{"id":5279,"date":"2015-04-20T10:18:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T14:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=5279"},"modified":"2015-04-29T17:08:33","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T21:08:33","slug":"three-of-my-favorite-beer-styles-with-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/20\/three-of-my-favorite-beer-styles-with-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"Three of my Favorite Beer Styles with Recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Stout<\/a>I don’t consider myself much of a competitive beer brewer, so I primarily brew what I enjoy brewing. So today I thought I would share a few of my favorite beer styles and provide links to a few recipes you also might enjoy. These are all ales you can brew yourself easily at home without any special equipment.<\/p>\n

Robust English Porter<\/h3>\n

Heading the list is a good English Porter. As you will see I enjoy dark beers, and Porter is perhaps my favorite overall style. Porter itself has an interesting history<\/a>. It was one of the first mass produced beers, reaching incredible levels of popularity in the late 1700’s. It was once brewed in vessels as large as 20,000 barrels, a volume that dwarfs the largest modern breweries (about 1600 barrels).<\/p>\n

The English style of Porter<\/a> is my favorite due to its inherent complexity. Not only are a variety of dark malts often used, but the English ale yeasts and hops provide another level of character to the beer leaving a cacophony of flavors. Early in my brewing career I would often make “kitchen sink” porter which consisted of whatever dark malts I had laying around.<\/p>\n

Here’s one of my early porter recipes that came out well<\/a>, and I’ve brewed many times. Looking at it now, I would probably cut down on the caramel malt a bit (caramel is overused by many brewers these days) but the recipe still stands up well.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Belgian Wit Beer<\/h3>\n

Belgian wit<\/a> is one of my favorite lighter colored beers. The all grain version is easy to make, and the combination of unmalted wheat and a hint of spices gives it a wealth of body and aroma. It is also a very popular beer with guests, which is an important thing if you are a dark beer drinker like I am.<\/p>\n

The characteristic flavors of Wit (white beer) come from the use of unmalted wheat (50% in this case). I prefer to use flaked wheat as it can be mashed right in with the pale malt, and does not require a separate cereal mash<\/a>. Clarity is generally not a concern with this beer – it will likely be cloudy but most guests don’t care because it tastes great. A touch of cracked coriander seeds and bitter orange peel provides just the right amount of spice aroma in the finished beer, making it unique.<\/p>\n

Here’s the recipe for my favorite Belgian Wit<\/a> – an exceptionally easy beer to brew that comes out great every time.<\/p>\n

Dry Irish Stout<\/h3>\n

I love stouts, including sweet stouts, milk stouts and imperial stouts. Arguably the easiest of my favorite stouts to make is the Dry Irish Stout<\/a>. It has a strong, distinctive coffee-like flavor, amazing body and head, and looks to the uninitiated as if I am drinking 30-weight motor oil. What could be better?<\/p>\n

To brew the perfect Irish Stout you actually need to defy some common misconceptions. First, even though the beer is loaded with body, it is not a high gravity beer. In fact the Irish version clocks in at around 1.036. Secondly you do need enough hops to properly balance the beer – so you can’t under-hop it. Next you need body, and lots of it – which again comes from unmalted grain – in this case a generous dose of unmalted (flaked) barley. Finally you need to get the dry coffee flavor – which only comes from Black Barley (Stout Roast). Unlike black patent malt which is roasted malt, black barley (stout roast) is made from darkly roasted unmalted barley.<\/p>\n

So here’s my favorite Dry Irish Stout recipe<\/a> – another easy to brew beer that comes out great every time!<\/p>\n

So that is a summary of three of my favorite beers to brew and keep on stock. If you have a beer style or recipe you enjoy, share it on BeerSmithRecipes.com and leave a note below!<\/p>\n

Thanks for joining me on the BeerSmith Home Brewing Blog<\/a>. Be sure to sign up for my newsletter<\/a> or my podcast <\/a>(also on itunes<\/a>\u2026and youtube<\/a>\u2026and\u00a0streaming radio station<\/a>) for more great tips on homebrewing. Also check out the How to Brew Video series<\/a> I shot with John Palmer if you want to learn more about all grain brewing.<\/p>\n

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