Gunslinger711
Well-Known Member
I've been reading this forums on and off for several years making Kombucha, rice wine, and on home brew technique. I'm proudly typing this post because I brewed my first batch of beer last night.
It was a Chamomile Wheat recipe kit from my LHBS that I'm modifying a bit, let me know your thoughts on my process and observations, if you have any tips I'd love to hear them.
Recipe:
6.6 lbs liquid wheat malt extract
1/2 lb. Munich malt, crushed
1/2 lb. Wheat malt, crushed
1/4 lb. Aromatic malt, crushed
1/2 lb. Flaked wheat
.25 oz Tettnang (60 min)
.5 oz Tettnang (30 min)
.5 oz Hallertau (15 min)
Yeast:
Wyeast 3056 Bavarian Wheat
Additions:
3 blood oranges (meat and zest)
4 navel oranges (meat and zest)
I made a "tea" out of them by boiling all of that at 160 for 10 minutes then added the whole thing to the cooled wart before pitching the yeast
I will be adding about 4 pounds of frozen blackberries after about week. First I'll boil them up at 160 for about 10 minutes then add that "tea" in.
Worries:
--Completely forgot to add the irish moss
--Smacked the hell out of my smack pack and let it sit for 3 hours, but when I cut it open the inside nutrient pack was still intact. I cut it, mixed it, let it sit for about 10 minutes, then pitched it.
--It was extremely difficult to hit my temps and stay at them on my electric stove, but it was too cold to even brew in the garage with the propane turkey fryer (took me almost 15 minutes for a 2 gallon boil!) I overshot my steeping grains temperature (150) and had to wait for the water to cool back down. I'm hoping this will come with practice as I spent a lot of time waiting for things to come back up to boil or down to a certain temperature.
-- OG was 1.030, the original recipe (I took out the chamomille and added the oranges and blackberries in it) was 1.047-1.050
Temperatures:
Pitch temp 67.9
Fermentation temp around 71
After 24 hours there's a few bubbles, not much activity.
Closing thoughts:
The house smells amazing after brewing beer, I'm super excited to finally be brewing, and I'm to try to relax and not worry about stuck fermentation and the other things that could go wrong.
-Adam
It was a Chamomile Wheat recipe kit from my LHBS that I'm modifying a bit, let me know your thoughts on my process and observations, if you have any tips I'd love to hear them.
Recipe:
6.6 lbs liquid wheat malt extract
1/2 lb. Munich malt, crushed
1/2 lb. Wheat malt, crushed
1/4 lb. Aromatic malt, crushed
1/2 lb. Flaked wheat
.25 oz Tettnang (60 min)
.5 oz Tettnang (30 min)
.5 oz Hallertau (15 min)
Yeast:
Wyeast 3056 Bavarian Wheat
Additions:
3 blood oranges (meat and zest)
4 navel oranges (meat and zest)
I made a "tea" out of them by boiling all of that at 160 for 10 minutes then added the whole thing to the cooled wart before pitching the yeast
I will be adding about 4 pounds of frozen blackberries after about week. First I'll boil them up at 160 for about 10 minutes then add that "tea" in.
Worries:
--Completely forgot to add the irish moss
--Smacked the hell out of my smack pack and let it sit for 3 hours, but when I cut it open the inside nutrient pack was still intact. I cut it, mixed it, let it sit for about 10 minutes, then pitched it.
--It was extremely difficult to hit my temps and stay at them on my electric stove, but it was too cold to even brew in the garage with the propane turkey fryer (took me almost 15 minutes for a 2 gallon boil!) I overshot my steeping grains temperature (150) and had to wait for the water to cool back down. I'm hoping this will come with practice as I spent a lot of time waiting for things to come back up to boil or down to a certain temperature.
-- OG was 1.030, the original recipe (I took out the chamomille and added the oranges and blackberries in it) was 1.047-1.050
Temperatures:
Pitch temp 67.9
Fermentation temp around 71
After 24 hours there's a few bubbles, not much activity.
Closing thoughts:
The house smells amazing after brewing beer, I'm super excited to finally be brewing, and I'm to try to relax and not worry about stuck fermentation and the other things that could go wrong.
-Adam