j1gsaw
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Howdy all.
Im finally getting around to ordering in the ingredients for the Hens Tooth recipe, however just need some advice on a few things. Firstly, The recipe calls for 372g of crystal malt, but would there be a preferred style?
I was thinking of either Carared malt (weyermann)
or, maybe either pale or medium (Bairds) Any thoughts??
Also, if i cant obtain Pipkin malt, would there be a very close substitute?
And what would be the best yeast to order in for this brew?
Now for the newbie question... (prepare to gasp)
I was just reading up on a BIAB article, and from what i read it sounds easy enough, however, does it actually mean i can just drop 6kg of grain, plus the crystal malt, into the same big grain bag, and merrily boil that for 60-90 mins (with hop additions)
and then a quick drain, chill, yeast etc.
Or does the Crystal malt need to be seperated for less boil time ?
Also, seeing i have only one 19 litre stainless pot, naturally i doubt i can do the full boil in one go, so how do you other brewers get around that? (Probably have 2 pots Jig you tool)...
But for those who have had to do a couple of boil ups for the one recipe... do you just pour the first lot of wort into the carboy and leave it sit until the next lot goes in, say an hr or so later? Or would that be infection risk? Cheers.
Im finally getting around to ordering in the ingredients for the Hens Tooth recipe, however just need some advice on a few things. Firstly, The recipe calls for 372g of crystal malt, but would there be a preferred style?
I was thinking of either Carared malt (weyermann)
or, maybe either pale or medium (Bairds) Any thoughts??
Also, if i cant obtain Pipkin malt, would there be a very close substitute?
And what would be the best yeast to order in for this brew?
Now for the newbie question... (prepare to gasp)
I was just reading up on a BIAB article, and from what i read it sounds easy enough, however, does it actually mean i can just drop 6kg of grain, plus the crystal malt, into the same big grain bag, and merrily boil that for 60-90 mins (with hop additions)
and then a quick drain, chill, yeast etc.
Or does the Crystal malt need to be seperated for less boil time ?
Also, seeing i have only one 19 litre stainless pot, naturally i doubt i can do the full boil in one go, so how do you other brewers get around that? (Probably have 2 pots Jig you tool)...
But for those who have had to do a couple of boil ups for the one recipe... do you just pour the first lot of wort into the carboy and leave it sit until the next lot goes in, say an hr or so later? Or would that be infection risk? Cheers.