Hi All!
I'm hoping for a little advice. I brewed Midwest Supplies Fresh "Squished" Extra kit about 6 months ago and loved it.
I've got a wedding coming up and wanted to do a couple kegs for the rehearsal dinner. I've decided to go with a version of the Fresh Squeezed Clone. I've brewed ~30 beers or so over several years but I've never done the same one twice and just "tweaked".
I don't plan on getting the kit again but I've found enough recipes out there (including on threads in here) and have my brew profile from the first time that I think I can re-create what I did the first time. I don't necessarily need it to be a perfect clone, just a really good beer. I've got enough time to do a batch (or possibly 2) before I'd need to do my batches for the wedding. I want to try the recipe below to see if the "tweaks" make it better.
Here's what I plan on doing:
6 Gallon Boil - Extract Brewing
Grains:
1.75 lb Munich
.75 lb Crystal
* I saw one recipe with caramel grains instead of Crystal
Extract:
7.5 lbs DME (was 9.15 lb LME but I want to do DME)
*Plan on doing 3.5lbs at start, 4lb late addition
Hops:
Bittering - Apollo
*I originally used Nugget but I was thinking about switching to Apollo for this one mainly because of the "spiciness" of the hop. I thought that would be a nice balance for the fruit flavors of the hops
Last 15 minutes -
2oz Citra
2oz Mosiac
Dry Hop -
1.5oz Citra
1.5 oz Mosiac
Yeast -
I used Safale dry yeast US-05 the first time but thought about switching to a liquid yeast this time. I've never really experimented with yeast before - though I have used liquid yeast (made a starter) once before.
I'd love any suggestions anyone has, thanks in advance! I'm hoping to hit the LHBS on Saturday morning.
I'm hoping for a little advice. I brewed Midwest Supplies Fresh "Squished" Extra kit about 6 months ago and loved it.
I've got a wedding coming up and wanted to do a couple kegs for the rehearsal dinner. I've decided to go with a version of the Fresh Squeezed Clone. I've brewed ~30 beers or so over several years but I've never done the same one twice and just "tweaked".
I don't plan on getting the kit again but I've found enough recipes out there (including on threads in here) and have my brew profile from the first time that I think I can re-create what I did the first time. I don't necessarily need it to be a perfect clone, just a really good beer. I've got enough time to do a batch (or possibly 2) before I'd need to do my batches for the wedding. I want to try the recipe below to see if the "tweaks" make it better.
Here's what I plan on doing:
6 Gallon Boil - Extract Brewing
Grains:
1.75 lb Munich
.75 lb Crystal
* I saw one recipe with caramel grains instead of Crystal
Extract:
7.5 lbs DME (was 9.15 lb LME but I want to do DME)
*Plan on doing 3.5lbs at start, 4lb late addition
Hops:
Bittering - Apollo
*I originally used Nugget but I was thinking about switching to Apollo for this one mainly because of the "spiciness" of the hop. I thought that would be a nice balance for the fruit flavors of the hops
Last 15 minutes -
2oz Citra
2oz Mosiac
Dry Hop -
1.5oz Citra
1.5 oz Mosiac
Yeast -
I used Safale dry yeast US-05 the first time but thought about switching to a liquid yeast this time. I've never really experimented with yeast before - though I have used liquid yeast (made a starter) once before.
I'd love any suggestions anyone has, thanks in advance! I'm hoping to hit the LHBS on Saturday morning.