BrewChem
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Well... this was my first year growing hops and I ended up with 5 ounces of dried Nuggets. Pretty happy with that and couldn't wait to use some. Also, I'm planning a big RIS soon that'll need a healthy starter so I decided to put together a 3 gallon SMaSH with Golden Promise (because I liked the way Golden Nugget sounds ) and will wash and harvest the cake... dunno how the beer'll turn out being that these are first year hops but... only one way to find out..!!
3 gallon batch
10 lbs Golden Promise (yeah... that's heavy)
Mashed in 13 qts water at 154F for 60 min then fly sparged with 9 qts at 170F
0.5 oz Nugget - 60 min
0.5 oz Nugget - 30 min
0.5 oz Nugget - 10 min
1 tsp Irish moss - 10 min
1 tsp nutrient - 10 min
Cooled, aerated like mad then pitched 1 pack of Wyeast 1728 (Scottish Ale)
Going strictly by the theoretical numbers, this'll be a bitter beer but, the last addition of hops was a spur of the moment thing because the wort had very little hoppy scent (noticeably less than what I usually make) after 50 minutes. The OG was a little lower than calculated too at 1.068 (vs. 1.073) but I'm not worried about it.
It's been chugging away in the basement for two days now around 68-70F and smells pretty good so far... will update as things progress...
3 gallon batch
10 lbs Golden Promise (yeah... that's heavy)
Mashed in 13 qts water at 154F for 60 min then fly sparged with 9 qts at 170F
0.5 oz Nugget - 60 min
0.5 oz Nugget - 30 min
0.5 oz Nugget - 10 min
1 tsp Irish moss - 10 min
1 tsp nutrient - 10 min
Cooled, aerated like mad then pitched 1 pack of Wyeast 1728 (Scottish Ale)
Going strictly by the theoretical numbers, this'll be a bitter beer but, the last addition of hops was a spur of the moment thing because the wort had very little hoppy scent (noticeably less than what I usually make) after 50 minutes. The OG was a little lower than calculated too at 1.068 (vs. 1.073) but I'm not worried about it.
It's been chugging away in the basement for two days now around 68-70F and smells pretty good so far... will update as things progress...