Favourit brew ?

[tubby_shaw]

Looking back through my log I notice one recipe keeps repeating, it's nothing special, not immensley strong or a huge grain bill or a complex hop schedule, but it keeps on getting brewed
I also experiment a lot and every other brew is a different style, simply because I can
So my question is do you have a house brew

Extract and kit brewers join in too.
Yes we know that you sneak into the grain brewing forum when you think we're not looking

[BitterTed]

I voted a "little bit of both", simply because while I try to have Bitter on tap all the time, it rarely is the same recipe and I do like to brew so many other beers. Bitter and Porter are easily what I brew the most though.

[maxashton]

Not yet. I'm working on finding the right mix of kit and adjuncts.
I fancy myself the chef, you see, so i'm always mucking about with the ingredients.

For this reason, i'd love to get into AG, but just don't have the space.

[Bobwagon]

I usually only have one batch kegged at a time so i cant really say i've got a house beer i keep on tap. But i know for a fact if i did i'd always have a hoppy pale ale on the go. Purely for its simplicity and session qualities

[mysterio]

I brew something between a low gravity bitter and mild mostly, although the recipe is slightly different each time. A mix of marris otter, chocolate and crystal malt and some proportion of fuggles & EK goldings. I like a beer that I can turn around quickly with plenty of flavour, and these beers fit the bill. Of course, I'll have some mad high gravity IPA/Belgian/Fruit/Bock beer maturing while i wire my way through 10 gallons of mild

[Mr blue]

Only started making beer xmas 2005 and all grain since Oct 2006. So trying all the different recipes I can.

[bitter_dave]

I like the idea of having a 'house beer' that I keep coming back to, but I've not come up with it yet (if I ever do). I tend to make 4% bitters a lot, with the occasional deviation into another ale.

[subsub]

I always keep a favorite of mine on tap

[BitterTed]

After pondering this a bit, I think that Batemans XXXB could easily be the house beer, however, I am waiting til I make Landlord with the new yeast before I decide!!

[BigEd]

I'm another one in the "little bit of both" category. I brew my IPA the most, maybe 40% of my brews, but I like to have a dark available which is usually a porter. I also try to keep something in the bitter/ESB range around whenever possible. Have to agree with my fellow American, Bitter_Ted that the Bateman's is a terrific recipe. Too bad I drained the last three pints on Sunday. Now that the weather is cold I'm trying to get some lagers brewed in the next few weeks. I have an Oktoberfest, Czech Pils and a CAP (Classic American Pilsner, 19th Century style) planned. If possible I also want to sneak in a Dortmunder while my basement stays cool. Cheers!

[Bigster]

Not brewed the same beer twice yet - every time I think I will brew a favourite again another recipe catches my eye. One day though I will brew Dave Lines clone of ruddles county again - a magnificent beast

[iowalad]

In theory I try to have a bitter and a mild on hand.

However I still have a long way to go before I dial in my favoite.

[Bryggmester]

I have two or three favourites which have evolved over the years, strongish bitters in the 45 to 50 SG range. I keep coming back to these but in between I experiment with something new. When I produce a really outstanding brew as a result it gets added to the list of favourites. I quite often tweak the favourites by using different yeasts or changing the hop profile which all adds to the interest.

[PieOPah]

The only time I have brewed the same brew twice was a coopers stout. Even then I brewed them differently. One had a bottle of ginger wine added, the other several pots of coffee.

Now, while I predominantly brew stouts, I still never follow the same recipe twice. The closest I will get is a modified version of my favourite (to date) stout recipe which I may eventually brew if I get through my backlog of recipes to try!

I personally think that there are far too many different beers in existence to stick to one type all the time. Since I can't get to most of the beers to try them, I will settle for always making a different beer when I can

I may one day stumble upon that amazing recipe that I want again and again. Till I do, Always something different.

For this reason, i'd love to get into AG, but just don't have the space.

You don't really need much more space. I am using a bucket in bucket mashtun which stack inside each other. I take the tape and element off my boiler which then stacks inside the mashtun. Then there is the fermenter which is the same type of bucket as the mashtun is made from. Most other things then go inside the boiler. Everything stakced neatly away in the same amount of space, just a little higher....

You can also just get the right amount of grain for each individual brew (assuming you can get locally - wouldn't be cost effective if mail order due to P&P)

[maxashton]

Sadly, my local hbs closed, so i can't buy real grain anywhere unless i can get it from my mate at www.potbelly-brewery.co.uk.

But he has produce to make, so isn't going to want to send me half his grain stores when i want to make a bitter.

I think i might go half-way and start doing extract kits.

I can do partial mash with diastatic, can't i?