OMG! I Need Beer In a Hurry!

Hey, we’ve all been there. You promised to bring some of your awesome homebrew, but then life (or beer) got in the way. No worries! Here’s a tried and true recipe than can go from brew-day to drink-day in 7 days. We’ll be brewing in the English Mild style, similar to Yards Brawler. So think of a flavorful beer, belly filling, but without the stumbling of party guests like your other brews.

We’re going to double the yeast a beer like this would normally need so that fermentation only takes 3 days (or less), then we’ll keg it and carbonate it. Yes, this beer will need to be kegged (But only if you are working on a tight schedule. Otherwise this tasty beverage can be bottled as usual). If you only bottle your bountiful homebrew, you can check out the broad strokes of a kegging kit here.

“The Milder the Wilder”

From the Keystone Emergency Archives

All Grain: (Mash at 150-151 F, 60 minute boil)

6 lb English Pale or Marris Otter (We suggest Maris Otter)

1/3 lb Thomas Fawcett 45L Crystal Malt

1/3 lb Hugh Baird 130L Crystal Malt

2 oz Special B Malt

8oz Maltodextrin (Added during the last 10 minutes of the boil)

1 oz Czech Saaz 60 minutes

1oz Fuggles 2 minutes

2 packs of Wyeast 1968 London ESB, or 2 vials of White Labs WLP002

Extract with Grains:

4 lb Keystone Packaged Liquid Malt Extract (Canada Malting Company)

1/3 lb Thomas Fawcett 45L Crystal Malt

1/3 lb Hugh Baird 130L Crystal Malt

2 oz Special B Malt

8oz Maltodextrin (Added during the last 10 minutes of the boil)

1 oz Kent Goldings 60 minutes

1 oz Fuggles 2 minutes

2 packs of Wyeast 1968 London ESB, or 2 vials of White Labs WLP002