nostalgia
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True Brew "Red Ale". Here's my setup, outdoors because I just know I'll make a mess.
Brought almost 2 gallons of spring water to a boil, then turned off the heat and dropped in the sock with an unknown quantity of Weyermann Melanoidin Malt, 2 row barley malt. Let that steep for 25 minutes and discarded the sock.
Brought it back to a boil, then took it off the heat to add 1.5 kilos of Hopped Light malt extract and 1.5 kilos of Light malt extract, cutting myself on a can lid.
Back onto the flame, where it promptly boiled over. I put it on and off the heat until it stopped boiling over, then set a timer for 25 minutes per the directions. A few minutes later I finally remembered to put in half of the 1 ounce of Liberty hop pellets.
While that was going on, I made up a sanitizing solution (C-Star. I think) in a fresh bucket and soaked my airlock, thermometer and hydrometer. At about 5 minutes to go I put a bunch of the solution in my primary fermenter and thoroughly swished it around and rinsed everything off.
When the timer went off I put the other half of the hop pellets in and set the timer for 1 more minute. Then down into a sink full of cold water for a few minutes.
to be continued...
Brought almost 2 gallons of spring water to a boil, then turned off the heat and dropped in the sock with an unknown quantity of Weyermann Melanoidin Malt, 2 row barley malt. Let that steep for 25 minutes and discarded the sock.
Brought it back to a boil, then took it off the heat to add 1.5 kilos of Hopped Light malt extract and 1.5 kilos of Light malt extract, cutting myself on a can lid.
Back onto the flame, where it promptly boiled over. I put it on and off the heat until it stopped boiling over, then set a timer for 25 minutes per the directions. A few minutes later I finally remembered to put in half of the 1 ounce of Liberty hop pellets.
While that was going on, I made up a sanitizing solution (C-Star. I think) in a fresh bucket and soaked my airlock, thermometer and hydrometer. At about 5 minutes to go I put a bunch of the solution in my primary fermenter and thoroughly swished it around and rinsed everything off.
When the timer went off I put the other half of the hop pellets in and set the timer for 1 more minute. Then down into a sink full of cold water for a few minutes.
to be continued...