Hello…i know winter is coming, but, any ideas for a spring style (European preferably) other tan witbiers or saisons?
Any brainstorm would be nice
Thanks!
How about a Kolsch?
maibock?
Kolsch, Bo Pils, Helles. Maybe a Belgian Blonde…
That too…
I love helles and vienna lager, never made a lager though.
If you live in a cold climate like me, lagering can be as easy as putting your fermenter into a cold corner of your basement or garage, then just let 'er go for a month or two. I’ve got a schwarzbier going right now in my basement at 58 F, and before you say “that’s too warm for a lager!”, realize that you can make very clean ales at that temperature, and I am using a Kolsch yeast which bridges that gap between ale and lager. So yeah, I’m cheating a bit. But I could very easily make a lager in my garage if I wanted, which has been 40-ish for several weeks and still should be for another week or two. If it gets too cold outside, bring it in for a couple of days. It won’t hurt a flea and you’ll still make beer, even if it doesn’t cleanly meet the definition of ale or lager. So anyway…
My suggestion was going to be to make a maibock. That will be the next style that I brew. And yes, I’ll use a real lager yeast in some combination of my garage and basement for that one.
For me, Maibock is the perfect spring beer.
thanks for your ideas…going on the belgian side…do you think a biere de mars would be similar to a maibock?
by definition it is a spring beer. the others above are good choices but i think for later spring and summer they fit better.