Decisions,decisions

[thejesmonddingo]

In the last three days,I've got 2 x 5 gallon fermenters,2 king kegs and a Boots barrel and a CO2 cylinder from a nice man on ebay (£56.56 all in,the Boots barrel and cylinder were freebies,yey :whistle: ),7.5kg of light malt extract some Cascade,Fuggles,EKG,Amarillo and Nelson Sauvin from the Malt Miller, I've got crystal and chocolate malt in the freezer,so what do I brew?I fancy something strongish(~5%) blonde and hoppy,and a fairly trad bitter at about 4%.Any recommendations gratefully recieved,I'm only on my third brew since a 15 -20 year layoff and I'm still getting my eye in.
Ian

 

[Wendy1971]

You dont say if you have any pale malt which is the base for most brews. Dont think you will have anything blond either using choc malt. Have a look at the recipe section here on the forum which will give you an idea of what to brew :thumb:

 

[thejesmonddingo]

Wendy,I brew from extract and it's light extract,if I use the Fuggles and Goldings with some crystal,I should be able to make a decent ordinary session bitter,but I am keen on big,blonde and hoppy,so I'm going to get some Carapils/Caramalt tommorrow,and go from there.I'm not a slavish follower of recipes,I use them for ideas,and have looked at the recipes here,and there are some interesting looking brews,but this a social board,and I like the interaction of hearing people's suggestions and preferences.
Ian

 

[Wendy1971]

you could make a half decent IPA with those ingredients

 

[richc]

I did a recipe for a very hoppy NS APA when I was doing extract brews that was something like this...

3kg Light extract


50g cascade @ 30 minutes
50g NS @ 20 minutes
25g NS @ 1 minute
25g NS dry hop after 7 days


This worked very well but I'd probably suggest steeping a say 400g of crystal to add a bit more malt flavour.

It's also a low gravity beer(~3%) so you could up the extract quite a lot and it would still be fine.

 

[thejesmonddingo]

OK I'm doing this today,as the trad bitter recipeview.php?recipe_id=1262 .
Ian