My First Post! I've been lurking and love this forum, you guys are great!
I'm wondering how long this (ahem, cough) "recipe" should take from kettle to glass. Haven't got a pipeline going yet so I'm hoping for 5 weeks.
I can only do extract brews as I live in a tiny little guest house that doesn't even have a stove, but I do have an induction hot plate that works surprisingly well.
I make 6 gallon batches in 7.9 gal. buckets, aerate with pure oxygen, ferment for a month, cold crash, gelatin and force carb. Tap a Drafts, ugh. 6 gals. fills 4 bottles nicely.
So, here's what I'm thinking...
Again, this is for 6 gallons.
- 6 lbs Briess Light Pilsen LME
- 3 lbs Briess Light Pilsen DME
- 2 lbs Minnesota Clover Honey
- 2 oz Cascade Pellet Hops
- 1 oz US Tettang Pellet Hops
- 2 packs re-hydrated US-05
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- 3.5 gals water in the kettle, add DME while heating up.
- When almost boiling, remove from heat and add LME, hops and irish moss.
- Boil for 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add honey.
- Cool in an ice bath (with Star San). I dream of a Therminator
- Strain into bucket and top off to 6 gals.
- 60 seconds pure oxygen .5 micron stone.
- Pitch yeast and don't touch it for a month.
- Cold crash in fridge for 24 hrs, rack to carboy, add gelatin, then back in fridge for 3-4 days or until clear.
- Rack to 4 Tap-A-Draft bottles (the old blue bottle dual 8 grammers) and force carb for a couple of days.
I have no idea about hops so I just picked a couple that sounded good, shooting for 10-14 IBU or so.
Beer Calc says:
OG: 1.069
FG: 1.015
IBU: 10.9
SRM: 3
ABV: 7.2%
I welcome any suggestions and comments.
Thanks!
Jim
I'm wondering how long this (ahem, cough) "recipe" should take from kettle to glass. Haven't got a pipeline going yet so I'm hoping for 5 weeks.
I can only do extract brews as I live in a tiny little guest house that doesn't even have a stove, but I do have an induction hot plate that works surprisingly well.
I make 6 gallon batches in 7.9 gal. buckets, aerate with pure oxygen, ferment for a month, cold crash, gelatin and force carb. Tap a Drafts, ugh. 6 gals. fills 4 bottles nicely.
So, here's what I'm thinking...
Again, this is for 6 gallons.
- 6 lbs Briess Light Pilsen LME
- 3 lbs Briess Light Pilsen DME
- 2 lbs Minnesota Clover Honey
- 2 oz Cascade Pellet Hops
- 1 oz US Tettang Pellet Hops
- 2 packs re-hydrated US-05
___________________________
- 3.5 gals water in the kettle, add DME while heating up.
- When almost boiling, remove from heat and add LME, hops and irish moss.
- Boil for 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add honey.
- Cool in an ice bath (with Star San). I dream of a Therminator
- Strain into bucket and top off to 6 gals.
- 60 seconds pure oxygen .5 micron stone.
- Pitch yeast and don't touch it for a month.
- Cold crash in fridge for 24 hrs, rack to carboy, add gelatin, then back in fridge for 3-4 days or until clear.
- Rack to 4 Tap-A-Draft bottles (the old blue bottle dual 8 grammers) and force carb for a couple of days.
I have no idea about hops so I just picked a couple that sounded good, shooting for 10-14 IBU or so.
Beer Calc says:
OG: 1.069
FG: 1.015
IBU: 10.9
SRM: 3
ABV: 7.2%
I welcome any suggestions and comments.
Thanks!
Jim