Rudeboy
Well-Known Member
I’m only one O-Ring away from building my FlyGuy MLT. I had to go to three Home Depots and a Rona to get it all though. Still don’t have a round Gott type cooler. Can’t find one anywhere. Guess it’s not the season. Still you’d think they need them to pour over coaches heads around this time of year. I’m going to get a square one and hope all the fittings still fit.
Hope to brew this weekend. So here are my questions.
First recipe. I joined the EHG and we put in an order to Wyeast. I’ve got it coming in a few days but probably not for this weekend. (But I can’t wait.) My plan for the good yeast is for a Heavy, a Porter and a Stout. But for this weekend I was going to use some dry yeast I have and I wanted a really simple recipe.
My neighbour was over yesterday and he’s a BMC kind of guy. My Cream Ale was a little too challenging for him. Still with the Heavy, Porter, Stout on deck I reckon it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have a nice light lagery, session type Ale to have for my neighbour and for me to have with nachos and watch NFL.
Also I’d like to keep it simple for the first run through. I have a 25 Kilo sack of American two row. And can get some specialty malts. So any ideas on a real simple recipe.
My brew kettle is just the turkey fryer. So after I cool the wort I siphon out of it into my primary? I whirlpool first? Whirlpooling is just swirling around and letting the particulates collect in the middle bottom? Then I siphon from the side and leave a little in the bottom to get ride of the cold and hot break particulates?
Aeration. I don’t have any oxygen or anything. Can’t I just siphon high into the primary, like a rough pour and won’t that aerate it?
I’m sure I’l have more questions to come but those are all I can think of now.
Thanks
Rudeboy
Hope to brew this weekend. So here are my questions.
First recipe. I joined the EHG and we put in an order to Wyeast. I’ve got it coming in a few days but probably not for this weekend. (But I can’t wait.) My plan for the good yeast is for a Heavy, a Porter and a Stout. But for this weekend I was going to use some dry yeast I have and I wanted a really simple recipe.
My neighbour was over yesterday and he’s a BMC kind of guy. My Cream Ale was a little too challenging for him. Still with the Heavy, Porter, Stout on deck I reckon it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have a nice light lagery, session type Ale to have for my neighbour and for me to have with nachos and watch NFL.
Also I’d like to keep it simple for the first run through. I have a 25 Kilo sack of American two row. And can get some specialty malts. So any ideas on a real simple recipe.
My brew kettle is just the turkey fryer. So after I cool the wort I siphon out of it into my primary? I whirlpool first? Whirlpooling is just swirling around and letting the particulates collect in the middle bottom? Then I siphon from the side and leave a little in the bottom to get ride of the cold and hot break particulates?
Aeration. I don’t have any oxygen or anything. Can’t I just siphon high into the primary, like a rough pour and won’t that aerate it?
I’m sure I’l have more questions to come but those are all I can think of now.
Thanks
Rudeboy