Suggestions Please

[Froggit]

Im just sick of waiting for lager to condition so am now looking for some quicker alternatives for between lager brews.

What would people suggest?

Kolsch i guess is out as that has to be conditioned same as lager, what about steam beer, not really come across that before. Would it be possible to brew an ale with lager malts and a clean yeast, if so what would you recommend.

I dont expect it to be a lager Im just after a clean, light refreshing summer drink that isnt overly aley (if that makes sense).

As always any feed back will be appreciated!

[themadhippy]

One that ive brewed a few times,never bothered about fermenting at low tempreture,and its lucky if it last a week in the bottle before sampling begins,still turns out a cracking pint
Schiehallion og 1048 ABV 4.8% 12.5 units of colour 5 gallon batch.
LAGER MALT 4570 gms
WHEAT MALT 240 gms
HOPS BOIL TIME 90 minutes 37.5 EBU

CHALLENGER27 gms
HERSBRUCKER 29 gms

Add 20 gms HERSBRUCKER last 15 minutes.

This beer is brewed with a lager yeast.

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[StrangeBrew]

Possibly Summer Lightning or a Wheat Beer.

[Zephiacus]

An american Pale perchance, like an SNPA clone? Also a lager style beer fermented out with us-05 works out pretty well without all the hassle of lagering.

[alix101]

A blonde ale.. I will elaborate when I get my thinking hat on

[Rookie]

A lot of lagers can be fermented with nuetral ale yeast and turn out pretty good.

[Andy Dean]

+1 for the Scheihallion, i do that recipe quite a bit. I don't bother with lager yeast though as I've been lead to believe Harviestoun don't either, just use S04, think i used S33 last time and it turned out lovely!

[Froggit]

Ok thanks for the replys guys.

Looks like Schiehallion then and i will use lager yeast as i have some.