Hi all! I'm quite a newbie beer brewer who's planning to brew a simple recipe beer. I have some experience brewing mead and variants (pyments for example). I have also brewed a custom beer in the past although the results were a bit dissapointing
This time I'm using legit beermaking ingredients only. I won't add any spices or additional sugars to the wort, and see if I get a more "real" beer taste. The only ingredients I have are the following:
3lbs Muntons Light Dry Malt Extract.
1oz Liberty Hops (pellets).
1oz Tettnang Hops (pellets).
Yeast: I have Safale S-04 and Safbrew S-33 (I have 1 packet of each one).
Batch size: 2.5 gallons (test batch!)
I would boil the extract for 60 minutes, and add the hops from the start.
I wanted to use only DME as the sugar base for the wort, and mix the hops in the "best" possible way. I really don't know what to do here, I like hoppy beers but I'm not sure if 2 full ounces can be overkill, or whether these two hop varieties are really compatible flavor-wise.
By using a beer calculator I get reasonable values for ABV (around 5%) and color (between yellow and gold).
Which yeast do you think would fit this recipe better? The S-33 or S-04?
And finally (sorry for the long post!) which kind of beer would this simple recipe make? I mean, would it be an Ale, a Lager, a Pils...?
Thanks for reading and best brewing luck for everyone!
This time I'm using legit beermaking ingredients only. I won't add any spices or additional sugars to the wort, and see if I get a more "real" beer taste. The only ingredients I have are the following:
3lbs Muntons Light Dry Malt Extract.
1oz Liberty Hops (pellets).
1oz Tettnang Hops (pellets).
Yeast: I have Safale S-04 and Safbrew S-33 (I have 1 packet of each one).
Batch size: 2.5 gallons (test batch!)
I would boil the extract for 60 minutes, and add the hops from the start.
I wanted to use only DME as the sugar base for the wort, and mix the hops in the "best" possible way. I really don't know what to do here, I like hoppy beers but I'm not sure if 2 full ounces can be overkill, or whether these two hop varieties are really compatible flavor-wise.
By using a beer calculator I get reasonable values for ABV (around 5%) and color (between yellow and gold).
Which yeast do you think would fit this recipe better? The S-33 or S-04?
And finally (sorry for the long post!) which kind of beer would this simple recipe make? I mean, would it be an Ale, a Lager, a Pils...?
Thanks for reading and best brewing luck for everyone!