Hello guys, my question is a simple one, we are a group of 3 called Alquimia Brewing Company, 2 years ago we decided to make our own brew, we started with a stout, i think its not as popular as other beer styles, then we made a centennial blonde, a huge hit, then an aromatic brown ale, everybody says is the best beer so far, im like the beer master of our team and im looking for a 3rd beer style to make for our next beer, we think is good to stick with this 3 and make it often, what do you recommend for our 3rd beer? A stout? A porter? I know i depends of what we like but if we wanna start something serious, what do you think we should aim for in the next recipe?
I always recommend brewing what you think you might like to drink. That centennial blond sounds like a good recipe to try to perfect. I see you had a question about improving it. I suggest gathering information from that thread and seeing if you can improve on this huge hit.
In my opinion brew what you like and whats tasty to you, also I like to try to brew as many styles as possible because who knows there might be a certain style that you nail, and make an award winning beer. Either way good luck and happy brewing!!!!
I can't agree with @pweis909 more. You have a recipe that is a hit but you feel something is lacking. Too many brewers chase the variety dragon. They end up being mediocre at a lot of brews and the master of none. After that, the advise to brew what you like is solid. I would not chase the perceived market if you do not have a passion for what you are brewing.
Agree with @pweis909 and @scottakelly. Dial in your recipe—the experience you will get fine-tuning the variables will serve you well down the line. But if you decide to try something new, I'll just note that so far your beers seem to have been mostly malt-driven, with maybe some hop character as well. I would recommend experimenting with a yeast-driven style like a hefeweizen or a Belgian. Again, though, I think your best bet is to rebrew the blonde.
Yep I decided recently to work on my "base" recipes and then improve from there. My next batch will be my pale ale, and from that I will work on making IPAs, DIPAs, and other things I can go off of it with, and the needed changes.
Tx a lot for the suggestions. Ill get back to work into that blonde till i make it perfect for my taste. People already said it was really good but i know it can get better. What i love about this forums is that people always have the right words to motivate brewers to move forward and improve. Tx a lot again.
Yep, I have two yeast strains I like, but want to choose one as my go to. So with my pale, I plan to use both at some point, and maybe a third just to see the difference, and make a decision from that. Then I can tweak the grains and hops.
You have fruit that we can't get. i would make some kind of crazy lite fruit beer to attract the locals.
Guava in an IPA or a Pale Ale, my daughter brought me one back from a small brewer in California, I was knocked off my feet how well that fruit came thru in that beer. Totally different direction than making something that compliments the hops
