furstyjaymar13
Well-Known Member
Ive just started drinking my third ever batch of beers!
(3.75lbs pre hopped dark ale extract with 1.65lbs of amber malt extract unhopped and 0.65lbs brewing sugar) made a 5 gallon recipe.
and I'm still absolutely loving the learning of this new craft but whilst half me brain is learning, the other half is compounding questions and ideas!
ive bought a 1.7kg/3.75lbs 'thomas coopers selection' india pale ale' hopped extract can(with ale yeast;type unknown),
http://www.homebrewdoncaster.co.uk/thomas-coopers-selection-ipa-61-p.asp
and an unhopped light malt extract. so im going to use these maybe with a bit of brewing sugar too(?) to a 5gallon recipe.
however this time im ditching my kettle, and me and the stirring spoon are trying boiling in the brewpot for the first time.
-im not going to do any hopping yet, until my next brew but have considered dry hopping for aroma during later fermentation(?)
-ive been advised its always worth boiling unhopped extracts at least and sometimes* hopped extracts, what do the experts recommend?
-i also picked up a pack of beer finings whilst i stood patiently at my local hbs sales counter... how/where/what do i do with these? theres nothing written on the packet! i feel it would be beneficial as all my beers(3!) haven't been very clear at all!
-and what about the use of my friend's bees honey for boiling into the wort or carbonation?
any suggestions/experience on offer would be most appreciated, thanks
*apparently you lose the bittering/finishing hop resins, although i've have had reasonable ales for a beginner that have lacked aroma, ive rightly or wrongly thought that if i boil both hop and unhopped extracts, ill lose some/most bittering hops but could potentially gain them back by dry hopping in the fermenter(?)
(3.75lbs pre hopped dark ale extract with 1.65lbs of amber malt extract unhopped and 0.65lbs brewing sugar) made a 5 gallon recipe.
and I'm still absolutely loving the learning of this new craft but whilst half me brain is learning, the other half is compounding questions and ideas!
ive bought a 1.7kg/3.75lbs 'thomas coopers selection' india pale ale' hopped extract can(with ale yeast;type unknown),
http://www.homebrewdoncaster.co.uk/thomas-coopers-selection-ipa-61-p.asp
and an unhopped light malt extract. so im going to use these maybe with a bit of brewing sugar too(?) to a 5gallon recipe.
however this time im ditching my kettle, and me and the stirring spoon are trying boiling in the brewpot for the first time.
-im not going to do any hopping yet, until my next brew but have considered dry hopping for aroma during later fermentation(?)
-ive been advised its always worth boiling unhopped extracts at least and sometimes* hopped extracts, what do the experts recommend?
-i also picked up a pack of beer finings whilst i stood patiently at my local hbs sales counter... how/where/what do i do with these? theres nothing written on the packet! i feel it would be beneficial as all my beers(3!) haven't been very clear at all!
-and what about the use of my friend's bees honey for boiling into the wort or carbonation?
any suggestions/experience on offer would be most appreciated, thanks
*apparently you lose the bittering/finishing hop resins, although i've have had reasonable ales for a beginner that have lacked aroma, ive rightly or wrongly thought that if i boil both hop and unhopped extracts, ill lose some/most bittering hops but could potentially gain them back by dry hopping in the fermenter(?)