kuelhof
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Ok, theses are the directions that came with my kit....
This is for "Belgian Harvest Ale" by Williams Brewing Co.
1. The first step in brewing is to open your Williams Brewing Kit and remove the liquid yeast pack. Set the pack on a hard surface and break its inner nutrient pouch, by hitting the pouch squarely with the palm of your hand. Although more costly than dry yeast, 175 ml of liquid yeast is used in most Williams Kits (all except the American Ale and Northwest Red Kits) to produce a cleaner flavor.
2. When the liquid yeast pack is swollen (usually in 1 to 3 days after breaking the inner seal), boil the malt and fresh hops with at least 3 gallons of water for 1 hour to blend and flavor the beer. Unlike some hop extract-flavored canned kits, boiling is necessary to completely sanitize the wort (reducing the chance of spoiled beer) and blend the flavors of the included hops and malt.
3. After boiling, the finished wort (brewers term for unfermented beer) is cooled and poured off its sediment into the Siphonless Fermenter, where the liquid yeast is mixed in and bubbling fermentation begins in 1 to 3 days. Fermentation usually lasts 12 to 14 days before the beer is ready to bottle.
4. After fermentation has ended in about 12 days, the raw beer is transferred into the Priming Tank, where the corn sugar is stirred in to provide food for the yeast to produce carbonation. This is done in the Priming Tank rather than in the Siphonless Fermenter, to avoid stirring up the silty yeast sediment. With a Williams Home Brewery, there is never a need to siphon beer (siphoning can be an unsanitary mess), as the unique Siphonless Fermenter with its invert tube valve keeps the valve body dry during fermentation, which prevents silt-like yeast sediment from forming inside the valve. Then, when the valve is opened, the invert tube valve acts like a siphon hose ideally placed just above the yeast sediment on the fermenter floor when the beer is being transferred.
5. After mixing in the carbonating sugar in the Priming Tank, the beer is bottled or kegged. Five gallons of beer (as produced by all Williams Kits) requires about 48 twelve ounce bottles or 4 Mini Kegs. After bottling, beer is aged two weeks or longer before drinking. Ale-style beers (which include Porter, Stout, and Wheat beer styles) require less aging than lagers, and are highly recommended for the first time brewer.
Any reccomended changes to the procedure listed with the kit? Should I make a starter for this first batch, or keep it as simplified as possible and just pitch the yeast smack pack to the wort directly? I think I may brew this on Sunday and then celebrate by watching the Superbowl with a local brew...
Thanks for the advice! I am a newer member here and have been learning a lot by reading on here!
Kevin
This is for "Belgian Harvest Ale" by Williams Brewing Co.
1. The first step in brewing is to open your Williams Brewing Kit and remove the liquid yeast pack. Set the pack on a hard surface and break its inner nutrient pouch, by hitting the pouch squarely with the palm of your hand. Although more costly than dry yeast, 175 ml of liquid yeast is used in most Williams Kits (all except the American Ale and Northwest Red Kits) to produce a cleaner flavor.
2. When the liquid yeast pack is swollen (usually in 1 to 3 days after breaking the inner seal), boil the malt and fresh hops with at least 3 gallons of water for 1 hour to blend and flavor the beer. Unlike some hop extract-flavored canned kits, boiling is necessary to completely sanitize the wort (reducing the chance of spoiled beer) and blend the flavors of the included hops and malt.
3. After boiling, the finished wort (brewers term for unfermented beer) is cooled and poured off its sediment into the Siphonless Fermenter, where the liquid yeast is mixed in and bubbling fermentation begins in 1 to 3 days. Fermentation usually lasts 12 to 14 days before the beer is ready to bottle.
4. After fermentation has ended in about 12 days, the raw beer is transferred into the Priming Tank, where the corn sugar is stirred in to provide food for the yeast to produce carbonation. This is done in the Priming Tank rather than in the Siphonless Fermenter, to avoid stirring up the silty yeast sediment. With a Williams Home Brewery, there is never a need to siphon beer (siphoning can be an unsanitary mess), as the unique Siphonless Fermenter with its invert tube valve keeps the valve body dry during fermentation, which prevents silt-like yeast sediment from forming inside the valve. Then, when the valve is opened, the invert tube valve acts like a siphon hose ideally placed just above the yeast sediment on the fermenter floor when the beer is being transferred.
5. After mixing in the carbonating sugar in the Priming Tank, the beer is bottled or kegged. Five gallons of beer (as produced by all Williams Kits) requires about 48 twelve ounce bottles or 4 Mini Kegs. After bottling, beer is aged two weeks or longer before drinking. Ale-style beers (which include Porter, Stout, and Wheat beer styles) require less aging than lagers, and are highly recommended for the first time brewer.
Any reccomended changes to the procedure listed with the kit? Should I make a starter for this first batch, or keep it as simplified as possible and just pitch the yeast smack pack to the wort directly? I think I may brew this on Sunday and then celebrate by watching the Superbowl with a local brew...
Thanks for the advice! I am a newer member here and have been learning a lot by reading on here!
Kevin