Thoughts for a summer ale recipe?

[colonial]

Something drinkable and refreshing, but that still has character? Must be an ale, as I don't have the means to lager.

Cheers in advance.

[floydmeddler]

Honey Zest Ale
6-B Blonde Ale

Size: 25.0 L
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 272.56 kcal per 568 mL

Original Gravity: 1.051 (1.038 - 1.054)
Terminal Gravity: 1.013 (1.008 - 1.013)
Color: 4.19 (3.0 - 6.0)
Alcohol: 5.03% (3.8% - 5.5%)
Bitterness: 19.8 (15.0 - 28.0)

Ingredients:
5kg English 2-row Pale
38.0 g Saaz (3%) - added first wort, boiled 90 min
22.0 g Saaz (3%) - added during boil, boiled 20 min
33.0 g Hallertau Hersbruck (2.2%) - added during boil, boiled 20 min
33.0 g Orange zest - added during boil, boiled 15.0 min
13.0 g Saaz (3%) - added during boil, boiled 2 min
16.0 g Hallertau Hersbruck (2.2%) - added during boil, boiled 2 min
600 g Honey
1.3 ea Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04
15 g Orange zest - added dry to secondary fermenter

Results generated by BeerTools Pro 1.5.2

Have this in secondary at the min. This beer is fresh and zesty; perfect for good weather drinking. Can't wait till it's ready!

[Horden Hillbilly]

Here is my summer ale recipe.

Pale Malt 3870g
Crystal Malt 170g
Torrified Wheat 170g
Goldings Hops 30 Bittering units, added at start of the boil.
Goldings Hops 16g, added at the last 15 minutes of the boil.
Goldings Hops 6g, added at the end of the boil, soak for 30 mins.
Estimated OG 1042

This is based on 78% effiency & 23 litres.

[yashicamat]

I would suggest the use of a clean yeast such as US-05 or Nottingham for this style of beer; I think the crisp, hoppy end palate they tend to produce would suit the style.

[TaiD]

Hi Guys,

I am very new to this brewing............

However I am also fairly brave and love messing about (and beer) so I did this from looking at other recipes and sort of hashing it together.

3500g Pale Malt
164g crystal (all i had left)
35g Fuggles (90 min)
20g Challenger (60 min)
10g Fuggles (15 min)
10g Elderflowers dried (15 min)
10g Fuggles (steep for 30 min)
2 x pack Safeale S04 (first packet didn't start too well so i made a second starter but seemed a shame to chuck the first down the sink (maybe just slow yeasties))

OG - 1.052
FG - 1.008

Siphoned out of fermenter after 10 days and looks like this:



tastes pretty hoppy but is light refreshing and i am guessing it will mellow a little in the keg and develop some condition.?

[boingy]

Summer ale?
Gotta be a Summer Lightning clone.

[nanobrewer]

Taid - my first AG brew was very similar to that minus the elderflower and added some flaked maize and some spraymalt as primer. looks very similar but with a creamy head.

tastes great!

[jubby]

For me it has to be Bishop's Farewell:

Bishops Farewell - Oakham Ales

25 litres
36 EBU,
4.6%ABV

Mash efficiency: 90%

4.2kg Maris Otter
365g Wheat Malt
35g challenger (7.2%) whole boil,
35g cascade (7.1%) last 15 min,
35g cascade at boiler off.

90 min boil

Yeast WLP001, US-05 or another of your choice