What shall I make next?

[atc]

Come on guys

I've got Stout, IPA and Wheat beer conditioning OK what's next?

any ideas i fancy something different?

[lancsSteve]

Roggenbier?


http://hopville.com/beer-style/roggenbi ... er-recipes

that's my next and sounds v different and would use same yeast as wheat beer

[sidneybigbrew]

st peters ruby ale

[lancsSteve]

st peters ruby ale

just what I was going to say if kit only, else maybe time to look at the beers of the world and/or brewferm kits for something different. Though really I'd say 'buy a boiler' and go extract recipes and a lot of possibilities are opened up

[atc]

Well , made a small brew of Brewferm Grand Cru . Going to do a St Peter Ruby Red in the New Year, cant find space over Christmas.

Slightly off the point how much more work is AG brewing cos reading the posts sounds like its the best method for quality.

[lancsSteve]

Slightly off the point how much more work is AG brewing cos reading the posts sounds like its the best method for quality.

Work? About 6 hours per brew...

Kit? Need a boiler and mash tun (and easier with a sparge tank too)

A good middle-way to consider in terms of both time and kit and quality is to get yourself a decent boiler and go for extract brewing: this allows you to formulate and/or follow a huge variety of recipes and styles and you can start to use both unmalted grains (e.g. crystal and black malts or roasted barley) and proper hops in the boil for bittering and flavour/aroma and make award-winning beers that are far more varied than kits (and can be REALLY REALLY good in my experience). It's a good halfway house between kit and all grain brewing in terms of kit (£60ish for a boiler), time (2-3 hours for a brew) and all the kit is still needed if you then go for a mash tun and all grain brewing.

Extract brewing is VERY popular in the USA and there are some fantastic recipes and books (e.g. brewing classic styles is primarily a kit brewers book) out there for extract brewing and it lets you find your feet before jumping all the way into the commitment of time and kit for all grain.

And then once you've gotten used to that you can go for all grain by making the extra kit or keeping an eye on the forums here and eBay to pick up the required bits a period of time and at lower price. And get some more reading in on all grain too...