Bjornwiser
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Ok I've brewed a bunch of kits over a couple of years and really need to take it to another level. I was going to go AG but the LHBS guy suggested a partial (fair enough).
I've gone through as many threads as I can handle figuring out what to do and have come up with this for a CPA.
Ingredients
1.7kg Coopers Australian Pale Ale kit
500g Crystal Grain
500g Malt Plus Booster (brewcraft)
15g Cascade Finishing Hops (5.7%)
11.5g Safale US-05
Proceedure
1. Add Coopers gloop to fermenter.
2. Add Malt plus Booster to fermenter.
3. Make yeast starter.
4. Add Crystal Grain to 4Lt of hot water (60 - 70 degrees) Does the grain have to be in a bag? LHBS guy said I only sparge ??? Looks like I need a bag to do this though.
5. 30 mins of grain in the water at 60 - 70.
6. Add malt juice to fermenter, straining out the grain.
7. Add extra water to top up fermenter to final volume (Can sparge grain here with the water ???) Think I have the right terminology :blink: Rinse water through grain.
8. Add hops tea bag to fermenter.
9. Add yeast.
10. Seal up and cross fingers.
Only other thing I will do that I haven't done before is siphon fermenter 1 into fermenter 2 when I get a build up of gunk on the bottom of the fermenter.
Now am I on the right track? Terminology aside . All I'm trying to do is add flavour to the CPA and I just want to try a baby step towards AG, not adding lots of different ingredience just yet, keeping it simple.
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
Cheers :beerbang:
I've gone through as many threads as I can handle figuring out what to do and have come up with this for a CPA.
Ingredients
1.7kg Coopers Australian Pale Ale kit
500g Crystal Grain
500g Malt Plus Booster (brewcraft)
15g Cascade Finishing Hops (5.7%)
11.5g Safale US-05
Proceedure
1. Add Coopers gloop to fermenter.
2. Add Malt plus Booster to fermenter.
3. Make yeast starter.
4. Add Crystal Grain to 4Lt of hot water (60 - 70 degrees) Does the grain have to be in a bag? LHBS guy said I only sparge ??? Looks like I need a bag to do this though.
5. 30 mins of grain in the water at 60 - 70.
6. Add malt juice to fermenter, straining out the grain.
7. Add extra water to top up fermenter to final volume (Can sparge grain here with the water ???) Think I have the right terminology :blink: Rinse water through grain.
8. Add hops tea bag to fermenter.
9. Add yeast.
10. Seal up and cross fingers.
Only other thing I will do that I haven't done before is siphon fermenter 1 into fermenter 2 when I get a build up of gunk on the bottom of the fermenter.
Now am I on the right track? Terminology aside . All I'm trying to do is add flavour to the CPA and I just want to try a baby step towards AG, not adding lots of different ingredience just yet, keeping it simple.
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
Cheers :beerbang: