hopbrad
Well-Known Member
This was my first brew. i have a turkey fryer i used for the brew pot and i had 2 Mr Beer kegs that were gifts to my dad a few years ago, so i used them as the fermenter. i went to the local brew store and told him i wanted to brew an IPA. these were the ingredients he gave me:
- Dingemans Aromatic - 1lb $2.75
- Briess aramel 60L malt - 1lb $2.75
- Safale Dry Ale Yeast $4.25
- Centennial Hop Pellets - 3 OZ $9.00
- Columbus Hop Pellets - 1 OZ $2.75
- Muntons Plain Extra Light Malt Extract - 2 cans $29.00
- Briess CBW Golden Light Dry Malt Extract 2 LB$11.00
- Muslin Grain Bag $1
Grand total of $61.50 plus tax.
So I'm looking at where i could cut down some costs. I dont want to cheap out but that seems kind of expensive for what ive seen online for refill recipe kits. i had a decent amount left over wort b/c the Mr Beer container only says to fill it to the 8.5 liter mark. so what could i cut out next time I brew?
i put about 6 gallons of water in the Pot, next time ill probably do 4-5 gallons.
also, ive read recipes where they fill the pot with maybe half the amount of water then just add in water to the fermenter before adding the cooled wort. does that matter? i could probably do it indoors on my burner if i just do 2-2.5 gallons. i dont want to compromise flavor. doing outdoors is fun anyway, but on the rainy days i guess i could do it indoors.
and last - filtering. since im only doing a primary with the MR beer kegs. is it worth doing a little bit of filtering before i put it in my primary? like a colander or one of those paint filters from lowes.
i thought of cold crashing before i bottle, but its been 5 days since i put it in the primary and i can already see the trub is almost up to the spigot in the mr beer container. so cold crashing may make it even higher and itll just come out of the spigot anyway.
thanks for the input!
- Dingemans Aromatic - 1lb $2.75
- Briess aramel 60L malt - 1lb $2.75
- Safale Dry Ale Yeast $4.25
- Centennial Hop Pellets - 3 OZ $9.00
- Columbus Hop Pellets - 1 OZ $2.75
- Muntons Plain Extra Light Malt Extract - 2 cans $29.00
- Briess CBW Golden Light Dry Malt Extract 2 LB$11.00
- Muslin Grain Bag $1
Grand total of $61.50 plus tax.
So I'm looking at where i could cut down some costs. I dont want to cheap out but that seems kind of expensive for what ive seen online for refill recipe kits. i had a decent amount left over wort b/c the Mr Beer container only says to fill it to the 8.5 liter mark. so what could i cut out next time I brew?
i put about 6 gallons of water in the Pot, next time ill probably do 4-5 gallons.
also, ive read recipes where they fill the pot with maybe half the amount of water then just add in water to the fermenter before adding the cooled wort. does that matter? i could probably do it indoors on my burner if i just do 2-2.5 gallons. i dont want to compromise flavor. doing outdoors is fun anyway, but on the rainy days i guess i could do it indoors.
and last - filtering. since im only doing a primary with the MR beer kegs. is it worth doing a little bit of filtering before i put it in my primary? like a colander or one of those paint filters from lowes.
i thought of cold crashing before i bottle, but its been 5 days since i put it in the primary and i can already see the trub is almost up to the spigot in the mr beer container. so cold crashing may make it even higher and itll just come out of the spigot anyway.
thanks for the input!