Hi all, i joined this excellent resource a few months ago and have read as much as humanly possible since then everyday on here.Ive done 4 kit brews so far with decent yeast, temp control spec malts and added hop pellets to every brew ( they taste nice )but now have decided to go AG and just jump in.
I just purchased a second hand a keg with top cutoff,2 wort chillers (copper coils) got mum to make me a swiss voil bag, a valley grain mill second hand, 4 corny kegs and a few fonts. I have a fermenting fridge,heat pad and stc 1000 going great guns so hav that part done and fermenters and temp probes etc.All i need to get is a 4 ring burner now and im ready for my first full BIAB.Plus an easy recipe.I read somewhere (which i cant now find) an (one of many) excellent post by NIckjd about an easy Aussie Alewith POR hops? I wish to do a full boil to finish with 23 odd litres of wort for fermenting.
Basically i want to buy a 25 kg bag of grain for my first few easy brews and was thinking of adding just one spec malt to start with along the lines of NIckjds recipe and POR hop pellets. First question is, is the Aussie Ale Malt 25kg from Craftbrewer a good starting point or should i fork out a bit more for quality or another base malt? Also how much crystal ( or other ) could i put in to improve the base malt for head, body and mouthfeel. I just want an easy starter, easy swilling beer first. Thanks for your suggestions, what a great forum- keep it up!
I just purchased a second hand a keg with top cutoff,2 wort chillers (copper coils) got mum to make me a swiss voil bag, a valley grain mill second hand, 4 corny kegs and a few fonts. I have a fermenting fridge,heat pad and stc 1000 going great guns so hav that part done and fermenters and temp probes etc.All i need to get is a 4 ring burner now and im ready for my first full BIAB.Plus an easy recipe.I read somewhere (which i cant now find) an (one of many) excellent post by NIckjd about an easy Aussie Alewith POR hops? I wish to do a full boil to finish with 23 odd litres of wort for fermenting.
Basically i want to buy a 25 kg bag of grain for my first few easy brews and was thinking of adding just one spec malt to start with along the lines of NIckjds recipe and POR hop pellets. First question is, is the Aussie Ale Malt 25kg from Craftbrewer a good starting point or should i fork out a bit more for quality or another base malt? Also how much crystal ( or other ) could i put in to improve the base malt for head, body and mouthfeel. I just want an easy starter, easy swilling beer first. Thanks for your suggestions, what a great forum- keep it up!