Impatient B*stard Beer - Suggestions please

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Impatient B*stard Beer - Suggestions please

Post by ercol » Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:31 pm

Good Afternoon!

Relatively new to BIAB, (although i dont feel it - planning stages for approx 2 years!) having just done my second, and first non-disastrous brew at the weekend.

The long wait and setbacks has left me seriously impatient though - Well everyone's impatient at the start anyway, but having kicked off with a Vanilla Porter that i know is going to require some aging to get its full potential i'd like proper brew no.2 to be drinkable in the least amount of time possible - ideally pre/in time for Christmas.

Any suggestions very greatly appreciated.

I've got a decent stock of bits and pieces but not enough Pale to do anything with so i'll have to put an order in anyway, so no considerations on that front.
Personally i lean toward darker/full flavoured beers (I'm not one for quantity of liquid, so i like my flavours concentrated ;) but i understand the more complex, the more aging generally required so happy to overlook personal preferences for the sake of quenching this near painful thirst.

Many thanks in advance,

ercol
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Re: Impatient B*stard Beer - Suggestions please

Post by pas8280 » Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:49 pm

A nice fruity hoppy blonde or pale, masses of late hops citra, nelson sauvin or Amarillo if you can get hold of them failing that styrian goldings or even saaz drunk very young (two weeks in the bottle) you can't beat it : )
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Re: Impatient B*stard Beer - Suggestions please

Post by ercol » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:14 pm

I shall look in to that - If we were relating your suggestion to a commercially available beer what kind of thing are we talking about?

I'm sure i could dig up something that fits your description but being new to this its just nice to have an idea of what i'm aiming at...!

thanks

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Re: Impatient B*stard Beer - Suggestions please

Post by oz11 » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:30 pm

You could try a (dark) mild. Plenty of flavour and don't need a lot of maturing. Indeed, some say best drunk young.

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Re: Impatient B*stard Beer - Suggestions please

Post by pas8280 » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:33 pm

ercol wrote:I shall look in to that - If we were relating your suggestion to a commercially available beer what kind of thing are we talking about?

I'm sure i could dig up something that fits your description but being new to this its just nice to have an idea of what i'm aiming at...!

thanks
Hawkshead Windermere pale immediately springs to mind its won quite a few awards and you can get it bottled at tosco
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Re: Impatient B*stard Beer - Suggestions please

Post by far9410 » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:51 pm

Ditch's coopers stout is ready to drink damn quick and great too!!
no palate, no patience.


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