loikar
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High Kids,
Well after 5 months of non-brewing, I finally got off my arse and thought i would just chuck a quick one in.
But I'm going to start again because I want to refine what I already know. And since SWMBO has a belly full of arms and legs again, I can't afford to be buying a carton of Fat Yak every week anymore.
SO, got me a bog standard Coopers lager kit and a box of BE1.
Going to chuck in about 15g of Cascade (been sitting in the Freezer for 6 months) as I fill the fermenter up to 23L, but thats it.
2x Kit yeast so 14g starter just to give it some balls and i'll cook it at about 20c.
Not going to rack it but leave it in primary for 2 weeks and then cold chill in my old fridge at about 4C for another week.
Then bulk prime on about 150g of Dex, bottle and let it sit for a few weeks.
From there I want to build on it.
Work out what it needs and slowly define a flavor I really like.
From there I'll move to extract again and do the same.
Once I have that down, I'll move to BIAB.
With so many options, I found myself experimenting a lot last time I was brewing, and I made some really nice beers.
But this time I want to focus on developing just a few beers I really like and can make well, consistently.
No spreadsheets, no beersmith, no recipies, but just by working from the ground up.
Brew night tonight, should only take an hour, but I'm looking forward to it!
Cheers,
BF
Well after 5 months of non-brewing, I finally got off my arse and thought i would just chuck a quick one in.
But I'm going to start again because I want to refine what I already know. And since SWMBO has a belly full of arms and legs again, I can't afford to be buying a carton of Fat Yak every week anymore.
SO, got me a bog standard Coopers lager kit and a box of BE1.
Going to chuck in about 15g of Cascade (been sitting in the Freezer for 6 months) as I fill the fermenter up to 23L, but thats it.
2x Kit yeast so 14g starter just to give it some balls and i'll cook it at about 20c.
Not going to rack it but leave it in primary for 2 weeks and then cold chill in my old fridge at about 4C for another week.
Then bulk prime on about 150g of Dex, bottle and let it sit for a few weeks.
From there I want to build on it.
Work out what it needs and slowly define a flavor I really like.
From there I'll move to extract again and do the same.
Once I have that down, I'll move to BIAB.
With so many options, I found myself experimenting a lot last time I was brewing, and I made some really nice beers.
But this time I want to focus on developing just a few beers I really like and can make well, consistently.
No spreadsheets, no beersmith, no recipies, but just by working from the ground up.
Brew night tonight, should only take an hour, but I'm looking forward to it!
Cheers,
BF
funny that!
