jwsg
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Hey all,
First post here.. I've read through a lot of the posts and info on AHB and they have all been really helpful, thanks .
I've done a few kit extract brews before and in my current brew I decided to move away from the kits so I could make a better and more custom beer. I would like to get some feedback on the method and ingredients used so I can make an improvement on my next brew which will be as soon as I bottle my current one. Any help would be appreciated!
Ingredients for 23L:
1.5kg LME
1kg LDME
300g Medium Crystal Malt (Steeped for 30 min in cheese cloth bag and then removed)
30g Amarillo @ 60 min
10g Amarillo @ 30 min
5g Amarillo @ 15 min
5g Amarillo @ 5 min
(all hop additions in cheese cloth bag)
15g Cascade Finishing Hops (Steeped 10 minutes, then put the liquid and whole tea bag in to the fermenter which was removed on day 6)
5 - 10g Amarillo Dry Hopped @ day 6 of fermentation (didn't have scales so somewhere between 5g and 10g)
Finings
Lallemand American West Coast Yeast
OG = 1.036
I created the wort last Thursday and had to wait over night for the temperature to drop before I pitched the yeast (at about 22 degrees). The fermenter has since been at a steady 18 degrees in the basement for 6 days of fermentation now.
It was the first time I used a hop tea bag and the instructions said to steep and throw the whole bag in at the beginning of fermentation, however today I removed the tea bag as I was worried that it might start to produce a grassy flavour if I leave it in there for too long. When I recovered the bag I threw in about 5 - 10g of Amarillo pellets as well to try and add a little more aroma, without over doing it.
I took a reading and the SG is now at 1.012 and I had a taste of the beer and it tasted great - by far the best prelim tasting I have done so far in my brews, and the head looked very thick and creamy .
I understand that this beer is going to be light for an APA - only about 4%... So that will be something I will improve next time by either adding more liquid or dry extract, not sure how much though - i'd like a beer about 5.5%.
Can anyone make any suggestions or recommendations on how I can improve on my next brew? Different hop selections, specialty grains, hopping technique, additions?
Also, i just threw the hop pellets in to the fermenter and I always bottle from the tap at the bottom of the carboy.. Will the hops be a problem when bottling? I was thinking of bottling in about a week with carbonation drops.
Cheers!!! :chug:
First post here.. I've read through a lot of the posts and info on AHB and they have all been really helpful, thanks .
I've done a few kit extract brews before and in my current brew I decided to move away from the kits so I could make a better and more custom beer. I would like to get some feedback on the method and ingredients used so I can make an improvement on my next brew which will be as soon as I bottle my current one. Any help would be appreciated!
Ingredients for 23L:
1.5kg LME
1kg LDME
300g Medium Crystal Malt (Steeped for 30 min in cheese cloth bag and then removed)
30g Amarillo @ 60 min
10g Amarillo @ 30 min
5g Amarillo @ 15 min
5g Amarillo @ 5 min
(all hop additions in cheese cloth bag)
15g Cascade Finishing Hops (Steeped 10 minutes, then put the liquid and whole tea bag in to the fermenter which was removed on day 6)
5 - 10g Amarillo Dry Hopped @ day 6 of fermentation (didn't have scales so somewhere between 5g and 10g)
Finings
Lallemand American West Coast Yeast
OG = 1.036
I created the wort last Thursday and had to wait over night for the temperature to drop before I pitched the yeast (at about 22 degrees). The fermenter has since been at a steady 18 degrees in the basement for 6 days of fermentation now.
It was the first time I used a hop tea bag and the instructions said to steep and throw the whole bag in at the beginning of fermentation, however today I removed the tea bag as I was worried that it might start to produce a grassy flavour if I leave it in there for too long. When I recovered the bag I threw in about 5 - 10g of Amarillo pellets as well to try and add a little more aroma, without over doing it.
I took a reading and the SG is now at 1.012 and I had a taste of the beer and it tasted great - by far the best prelim tasting I have done so far in my brews, and the head looked very thick and creamy .
I understand that this beer is going to be light for an APA - only about 4%... So that will be something I will improve next time by either adding more liquid or dry extract, not sure how much though - i'd like a beer about 5.5%.
Can anyone make any suggestions or recommendations on how I can improve on my next brew? Different hop selections, specialty grains, hopping technique, additions?
Also, i just threw the hop pellets in to the fermenter and I always bottle from the tap at the bottom of the carboy.. Will the hops be a problem when bottling? I was thinking of bottling in about a week with carbonation drops.
Cheers!!! :chug: