Bill Braski
Active Member
With my first batch finishing off it's first week in the bottle I decided to go ahead and get the second one started. It's a porter.
There was quite a difference in my second one compared to the first. The first batch was from a brewers best kit and the second is from AHS.
The AHS kit gives you a LOT more steeping grains, no DME, and one HUGE mini-bucket of LME.
I also got some malto-dextrin and alcohol booster, so there was a lot more sugar in my second batch. The OG read at 1.056 or so.
The only problem I had was pouring in all that LME. The brewer's best kit came with a nice sized can that was easy to handle. The bucket of LME that came with the AHS is almost impossible to handle with one hand while stirring with the other.
Consequently, I carmelized a little LME on the bottom of the pot. It wasn't very much, two globs about the size of quarters.
Is my beer going to taste burnt now or what?
There was quite a difference in my second one compared to the first. The first batch was from a brewers best kit and the second is from AHS.
The AHS kit gives you a LOT more steeping grains, no DME, and one HUGE mini-bucket of LME.
I also got some malto-dextrin and alcohol booster, so there was a lot more sugar in my second batch. The OG read at 1.056 or so.
The only problem I had was pouring in all that LME. The brewer's best kit came with a nice sized can that was easy to handle. The bucket of LME that came with the AHS is almost impossible to handle with one hand while stirring with the other.
Consequently, I carmelized a little LME on the bottom of the pot. It wasn't very much, two globs about the size of quarters.
Is my beer going to taste burnt now or what?