Bryan FinkJul 7, 2024
I think I want my next homebrew to be low-alcohol. Anyone have experience/references to share for that?
I'd like it to be a stout, maybe even oatmeal stout. That's a style I've made a lot, but my usual recipe is 5-6% abv. Hoping to get below 4%, maybe even 3%, without getting too thin/watery.
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Show threadTruly TurleyJul 7, 2024

@bryan
I currently have a recipe I keep brewing since the start of the year. Ridiculously simple, but it's being very well received by friends and family:

3.0kg pale malt
0.1kg pale wheat
60 minute mash about 65C.

15g Mandarina Bavaria @ 60min
45g Mandarina Bavaria @ Flameout or whirlpool
Dry hop if you feel like it.

Yeast: Kveik Voss

Results in a beer about 3.4%.
Have changed up the hops here and there to make an IPA, dry hopped with various.

Just works.

Show threadBryan FinkJul 7, 2024
@turley Is that for a 19l recipe? If so, I'm getting the impression that I should just scale down my usual grain bill, then "relax, don't worry [about the body], and have a homebrew.".
Show threadTruly Turley

@bryan
Yes about 19-20L.
I have been fermenting in the keg with a blowtie spunding valve.
When I have a litre and a bit over I use it as starter.

Scaling down the base malt is going to achieve your goal.
Can try mashing a bit warmer than you usually do too.

Jul 7, 2024 at 6:22pmFedilab
Show threadBryan FinkJul 7, 2024
@turley Interesting process! I'll have to read up on that. Thanks!
Show threadTruly TurleyJul 7, 2024
@bryan
It's not the magic trick of this recipe or anything, but it is convenient and fast!