what a great thread! just kicking back deciding my next brew and hope to work out an all grain version of this . Just an idea for getting your fridge up over 18 degrees, i have put a computer fan in the bottom of my fridge. the fan circulates the air around giving it an even temp throughout and also acts as a slight heater, i just have a temp controller that kicks the fridge in if it gets half a degree hotter than my set point . so it's pretty easy to keep your brew within half a degree of a certain temp.WWDWD said:Glad people are still interested in this! I've just brewed another batch that is very similar to the first one I put down but changed slightly due to my available ingredients. This is my first winter brew and I can't get my fridge up to 18C so looks like I'll be setting this down in the hall. The original recipe I put down is definitely a delicious beer (the best I have made so far) but there's still quite a way to go to match Hop Hog and I am keen on getting there. I wanna get some of those resin flavours next time... is Simcoe the best for that?
Anwyays, here's what I put down today. Upped the Galaxy cos I liked it and wanted a lil more of that fruitiness.
Ferment Vol: 21l
3kg Coopers Light Malt Liquid
200g Dextrose (wouldn't normally use dextrose but I was out of Dry Malt and wanted to up the alc a little bit)
200g Crystal grains steeped
6l Hop Boil with
10g galaxy @ 60 mins
20g centennial @ 10 mins
20g citra @ 10 mins
15g galaxy @ 10 mins
20g centennial @ 5 mins
20g citra @ 5 mins
15g galaxy @ 5 mins
probably dry hop with whatever centennial and citra I have left and some galaxy
US-05
OG 1.041
Thanks mate. Why then do most extract recipes have you boiling the LME for the duration of the 60 minutes?shacked said:Hey mate,
Your best to add the balance of your extract with about 5 mins to go in the boil.
The optimal gravity for hop utilisation is 1.040 which can be achieved with approximately 100g of dry malt extract per 1L of water. I usually shoot for around 7L for a boil.
check this out: http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/
Cheers!!
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