keifer33
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Apologies if any these have been asked time and time again.
Grabbed a Coopers Kit back in March and have been making a few of the 'Kit & Kilo' and have turned out ok but the more I read the more my thirst to move onwards great-ens.
So on the weekend I went to my local homebrew shop for some advice and supply of crystal malt grain,hops and better yeast to take the next step up by adding things to the kits.
Came away with the following which ive made as per the instructions that where available
Little Creatures Pale Ale Clone
Ingedients:
ESB Pale Ale 1.7kg
Light Dried Malt 1kg
150g Crystal Malted Grain
25g Chinook Hops
25g Cascade Hops
Safale US-05 Yeast
Basically filled a pot with boiled water with grain and chinook keeping it hot for 20mins and then turned off the heat and added the cascade for 10mins. Then chucked the malt and can in the fermenter got to around 22 degrees and added the yeast. Now one of my questions is I did three hydrometer reads and each came in around 1035-1036ish which I thought is quite low but I stirred and tested all three times before adding yeast. Does this sound about right or have I done something wrong? The mix is fermenting away and its foamy on the top so must be working.
My next question is as a beginner am I better off sticking with a few more brews similar to the above or am I better to get stuck into doing extract style kits like a witch and a big cold-rum? Just after what other people have done and how they got started cause to be honest Im quite overwhelmed with the options to brew beer
Also my Father really wanted a Newcastle Brown Ale Style beer done asap as its becoming harder to source. Are the ESB Kits (the 3kg) mash ones where you just add water and yeast any better than the Coopers ones. From memory they where the $40-50 kits.
Grabbed a Coopers Kit back in March and have been making a few of the 'Kit & Kilo' and have turned out ok but the more I read the more my thirst to move onwards great-ens.
So on the weekend I went to my local homebrew shop for some advice and supply of crystal malt grain,hops and better yeast to take the next step up by adding things to the kits.
Came away with the following which ive made as per the instructions that where available
Little Creatures Pale Ale Clone
Ingedients:
ESB Pale Ale 1.7kg
Light Dried Malt 1kg
150g Crystal Malted Grain
25g Chinook Hops
25g Cascade Hops
Safale US-05 Yeast
Basically filled a pot with boiled water with grain and chinook keeping it hot for 20mins and then turned off the heat and added the cascade for 10mins. Then chucked the malt and can in the fermenter got to around 22 degrees and added the yeast. Now one of my questions is I did three hydrometer reads and each came in around 1035-1036ish which I thought is quite low but I stirred and tested all three times before adding yeast. Does this sound about right or have I done something wrong? The mix is fermenting away and its foamy on the top so must be working.
My next question is as a beginner am I better off sticking with a few more brews similar to the above or am I better to get stuck into doing extract style kits like a witch and a big cold-rum? Just after what other people have done and how they got started cause to be honest Im quite overwhelmed with the options to brew beer
Also my Father really wanted a Newcastle Brown Ale Style beer done asap as its becoming harder to source. Are the ESB Kits (the 3kg) mash ones where you just add water and yeast any better than the Coopers ones. From memory they where the $40-50 kits.