beers, we were in Brugge last March and she was really impressed with the variety of the beers.
She loved Mongozos Coconut Beer, still buys plenty of bottles if she see's it in the offie.
I put together a recipe for a clone and planning on brewing about 10 litres of it in a few weeks time for her.
Quote from: TheSumOfAllBeers on August 19, 2015, 04:25:38 PM
I can see some of my beer loving female friends getting irate at the recipe above, especially the implied sexism.
. . .
Not my recipe, brewery requested it and they knows their customers a lot better than we do. There has to be a compromise though, maybe some unusual late hop additions?
I make a light blonde ale with all citra for the missus. Its pretty popular with most lager drinkers too. Its roughly 20ish IBUs but with plenty of late hopping and dry hops to make it nice fruity.
Quote from: Qs on August 20, 2015, 11:08:56 AM
I make a light blonde ale with all citra for the missus. Its pretty popular with most lager drinkers too. Its roughly 20ish IBUs but with plenty of late hopping and dry hops to make it nice fruity.
Sounds good. Do you have recipe for it?
This one might be a good clue!
Ingredients, for the record.
Quote from: HomeBrewWest on August 20, 2015, 06:32:44 PM
Quote from: Qs on August 20, 2015, 11:08:56 AM
I make a light blonde ale with all citra for the missus. Its pretty popular with most lager drinkers too. Its roughly 20ish IBUs but with plenty of late hopping and dry hops to make it nice fruity.
Sounds good. Do you have recipe for it?
Sure
For 23L
95% Maris Otter
5% Wheat Malt
7g Citra (14.4% AA) FWH 14.6 IBU
15g Citra @ 10 5.7 IBU
40g Citra @ Steep (I dropped the temp to 80 and then steep for 10 mins before staring to chill again)
US 05
60g Citra Dry Hop
OG 1.044
FG 1.010
ABV 4.5%
I do a single infusion mash at 68C.
Cool, lots of citra! Will give these recipes a bash. I'll need to come up with a Speidel mashing schedule . . . might try 2 extremes . . . one as dry as possible, and the other the opposite!
Quote from: HomeBrewWest on August 19, 2015, 04:48:08 PM
Not my recipe, brewery requested it and they knows their customers a lot better than we do. There has to be a compromise though, maybe some unusual late hop additions?
Fair enough about the requirements, but it's such a cynical approach to making a girls beer, that has been applied over and over by Big Lager in the past.
My non ale drinking, IBU hating, ABV intolerant better half, developed quite a taste for duvel triple hop while on holiday, women like good beer same as men. Last time I checked they were not too keen on being patronised either.
The only option to put any flavour into that beer is to cask it (flatter, warmer, less head), or use a lot of late aroma hops.
Or you could just mix on some fruit extract or zest and put a girly label on it.
You have to be practical too though. My wife loved Tripel de Garre on our recent trip to Brugge but after a glass of wine or two with dinner she wasn't really up for drinking more than 2 of them because they're so strong. And lighter beers shouldn't be deemed inherently insulting anyway. Most of my friends are into their beer and their wives and girlfriends all like to get in on it too but tend towards lighter, fruitier stuff, low ABV stuff like wits, hefeweizens, yes fruit beers, ginger beers, etc