Averagely Perfect Project #8 - Pre-Poll

Going with barleywine. Outside of Bigfoot (American) and a couple of imports (English), I don't really see much of it anymore, but it's a great style with a lot of room for interpretation.

 

There's a whole load there that I could go with. Picked American Wheat but could easily go for Dark Mild, Belgian Pale or Belgian Dark Strong Ale, and might well change later.

One thing I would suggest is that people don't just think "is this a style that I want to brew" but also "is this a style that will be interesting to talk about". A few of the frontrunners here feel like you could more-or-less predict what the end result will look like from the word go, which might make the process feel a bit less involving...

 

Go Barleywine!

 

I went Kolsch. One I’ve never brewed one. Two is I just want a nice summer beer to drink when I mow.

 

I went Barleywine. I feel it can be complex enough for this. I get that we are going into summer and people want lighter beers for that, but my Hefe has three malts and I am told I am pushing it... I feel the same with Kolsch/Helles?American Wheat. I know more can be added, but someone would have to do some serious convincing. Leaving my Baltic in the dust, because I am thinking of all the Barleywines I have had in the last couple years and wondering why I haven't made one yet.

 

belgian dark, or bust! of course barleywines good too

 

I’ve been thinking of brewing a Belgian dark myself again sometime soon, so I vote for that

 

Kölsch style; crisp, clean, refreshing.

 

Kolsch

 

I went kolsh even though I said hefe in the other thread as I hadn’t thought about that style.

 

I went Barleywine as well- prefer an English style. This is the time of year to brew one, it will be just about right in 6-7 months!

 

Really hoping East Coast Yeast drops some Homebrew quantities of their Kolsch yeast in the near future. I guess It’s the old Brewtek CL-450 which from what I’ve heard is phenomenal.

Kolsch is gonna be all about process, not necessarily ingredients.

 

Love Kolsch, but it's a simple style. Barleywine, with it's depth of malt, potential for hoppy bitterness and aromatics, and American or English leanings, lends itself better to the Averagely Perfect treatment

 

Went with Barleywine, though slightly biased there. I think it can be as simple or complex as we would like. There is a lot of good conversation that can be had around this style when crowd-sourcing a recipe. I also rarely brew anything over 6% anymore so its a good chance to get something bigger on tap.

 

For those voting Kolsch or Hefeweizen could you tell us why? Sure, they are damn fine beers, but I don’t see many options for interesting AP discussions. I think most people here could predict the final recipe/ process right now.
I voted Belgian Pale, very under rated style in my opinion. I have no problem jumping ship to Barleywine though.
Also, a Belgian dark strong is just a Dubbel with more malt, and we already did one of those.

 

My guess is that most of us are bored and summer is here and we want to drink something easy when the warm weather hits.

 

Fair enough. Keep in mind the last AP beer took about 3 months to finish voting. So if we land on Kolsch it gets brewed around July and then lager for at least a month.

 

changed my vote to barley wine, bring on the octain

 

Well timing wise I have to buy my ingredients today so I’m gonna go ahead and buy Kolsch stuff because I want a mowing beer. If anyone has a tried and true recipe they absolutely love shoot me a link I’d appreciate it. Cheers