I am fixing for my first all-grain brew day tomorrow, after some mixed success with kits. My focus is to brew small batches with incremental variations, in the hope that I can learn from each change to a basic recipe. Does anyone want to offer their advice?
My first recipe is going to be a very basic pale ale, and I am planning to start with variations on the brew-in-a-bag approach, but willing to take some chances. I reckon I will start with a few gallons with classic BIAB mash/sparge schedule, but split the wort for two (or more) separate boils, and same ferment. I'm not sure what I should expect, and not sure how to vary the hop additions for this variation.
From there, I will probably try some variations on the mash schedule and sparge techniques. After a few iterations, I will try a few different yeast types, etc.
I really want to learn from this, but I still want to brew some good beer in the process. I would appreciate if anyone wants to offer some suggestions of what to do, or what not to do. Or maybe suggest some variations that you always wanted to try, and let me be your guinea pig.
Cheers,
simchuck
My first recipe is going to be a very basic pale ale, and I am planning to start with variations on the brew-in-a-bag approach, but willing to take some chances. I reckon I will start with a few gallons with classic BIAB mash/sparge schedule, but split the wort for two (or more) separate boils, and same ferment. I'm not sure what I should expect, and not sure how to vary the hop additions for this variation.
From there, I will probably try some variations on the mash schedule and sparge techniques. After a few iterations, I will try a few different yeast types, etc.
I really want to learn from this, but I still want to brew some good beer in the process. I would appreciate if anyone wants to offer some suggestions of what to do, or what not to do. Or maybe suggest some variations that you always wanted to try, and let me be your guinea pig.
Cheers,
simchuck