National Homebrew Club Ireland

I have a family BBQ coming up on the 5th of August and I have been asked to suuply a keg for it if possible ( nothing like a bit of notice  :()
Have I any chance of getting something drinkable and into a corny keg for then or am I wasting my time?
I have the ingredients for a california common, or I have a Citra IPA all grain kit from Homebrew company sitting at the house.

A Wheat beer would be my choice, easily done within two weeks

If you decide on an IPA, dry hop it towards the end of fermentation for a couple of days and then crash cool it if you can. You could easily knock it out in two weeks. I've done quick beers like this before which turned out well. 

I think you are wasting your time.
You can brew beer in 2 weeks but it's gonna be way too green to drink.
Go to your local micro to ask them to fill your corny for a few bob straight out of their fermenter and gas it. If that doesn't work ask in your local club somebody is bound to have something.

Don't mind CH it takes him 9 months to brew a lager!  :P

If you are doing an IPA do a massive whirlpool and hopefully the hop flavour can cover up the greenness.

Quote from: dcalnan on July 21, 2016, 03:29:06 PM
A Wheat beer would be my choice, easily done within two weeks

Best option I'd say


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Quote from: garciaBernal on July 21, 2016, 05:21:30 PM
Don't mind CH it takes him 9 months to brew a lager!  :P

You left out four words there "Gold Medal Award Winning"

2 Weeks is loads of time to brew 19L of piss  :P :-*

I think i'll brew a batch of California common this evening, if its ready, then great, if not, then we will just have to organise another BBQ in 4 weeks or so  ;D

Cal common needs a month of lagering after fermentation to really come into its own. I'd think Ipa would be safer territory.

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You left out four words there "Gold Medal Award Winning"

2 Weeks is loads of time to brew 19L of piss  :P :-*

for the harp drinker they'll be hard pressed to tell any different anyway.    get a ipa on the rip.

Quote from: CH on July 21, 2016, 06:54:45 PM

Quote from: garciaBernal on July 21, 2016, 05:21:30 PM
Don't mind CH it takes him 9 months to brew a lager!  :P

You left out four words there "Gold Medal Award Winning"

2 Weeks is loads of time to brew 19L of piss  :P :-*

2 weeks from mash tun to bottle will taste ropey, regardless of style imo.

3 weeks would be fine but two weeks is pushing it.

Quote from: Bubbles on July 23, 2016, 12:38:39 PM

Quote from: CH on July 21, 2016, 06:54:45 PM

Quote from: garciaBernal on July 21, 2016, 05:21:30 PM
Don't mind CH it takes him 9 months to brew a lager!  :P

You left out four words there "Gold Medal Award Winning"

2 Weeks is loads of time to brew 19L of piss  :P :-*

2 weeks from mash tun to bottle will taste ropey, regardless of style imo.

its going into the corney kegs, no way it would be ready in bottles.
2 weeks will prob  be pushing it, but i brewed a batch there at the weekend anyway and will just see how it goes.

Please pour a glass and take the pic on the 4th, I do hope it works for ya, I just don't like perpetuating the fact that the general public thinks all homebrew is shit, in all cases done well its better than commercial craft hence my comments.

Quote from: CH on July 25, 2016, 05:02:05 PM
Please pour a glass and take the pic on the 4th, I do hope it works for ya, I just don't like perpetuating the fact that the general public thinks all homebrew is shit, in all cases done well its better than commercial craft hence my comments.

will do.
I will stick in into the kegs & cold crash and give it a taste that weekend, if its not up to standard, they will have to make do with a  few bottles that are still knocking about from previous batches!
By the way , the beer I brewed was a california common, using the Hook head malt and the yeast from brew con, so I will be interested to see how it turns out.

An english ale with Safeale 04. That yeast will tear through the wort in 2-3 days flat. It floculates high, so the beer will be near crystal clear at the end of fermentation. If you brew today you could move to a keg by saturday. Presurise the keg to the high end in a fridge, and the beer would be ready to drink by Tuesday of next week.
Ive tried this before and got from grain to keg in 1 week.

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I've done quick turn around beers and 2 weeks is really pushing it. For pale ales go with a large 0 or whirlpool addition. Pitch on the higher side and ferment on the cooler side. 16-17 .
After a week crash cool with gelatin and rack to keg cold. Either rock or crank up the gas.
Let settle for. Few days and serve. It will be drinkable but will benefit from a few weeks.

Interested to hear how you get on.

Drew Beechum has a nice how-to for fast brewing.
https://www.maltosefalcons.com/tech/express-brewing-speed-brewing-grain-glass-less-10-days-0

I've tried this out and it works. Key things are relatively low gravity and mild hoppiness.

As an update, I didn't serve the quick brew at the BBQ.
It just hadn't cleared out properly and wile probably drinkable, it will benefit from another 2/3 weeks at least before i got back to it.
ill try and get up a picture of a poor one and another in a few weeks time.

I ended up serving a larger i brewed and bottled bout 6 months ago and didnt think much of it at the time, but after that time sitting in the bottom of the fridge, it turned out to be a decent beer and went down well with the 'non craft beer drinkers'