Brew for family event

[Leann ull]

You could knock out a good Kolsch in 3 weeks handy enough

[nigel_c]

WLP 029 kolsch yeast actually tastes pretty nasty. It really needs to drop completely clear and 4-5 weeks as cold as you can get it to get rid of it. Beautiful beer and would be a perfect one for the occasion if more time was available.
Notty at a lower temp will also give and near lager final product.

[BrewDorg]

Would a NEIPA be outrageous? 

I have all the ingredients here and need to use them soon, it'd be killing two birds with one stone. Only problem is that I've never tasted one so don't know how suitable it'd be. If consensus is that's a bad call then I'm gonna buy ingredients for the blonde tomorrow and brew the NEIPA the end of next month.

[Leann ull]

No different to serving sheeps eyeballs, you might love em but not everybody does
Think of it more as a test to show those closest to you that you brew good beer, bad news is its gotta be bland in homebrew terms but focus on the quality and do it well, do a second or dry hop a portion for yourself and those adventurous enough to try it.

[nigel_c]

If you are to serve non believers I'd avoid the Sunnny D looking beers and try to make something that resembles something they'd recognise. Keep the mad hop bombs ones for yourself. 

[molc]

I had to make a Guinness clone before my friends suddenly thought I could brew. Then they started trying my other stuff and going "hey, this is kinda good!"

People like what they know a lot of the time.

[Qs]

I think a lot of people will actually like citrusy hop flavour given the chance but it usually comes with a lot of bitterness. I make a beer for my wife that uses loads of late citra but only has 25ish IBUs. Very light grist too just pale malt, 3/4% wheat, 2-4% 10-20L crystal depending on what I have handy.

I find any beer with a bit of colour or bitterness puts off the non-craft drinker.

[SB]

Centennial Blonde is a great one for family events like this.  I brewed it last year for a party and it went down well with all. Very easy to make too

[Leann ull]

I think a lot of people will actually like citrusy hop flavour given the chance but it usually comes with a lot of bitterness. I make a beer for my wife that uses loads of late citra but only has 25ish IBUs. Very light grist too just pale malt, 3/4% wheat, 2-4% 10-20L crystal depending on what I have handy.

I find any beer with a bit of colour or bitterness puts off the non-craft drinker.

There is a really weird thing that I keep hearing from non craft beer drinkers that they associate bitterness with Abv, I think it's to do with the bodies natural pre-disposition to reject anything bitter as being bad and they associate the bitterness to alcohol content aka spirits.
In any case another reason for serving piss water I'm afraid, do have a second beer to stretch or educate them though, they'll be gagging for hops at next years event

[Qs]

I wonder if a NEIPA with very little in the 60 min addition would be a hit. Obviously the look of it will be offputting but the fruity taste I'd imagine would be quite popular. Not that I'd waste all those hops on some no-nothing Heino drinkers.

[lordstilton]

Cream ale.. 4 week turn around.. All beer drinkers will find something they like about it