BeerBorg

I have a friend at work that is interested in starting to home brew.
I don't do any extract brews anymore, SO...

I am looking for a relatively simple extract recipe that he might be happy with.
I told him I would GIVE him one of my spare LBK's and 8 of my 1/2 liter bottles to get him started.
All he has to do is go by the LHBS and pick up DME . In fact I have an abundance of hops I could give him to start!


Comet at 10.4 %, Nelson Sauvin @ 12%, Sorachi @12%, Citra @ 14.1%,U.K Goldings @7.2%, Mosaic@12.2%, Glacier@ 6%
Perele@8.5%, Magnum @12.1% and Hallertau @4.1%.

He likes Yeungling, I know for sure, and he used to brew his own wine, so he has somewhat of a basic understanding of the process.
I don't wanna start him with something too hoppy and not give it a chance!

Suggestions and recommendations please my friends!
Thanks BORG !

Simple SMaSH would be a great start.
2 gal batch
Single Malt = 3lbs of light DME
Single Hope @ 5-10min.
A quick Ale yeast like Saf 05

He could be done in 15 mins.

Yingling has Cascade hop, so if he use something similar he will be in good shape.

Blue Moon is a very easy recipe with wheat LME, Saaz hops for 60 minutes, corriander and orange for 10 minutes before flameout, and S-05.

Both corriander and orange can be bought at the LHBS, just have to crush the corriander, coffee grinder works well.

BeerRust wrote:Simple SMaSH would be a great start.
2 gal batch
Single Malt = 3lbs of light DME
Single Hope @ 5-10min.
A quick Ale yeast like Saf 05

He could be done in 15 mins.

Yingling has Cascade hop, so if he use something similar he will be in good shape.

What style would this be? I am working with a lbk.... So 2 gallon recipes are right up my ally.

Do a search for "Centennial Blonde" by Biermuncher. I have not met anyone who did not like that except maybe Beerlord as it doesnt have 2.5# of hops in it. Even non-craft drinkers seem to like - or at least tolerate - it. I keep it on continuous rotation not only for guests but for myself.

You also may want to point him to a MrB or BD HME kit for the first round if you will not be helping him. That will probably be just like wine making to him except for the hot water and cooling to pitch.

sgtpeppr56 wrote:

BeerRust wrote:Simple SMaSH would be a great start.
2 gal batch
Single Malt = 3lbs of light DME
Single Hope @ 5-10min.
A quick Ale yeast like Saf 05

He could be done in 15 mins.

Yingling has Cascade hop, so if he use something similar he will be in good shape.

What style would this be? I am working with a lbk.... So 2 gallon recipes are right up my ally.

American Pale Ale, probably.

sgtpeppr56 wrote:

BeerRust wrote:Simple SMaSH would be a great start.
2 gal batch
Single Malt = 3lbs of light DME
Single Hope @ 5-10min.
A quick Ale yeast like Saf 05

He could be done in 15 mins.

Yingling has Cascade hop, so if he use something similar he will be in good shape.

What style would this be? I am working with a lbk.... So 2 gallon recipes are right up my ally.

Not quite a pale ale.

Here's a quick 15-minute pale ale that turned out really good.

Or you could always buy him some HME from BrewDemon. They have a great sale going on right now.

DaYooper wrote:Do a search for "Centennial Blonde" by Biermuncher. I have not met anyone who did not like that except maybe Beerlord as it doesnt have 2.5# of hops in it. Even non-craft drinkers seem to like - or at least tolerate - it. I keep it on continuous rotation not only for guests but for myself.

You also may want to point him to a MrB or BD HME kit for the first round if you will not be helping him. That will probably be just like wine making to him except for the hot water and cooling to pitch.

I had totally forgotten about this article. Read it last year sometime and planned on doing some of the brews myself!
But alas...

This will probably be the direction I point him. He's not gonna be ready to doing anything until after Thanksgiving,
so I have plenty of time to get all the info and whatnot recorded for him!
He said he would pick the hops and DME up at our LHBS, since it's only 3-4 miles from work! I'll give him the yeast.
All told he won't have but about $14 in it, so if he doesn't like it, he won't have spent alot!

Thanks BORG!

DaYooper wrote:You also may want to point him to a MrB or BD HME kit for the first round if you will not be helping him. That will probably be just like wine making to him except for the hot water and cooling to pitch.

I agree with this. An HME is probably the best and easiest way for a total newbie. I think I'd have had a much tougher time when I started out -- and may have given up -- if I hadn't started off with good ol' MrBeer HME kits.

asnider wrote:

DaYooper wrote:You also may want to point him to a MrB or BD HME kit for the first round if you will not be helping him. That will probably be just like wine making to him except for the hot water and cooling to pitch.

I agree with this. An HME is probably the best and easiest way for a total newbie. I think I'd have had a much tougher time when I started out -- and may have given up -- if I hadn't started off with good ol' MrBeer HME kits.

I agree, it's a easy way to learn to make beer.