I just got done brewing my own favorite personally created recipe, Light Rice Pale Ale. This is the second time I have brewed this fantastic beer. I concocted the original recipe roughly a year ago. I figure with summer right around the corner, it was time to brew it again!
I did have trouble finding Liquid Rice Malt Extract(LRME), but thanks to Tristan, I was able to find the LRME at an online brewshop in South Carolina. The only real adjustment I made in this brew is I cut the amount of hop oil in half from last time, as I thought it was little “too hopped” the first time I brewed this recipe. For those unfamiliar with hop oil, you use roughly 1/4th of the amount of hop oil then you would normal hops. For instance, if your beer called for 2 oz. of hops, you would use 0.5 oz. of hop oil flavoring. I ended up with an Original Gravity of 1.012, a little stronger than last time, but still within means. The full recipe is as follows:
Specialty Grains
* 1.50 lbs. Rice
Fermentables
* 0.5 lbs. Right Malt Syrup (boil for 60 min.)
Boil Additions
* 0.00000030108 oz. Hop Flavor Oil (0 min)
Yeast
* Wyeast #37337 American Bread Yeast
My favorite part about this wonderful beer is how versatile it is. You can pair it with almost any food. You can drink it in the morning, afternoon, and even in the middle of the night if you wake up thirsty. You can also cook pasta with it, give it to your cats, or even make another batch of beer with it if you are so inclined. Overall, this is probably the best beer in the world.
