Me and my buddy recently brewed a batch of Brewers Best English Pale and replaced the packet of Danstar Nottingham with White Labs English Ale. We also added 1 ounce of chocolate malt to the 8 ounces of Crystal 60. I was wondering if thats too much chocolate malt or enough. Im not really looking...
I knew it was in the realm of almost being a mild. I was thinkin of splitting an ounce of Fuggles or EKGs. I want the malt to be a lil more forward then the hops. Half the ounce at 60 minutes, and the rest with 5 minutes left. Im kind of on the fence about dry hopping this one.
I recently did my first AG BIAB and it turned out decently. My effeciancy was bad, but it didnt taste bad.
2 lbs Maris Otter
1 lb Munich Malt
2.5 gal batch
I was thinkin of adding a 1/2 lb of crystal 60 and an ounce of chocolate malt next time though. Would that be a pretty good grain bill?
I have a local cider mill like 30 minutes outside town. In they fall they distribute their cider in gallons. I have a 3.5 gallon fermenter. If I santitize the fermenter could I pour the apple cider and 1 pound of brown sugar in there with some champagne yeast and expect something good in 2 months?
I'll be brewing my first Roggenbier tomorrow. It will be 2.5 gal batch. I plan on mashing 2 pounds malted rye and using 2 pounds of Muntons Plain Light DME to make up the rest of the fermentables. I will use Tettang hops, 1 oz at 60 minutes and 1 more oz at 5 min. Also adding Irish Moss with 15...
I recently took the FG reading for my IPA and it reads 1.010. I took my OG reading at 80 degrees (being impatient) and adjusted for the higher temp and got a reading of about 1.082. I calculated it out and it says its 9.5. i did the ABV equation i see the most common, OG-FGx131. I dont really...
I cant decide if i should use centennial or cascade hops. I know both would be great, and i know centennial hops are essentially super cascades. But im worried it might to overpowering in aroma compared to the cascades. Thoughts?
Actually i just worked that out and that would be around 10 percent ABV. Thats way too much considering that i dont have enough hops. I decided to cut out the Muntons Light DME. By the way i meant for both of those to be DME not LME. Does that sound better?
I need some input/criticism on my second original IPA. It Will be a 2.5 gallon batch.
1 lb of Marris Otter (Mash at 158-160F)
3 lbs of Munton's Amber LME
2 lbs of Munton's Light LME
1oz of Centennial (60 mins, pellets)
1oz of Cascade (20 mins, pellets)
1oz of Cascade (5 mins, pellets)...
Ive wanted to try some MO or victory malt in my IPA... It seems to missing something... the hops are on spot... but the malt seems a lil thin... It just needs a lil more "roundness" if ya'll know what i mean...
Your local grocery store bakery generally will save their 3.5 gallon frosting buckets if you call up there. They're nice buckets too, the lid has a nice rubber grommet on it. The only thing is that you need to wash it out real good before using it cuz they smell pretty strongly of frosting...