Just got invited to a party on Memorial Day. Need to brew some beer for the party in a hurry. Beers that are crowd pleasers... when the crowd is BMC drinkers. Initial recon seems that most like the pseudo-BMC as well (faux-craft, if you prefer). Shock Top varietals, Blue Moon varietals, etc. Should be easy, right?
Problem is, I want to take 4 beers, I have 30 days, and only two temp controlled fermenters. Clearly, this means I'm going to have to focus on beers where clarity is not a factor.
Here's my thinking. I brewed up a Blue Moon clone yesterday with WLP 400. I'm brewing a Bavarian Hefe today with WY 3068. Both yeasts operate in the higher temp ranges (400: 67-74F; 3068: 64-75). I think if I get banana off-flavors, nobody in this crowd will notice. I think I can push these two beers to a 7 day primary, transfer to secondary for 3 weeks, and brew again next weekend.
Does this seem plausible? It'd leave me a smidge under 3 weeks to ferment out two other beers (porter? stout? Scotch? ESB? IPA/DIPA?) where clarity is not important.
Problem is, I want to take 4 beers, I have 30 days, and only two temp controlled fermenters. Clearly, this means I'm going to have to focus on beers where clarity is not a factor.
Here's my thinking. I brewed up a Blue Moon clone yesterday with WLP 400. I'm brewing a Bavarian Hefe today with WY 3068. Both yeasts operate in the higher temp ranges (400: 67-74F; 3068: 64-75). I think if I get banana off-flavors, nobody in this crowd will notice. I think I can push these two beers to a 7 day primary, transfer to secondary for 3 weeks, and brew again next weekend.
Does this seem plausible? It'd leave me a smidge under 3 weeks to ferment out two other beers (porter? stout? Scotch? ESB? IPA/DIPA?) where clarity is not important.