I have been messing around with multiple batches with one grain bill, doing a full AG on the first and then a partial mash on the other. This was a good brew session and I am pleased with the beer so far, it has really started to bubble good and hard today, just about 12 hours after pitching.
Thought I would post this and get some feedback. I don't do any brewing software, I never use the hydrometer, and I have no clue on my efficiency. I only use an online mash water temp and volume calculator based on thickness and poundage of malt. I just do it by the seat of my pants. If someone wants to do the math tell me what to expect, more power to you.
I think the brown ale will be more reddish than brown, and I am pretty sure the small one will be a nice deep amber. The smaller one just got the extra sugars I had lying around, last bit of dextrose, some brown sugar left in the bag, and an extra DME pack.
All-Grain Power Brown Ale 10/12/08
8 lbs. Cargill 2 Row Pale Malt
3 lbs. Briess 6 Row Malt
1 lb. Durst Turbo Munich Malt
1 lbs. Muntons Crystal Malt 60
1 lb. Weyermann Carafoam
½ lb. Flaked Barley
2 oz Tettnanger Pellet Hops Bittering (60 Min)
1 oz Mt. Hood Pellet Hops Flavor/Bittering (30 Min)
2 oz Mt. Hood Pellet Hops - Aroma (Last 5 min of boil and 10 minute steep after flameout)
Irish Moss
Nottingham Dry Yeast Rehydrated
Partial Mash Weak Brown Ale 10/12/08
Third running from power brown ale recipe
1 lb. Light DME Added after boil
1 lb. Brown Sugar
5 oz. Dextrose Corn Sugar
1 oz. Challenger Hop Pellets 60 Min
1 oz. Cluster Hop Pellets 30 Min
1 oz. Liberty Hop Pellets 10 Min boil and 5 minute steep
Irish Moss
Muntons Gold Dry Yeast Rehydrated
Thought I would post this and get some feedback. I don't do any brewing software, I never use the hydrometer, and I have no clue on my efficiency. I only use an online mash water temp and volume calculator based on thickness and poundage of malt. I just do it by the seat of my pants. If someone wants to do the math tell me what to expect, more power to you.
I think the brown ale will be more reddish than brown, and I am pretty sure the small one will be a nice deep amber. The smaller one just got the extra sugars I had lying around, last bit of dextrose, some brown sugar left in the bag, and an extra DME pack.
All-Grain Power Brown Ale 10/12/08
8 lbs. Cargill 2 Row Pale Malt
3 lbs. Briess 6 Row Malt
1 lb. Durst Turbo Munich Malt
1 lbs. Muntons Crystal Malt 60
1 lb. Weyermann Carafoam
½ lb. Flaked Barley
2 oz Tettnanger Pellet Hops Bittering (60 Min)
1 oz Mt. Hood Pellet Hops Flavor/Bittering (30 Min)
2 oz Mt. Hood Pellet Hops - Aroma (Last 5 min of boil and 10 minute steep after flameout)
Irish Moss
Nottingham Dry Yeast Rehydrated
Partial Mash Weak Brown Ale 10/12/08
Third running from power brown ale recipe
1 lb. Light DME Added after boil
1 lb. Brown Sugar
5 oz. Dextrose Corn Sugar
1 oz. Challenger Hop Pellets 60 Min
1 oz. Cluster Hop Pellets 30 Min
1 oz. Liberty Hop Pellets 10 Min boil and 5 minute steep
Irish Moss
Muntons Gold Dry Yeast Rehydrated