Tonight I brewed my first home brew. Canadian Blonde.
Brought 2 gallons to boil, took off heat to mix extract, brought back to boil. took off heat and gave ice bath, brought temp down to 70, put in fermentor and added water until it got to the 5 gal mark, added hydrated yeast..now waiting...After 7 days, or fermentation is stopped, syfin to 2nd fermentor for 7days, then bottle, and cool for 2 weeks....
second brew:
Black Cherry Ale
6 1/2lbs light malt extract
3 quarts black cherry juice
first flavor 1 oz hallertau (4aau)
aromatic 1/4 oz cascade (1aau)
1 teaspoon irish moss
2 teaspoons gypsum
1 package dried ale yeast
4 1/2 oz corn sugar for carbinations
I'm not too sure how to brew this...this is the recipe, and I think this is how its done, correct me if i'm wrong:
bring 2 gallons to boil, take off heat and add extract, bring back to boil...boil for 60 minutes, add hallertau at the start of the boil, at 5 minutes left add gypsum, at end of boil, add black cherry juice, give ice water bath to around 75 degrees, transfer to fermentor (trub) add water (65 degrees) to fill to 5 gallons, add hydrated yeast, cover and wait for about 7 days...check gravity settlement, then bottle...let bottles set for 3-4 weeks...
alright as you might have realized...I AM A NEW BREWER....Please tell me what i'm doing wrong, what i should change...PLEASE...
Brought 2 gallons to boil, took off heat to mix extract, brought back to boil. took off heat and gave ice bath, brought temp down to 70, put in fermentor and added water until it got to the 5 gal mark, added hydrated yeast..now waiting...After 7 days, or fermentation is stopped, syfin to 2nd fermentor for 7days, then bottle, and cool for 2 weeks....
second brew:
Black Cherry Ale
6 1/2lbs light malt extract
3 quarts black cherry juice
first flavor 1 oz hallertau (4aau)
aromatic 1/4 oz cascade (1aau)
1 teaspoon irish moss
2 teaspoons gypsum
1 package dried ale yeast
4 1/2 oz corn sugar for carbinations
I'm not too sure how to brew this...this is the recipe, and I think this is how its done, correct me if i'm wrong:
bring 2 gallons to boil, take off heat and add extract, bring back to boil...boil for 60 minutes, add hallertau at the start of the boil, at 5 minutes left add gypsum, at end of boil, add black cherry juice, give ice water bath to around 75 degrees, transfer to fermentor (trub) add water (65 degrees) to fill to 5 gallons, add hydrated yeast, cover and wait for about 7 days...check gravity settlement, then bottle...let bottles set for 3-4 weeks...
alright as you might have realized...I AM A NEW BREWER....Please tell me what i'm doing wrong, what i should change...PLEASE...