I don't remember my first ipa, but I do remember my first SNPA and thinking why would anyone want to drink a bitter beer? Now I'm always on the hunt for the biggest, baddest IPA's and iipa's out there
When I bottled my 11% RIS, I sprinkled half a pack of champagne yeast in the bottling bucket with the priming sugar. 3 weeks at 70* and it was carbed to perfection
So, for national homebrew day, our club had a big brew day at a local microbrew pub. The head brewer supplied us with 1.053 2-row starter wort.
I started with about 6.5-7 gallons. The wort came out hot, so once it hit 160, i dropped the grain bag with 1lb honey malt and 3/4lb carapils as well...
At the risk of being cliche, I stayed away from birthstone and opted for "mother" of pearl earrings. She got the connection right away (and liked that I thought outside the box). I got her nice ones from David Yerman, though they could have had for much less if they weren't name brand
Philly gets Pliny on a pretty regular basis, they don't send bottles over the Rockies, draft only. They also get most of the sours, as well as younger and blind blind pig kegs as well. Hope this helps OP, come on down for Philly beer week, you won't be disappointed
no worries, thanks for the reply. im shooting for a hopslamish ipa. i figured id use the honey at the end of the boil to help dry out the beer since ill be using the dme and honey malt. still pretty new to all this, can the the vienna or munich be steeped? we wont be mashing since the brewery...
I guess I could have been a bit more specific. Iron Hill Brewery is supplying us with 1.050 wort from 2 Row. My OG should be just under 1.100 with the 1.5lbs of honey and DME
Hey guys, I'm brewing with my club in my first Big Brew Day and was wondering if you could take a peak at my recipe and tell me what you think. We start with 1.050 wort then go from there.
6gal 1.050 wort
1lb honey malt (steep)
3/4lb carapils (steep)
3lb light DME 10 min
24oz local honey...
I've read about adding one pack of unsweetened lemon koolade packet per gallon to your priming solution. I plan in doing this for a half batch of citra pale ale to be ready to drink by the pool during the summer.