Need a small quick beer recipe in the next hour

[AndrewD]

A "pipeline filler" so to speak. I am leaving in an hour on an errands run in an hour and want to pick up ingredients for a small, quick fermenting ale to fill the pipeline. (My American Wheat is going too quickly and my Scottish 60 is just about gone) I'm leaning towards JZ's American Rye/Wheat from Classic Styles, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the local stores might not have rye malt. I have a pack of Safale 4 in my fridge, but I probably won't be using that given my criteria. I'm looking at JZ's Cream Ale as a backup plan, but flaked rice or corn might not be available. An Alaskan Amber clone sounds good, but I'm not too hot on lagering it for weeks.

 

[Golddiggie]

If you're all grain, just whip up a SMaSH... Doesn't get much easier than that.

 

[JonM]

How about a 5% ABV cider?

 

[AndrewD]

If you're all grain, just whip up a SMaSH... Doesn't get much easier than that.

I saw the other new thread on that, but I've forgotten what a SMash is.

 

[Golddiggie]

I saw the other new thread on that, but I've forgotten what a SMash is.

SMaSH = Single Malt and Single Hop...

Such as a MO/EKG SMaSH (I have two listed in my recipes section).

 

[JordanThomas]

Smash

 

[brycelarson]

Single Malt And Single Hop

 

[AndrewD]

Maybe an American 60 cent ale? (SMash)

8# US Pale
1oz Willamette @ 60 minutes
Safale 5

 

[guitarist_713]

11lbs 2row 1.25 lbs Munich 1.25 lbs crystal 40L, .5 lb carapils dextrine malt then use a clean ale yeast and for hops pick 3 different "ipa" hops and mix them together, then add 1/2oz at onset of boil and 1/2 oz at flameout- then 1/4 oz every ten minutes- ie 50,40,30,20,10. It's a continually hopped ipa.

 

[draiiinage]

If you haven't already pulled the trigger on it I made a pale ale that turned out nice at a friend's home brewery before I got my equipment:
9# 2 row
1# belgian biscuit
1oz northern brewer @ 60 min
1oz northern brewer @ 15 min
1 ox fuggle @ 5 min

 

[guitarist_713]

My favorite smash recipe involves German Pilsner Malt and Saaz hops. It's good.

 

[Yooper]

My favorite quick small beer is a mild.

We did a mild swap a few years ago, where everybody had to send out their beer by day 10. My recipe was Jamil Zainasheff's from Brewing Classic Styles, and it came out great!

Here's the thread, with some of the recipes and results: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f38/project-10der-mild-10-milds-10-days-month-10-a-77758/

 

[AndrewD]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I am glad to be refreshed on what SMash's are. I've been wanting to start a thread asking for recipes/commercial examples for beers that really highlight a single ingredient. Now I will just look at the various SMash threads.

I went to the LHBS but it was closed. So I went to Whole Foods and ended up getting everything for the JZ Wheat/Rye ale I had planned on (it's called Kent's Hollow Leg-Rye Option in Classic Styles). I'm heating up the mash tun right now. Whole Foods was interesting. Their grain selection is fantastic, and the mill is clean and easy to use. Their yeast/hops selection was minimal (no Centennial or even Cascade, and I had to get White Labs CA Ale. I might just use my packet of SF-04 as I didn't have time to make a starter).

 

[TheZymurgist]

Whole Foods sells brewing supplies??

 

[kmos]

Whole Foods sells brewing supplies??

It's true: http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/whole-foods-cupertino-new-home-brew-department.22964/

Seems like there's a few across the country that have opened a homebrew section. Strange... I guess it's good? Would be interested to hear more of the OP's experience shopping there.

 

[AndrewD]

It's true: http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/whole-foods-cupertino-new-home-brew-department.22964/

Seems like there's a few across the country that have opened a homebrew section. Strange... I guess it's good? Would be interested to hear more of the OP's experience shopping there.

They have an excellent selection of grains and a decent selection of misc. ingredients and basic equipment. Like I said before, the yeast and hops leaves a little to be desired. They have hop union pellets in one oz bags, and carry only white labs yeast tubes. If you've got a few backup recipes in case they are out of something, you could easily go in there and get what you need for a batch. Grains are flat at $1.25 a pound, with good prices on full sacks. The yeast was $6.99 and the hops are $1.99 oz I think.