Good Day I did my first brew yesterday I brewed this recipe more or less
Bee Cave Brewery Haus Pale Ale
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/bee-cave-brewery-haus-pale-ale-31793/
and I did learn a lot and the brew went well for my first one
you cannot have too big of a brew kettle from what I can tell
I did an extract brew of this recipe with a boil of six gallons of water I thought why not do it in my 32 quart kettle and remembered all the boil over stories
so I used my 64 quart kettle I am glad I did
I learned how easy boil overs can happen and how quickly
I learned why taking the time to set everything up and being organized is so important
things happen very quickly when you are brewing and can get out of hand fast if you are not prepared
yeasties are hardy beasties
I used a couple of packs of Nottingham yeast in a 11 gallon batch I took the time to rehydrate as I waited for the wort to cool the last little bit
followed the Danstar website instructions to the letter all looked good add my yeast to the wort and check back after 30 or 40 minutes nothing
everything was bubbling and foaming before I pitched
so I set the temp on my STC 1000 and put it to bed I was going to just put a stopper in with a 3 piece air-lock
but thought again to all the threads I read on here about cleaning up wort so I put in my blow off tube
well I will tell you glad I did opened the freezer this AM to check before going off to the salt mine
the jar of san star was bubbling ferociously blow off tubes are a good thing
I am glad I posted what I had thought I wanted to brew the 2 lbs of crystal 40 and 1 lbs of crystal 60 would have been way too much
the 1 lbs of 40 was more enough to give my brew a very nice color
thanks to the folks that steered me in the right direction
I was going to brew this
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/apa-recipe-help-advice-etc-my-first-brew-420786/
something I put together with brewing software that I thought looked good but was given the advice below
so I took it I have been wanting to brew since last fall registered here in April did my first brew yesterday
I am glad I took the time to read things that are shared here by other brewers it helped a lot to give me a feel of what it was going to be like before brewing
I was going to brew over the Fourth but was not quite ready I had a few more ducks to get in a row
I got a package on the Fifth from Northern Brewer checked it just to be sure it was all there but really did not open everything should have
went to take an OG reading broke hydrometer, which is a good thing to have more then one of I will pick a couple up today but just check the FG with 12.5 lbs of DME I am sure I should be close to the right OG
Dry Malt Extract it is like working with a giant malt ball
it sticks to everything, it sticks to you, it loves moisture and I thought it was going be like maybe working with table sugar not a chance
maybe I should have went with LME but I have enough DME for about 3 or 4 more brews then hope to be doing all grain
I have a couple of brew kettles now 8 gallons and 16 gallons my big one has a spigot the other one will also in no time
gravity is your friend so much easier to turn a valve then lugging around 11 gallons of burn you hot wort
I will have a chiller for the next brew chillers are a good thing adding ice cold water works but waiting the last few degrees takes forever
over all it went well for me yesterday the sample I tasted was good I like the Cascade hops a lot
thanks to all that keep this place running, thanks to all that take the time to post what they do and how the do it
you all made my brew day
all the best and enjoy the day
S_M
Bee Cave Brewery Haus Pale Ale
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/bee-cave-brewery-haus-pale-ale-31793/
and I did learn a lot and the brew went well for my first one
you cannot have too big of a brew kettle from what I can tell
I did an extract brew of this recipe with a boil of six gallons of water I thought why not do it in my 32 quart kettle and remembered all the boil over stories
so I used my 64 quart kettle I am glad I did
I learned how easy boil overs can happen and how quickly
I learned why taking the time to set everything up and being organized is so important
things happen very quickly when you are brewing and can get out of hand fast if you are not prepared
yeasties are hardy beasties
I used a couple of packs of Nottingham yeast in a 11 gallon batch I took the time to rehydrate as I waited for the wort to cool the last little bit
followed the Danstar website instructions to the letter all looked good add my yeast to the wort and check back after 30 or 40 minutes nothing
everything was bubbling and foaming before I pitched
so I set the temp on my STC 1000 and put it to bed I was going to just put a stopper in with a 3 piece air-lock
but thought again to all the threads I read on here about cleaning up wort so I put in my blow off tube
well I will tell you glad I did opened the freezer this AM to check before going off to the salt mine
the jar of san star was bubbling ferociously blow off tubes are a good thing
I am glad I posted what I had thought I wanted to brew the 2 lbs of crystal 40 and 1 lbs of crystal 60 would have been way too much
the 1 lbs of 40 was more enough to give my brew a very nice color
thanks to the folks that steered me in the right direction
I was going to brew this
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/apa-recipe-help-advice-etc-my-first-brew-420786/
something I put together with brewing software that I thought looked good but was given the advice below
There are a ton of great recipes around. For your first brew make someone else's proven recipe.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/
the more posts in the recipes, generally the more respected the recipe.
There will be a time for creating your own recipe, but it's better to figure out all the other aspects of brewing first with other people proven recipes.
so I took it I have been wanting to brew since last fall registered here in April did my first brew yesterday
I am glad I took the time to read things that are shared here by other brewers it helped a lot to give me a feel of what it was going to be like before brewing
I was going to brew over the Fourth but was not quite ready I had a few more ducks to get in a row
I got a package on the Fifth from Northern Brewer checked it just to be sure it was all there but really did not open everything should have
went to take an OG reading broke hydrometer, which is a good thing to have more then one of I will pick a couple up today but just check the FG with 12.5 lbs of DME I am sure I should be close to the right OG
Dry Malt Extract it is like working with a giant malt ball
it sticks to everything, it sticks to you, it loves moisture and I thought it was going be like maybe working with table sugar not a chance
maybe I should have went with LME but I have enough DME for about 3 or 4 more brews then hope to be doing all grain
I have a couple of brew kettles now 8 gallons and 16 gallons my big one has a spigot the other one will also in no time
gravity is your friend so much easier to turn a valve then lugging around 11 gallons of burn you hot wort
I will have a chiller for the next brew chillers are a good thing adding ice cold water works but waiting the last few degrees takes forever
over all it went well for me yesterday the sample I tasted was good I like the Cascade hops a lot
thanks to all that keep this place running, thanks to all that take the time to post what they do and how the do it
you all made my brew day
all the best and enjoy the day
S_M